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


英语课

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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alpha-methyl-dopa
angelically
balaena glacialis
be in favour of
beam and scales
belmacamgenin
block triangulation
booey
brass bolts and nuts with round head
buttering trowel
ceramic-grade talc
cerithium nesioticum
Charlesvills
clindomycin
clostridium perfringenss
Coniferae
cosech hyperbolic cosecant
covering mateiral
CP (critical pressure)
crust of the earth
cyanion
darch
day sisht
degree of humification
dimensional gauging
dissolving view
economics of agricultural technique
effective work function
eluant strength
entry-level wage
eristostatin
error bound
Exclusive Liability of Cargo Transportation Insurance
femto-steradians
forborn
four vidicon camera
fracture-critical
geonium
Geraardsbergen
giant pyramidal cells
grease fleece weight
griffiness
Heidenhain's azocarmine stain
high-speed carbon steel
IIH
image cultivation
in cahoots with
induction of ovulation
introsumed
inusitate
kemp dances (n. ireland)
knockout blow
links-links fabric
Luisa
maar
medium clouds
memory access rate
monothamnoid
Mykonos, Nisos
Naija
network processor
open culture
organosodium compound
palettetype
pendeloque
platelet crystalline reinforcement
polinices mammata
polyarthra trigla
postdentary
power station internal consumption
procedural implementation method
puddle ball
pulse peak power
pulse-to-pulse
quantite
raffish
refigerator car
regular fuel super car
release slant range
returnsand
rust belt, Rust Belt
safety problem
Sceloporus occidentalis
Schwann-cell tumor
shipjacker
silent-films
single row roller bearing
sirr
spiral stairs
spiral up
sports fatigue
syndactylous foot
syndrome of dryness invading lung
taxableness
underwearlessness
union suit
vibrating jigger
wailingly
Winsorized mean
yauds