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1·Some 40% of Americans get less than 7 hours of shut-eye on week nights.

大约40%的美国人在工作日晚上的睡眠时间不足7小时。

2·If the most health-conscious among us have such deep swings in our shut-eye levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?

如果连我们当中最注重健康的人一整年的睡眠水平都有这么大的波动，那么我们其他人会损失多少睡眠呢？

3·It's no surprise, then, that more than half of American adults don't get the 7 to 9 hours of shut-eye every night as recommended by sleep experts.

因此，超过半数的美国成年人没有按照睡眠专家的建议每晚合起眼睛睡7到9个小时，就不足为奇了。

4·The second is a homeostatic process, which regulates the length of shut-eye.

第二个是自我平衡的过程，它调节闭眼的时间。

5·Instead of a snack, they need some shut-eye.

此时他们需要的是闭眼休息而不是来点零食。

6·In other words, don't expect eight hours of shut-eye to help you on a pop quiz.

换句话说，别指望八小时的睡眠能帮你在突击测试中取得好成绩。

7·One study found an hour's worth of shut-eye can increase your ability to focus.

研究发现闭眼休息一小时能使你的精力集中。

8·However, stealing a few minutes of unscheduled shut-eye does have its drawbacks.

然而，无规律地抽几分钟时间闭目养神，确实也有不足之处。

9·Every night we carve out a few hours of shut-eye, and scientists don't even know why!

每晚上我们都要睡好几觉，连科学家都不知道为什么。

10·The repetition of these noises often helps many people drift into much needed shut-eye.

这些重复的声音能有效帮助人入眠。

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1·If the most health-conscious among us have such deep swings in our shut-eye levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?

如果连我们当中最注重健康的人一整年的睡眠水平都有这么大的波动，那么我们其他人会损失多少睡眠呢？

2·Why the lack of shut-eye? It's possible that nightly nicotine withdrawal could be causing you to toss and turn. And unfortunately, poor sleep doesn't equal pretty.

为什么会缺乏睡眠？可能是因为尼古丁的残留物在夜间会使你辗转反侧。不幸的是，不好的睡眠会使你不漂亮。

3·This finding held true across all three weeks of the study, suggesting that a long period of shut-eye could temporarily make up for the chronic sleep loss.

这项发现通过了三星期的研究得来，具有真实性，暗示着长时间的睡眠能够短暂的弥补长期的睡眠缺失。

4·And, as you may know, lack of shut-eye doesn't just leave you foggy the next day: Chronic, long-term insufficient sleep ups your odds of diabetes, depression, cardiovascular disease, even weight gain.

你可能也知道，睡眠不足不仅仅是让你第二天迷迷糊糊，长期的睡眠不足更可能让人患糖尿病，抑郁症，心血管疾病，甚至还会长胖。

5·The intriguing prospect that sleep duration may play a role in how much we weigh has researchers busily conducting studies to tease out the potential relationship between shut-eye and BMI.

睡眠时间会影响体重，这个有趣的想法引起研究人员做了很多研究对睡眠和体重之间的关系进行探究。