时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(六)月


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This is Scientific American sixty seconds science. I am cythina Graber. This will just take a minute.


You are lying in a hammock by a breezy shore. The hammock rocks softly back and forth 1.in no time. It turns out that not just the relaxation 2 of being on vaction that is bringing on sleep.It is the rocking hammock.Not by a huge surprize, babies get rocked to sleep,but researchers want to know how rocking works. They recruited twelve healthy males all good sleepers 3. Each volunteered twice to take afternoon nap in a dark room on a custom made bed that could rock.For one nap, the bed was still for the other,it rocked gently.All the men fell asleep faster when they swayed.And scientists monitored the men's brain activites during all the naps. They found that the rocking increased the duration of what's called N2, a non run stage that accounts for about half of good night's sleep.Rocking also increased the deep sleep associated with brain activity, so called slow oscillation as well as bursts of actionns called sleep spindles.Researchers published in the journal of current biology. The next step is to find out whether rocking can help treat sleep disorders 4.Meanwhile, in some nua*, can always try a hamic.



1 forth
adv.向前;向外,往外
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
2 relaxation
n.松弛,放松;休息;消遣;娱乐
  • The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
  • She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。
3 sleepers
n.卧铺(通常以复数形式出现);卧车( sleeper的名词复数 );轨枕;睡觉(呈某种状态)的人;小耳环
  • He trod quietly so as not to disturb the sleepers. 他轻移脚步,以免吵醒睡着的人。 来自辞典例句
  • The nurse was out, and we two sleepers were alone. 保姆出去了,只剩下我们两个瞌睡虫。 来自辞典例句
4 disorders
n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 );凌乱;骚乱;(身心、机能)失调
  • Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告,厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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all-in-service station
anemoside
anti-aeration plate
arrive at a discount
bartonias
be in convulsions
Belt Channel
bene esse
bold as a lion
bopster
carry coals
coding television picture
commensurate with international standards
convergent filtration
Cupidlike
cussler
daggar
demands
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
dipole reflector
disconnect rod
dissipation interaction
dry painting
effective signal
environment ecology
explosive gas indicator
gangen
genus helianthuss
Getxo
give sb. one's good honour
globular cementite
gripple
Hazen and Williams' formula
heat movement
hemp gasket
IACAC
idol worshiper
Ikeda,Hayato
immigrant vein
inconfinable
indoor bushing
isotropic indicatrix
Jennifer Lopez
JNACC
jump r.
Kempt, L.
long axis of mesentery
loose condition
lymphocryptoviral
magnetic heads
Moorish capital
n-nitrosomethylurea
no-oil-supply
nsss
one-commodity model
orange salad
Orco, Fiume
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Philasterina
pleiochasial
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pressostat
Prinivil
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quasi-hydrodynamic lubrication
quillwort
racing-car
rare earth deposits
red-wine
reservoir flood routing
rotaviral
sadiron
Schizozygine
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space charge zone
spatial variable
spine chiller
sprote
stressed collar
sulfonylation
Sēdik'a
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televillages
temporary hearing defect
tetrazyl hydrazine
tgd
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This is January
turn of expressions
United Nations High Commission for Refugees
upper end of evaporator
usnea florida
very long range (vlr)
wartworm
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weighing system
whin
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