新奇事件簿 早睡早起也有科学依据

The phrase, "The early bird catches the worm" may be true. It means people who wake up early get more done than people who don't. Another saying is from former U.S. President Benjamin Franklin. He said: "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." Scientists have found that people who go to bed before 11pm may do better in life than people who sleep around 2:30am. The researchers are from Birmingham's Centre for Human Brain Health in the U.K. Their research showed that people who slept and rose early (early birds) had an advantage over people who slept and woke up late (night owls²). There were differences in the brain function of early birds and night owls.

“早起的鸟有虫吃”这句话可能是真的。这指的是早起的人比晚起的人能完成更多事情。还有一句话出自美国总统本杰明·富兰克林，他说：“早睡早起让人健康、富裕且聪明。”科学家们发现晚上11点睡觉的人比那些晚上2点半左右睡觉的人会生活的更好。这些研究员来自英国伯明翰人脑健康中心。他们的研究表明早睡早起的人（早起者）比晚睡晚起的人（夜猫子）更有优势。早起者和夜猫子的脑功能有很大差别。

The scientists tested 38 people in their research. The people answered questionnaires about their sleeping pattern and when they felt tired during the day. They were then put into an early bird or night owl¹ group based on their answers. All of the people had MRI scans³ on their brain and did different tests throughout the day. The early birds said they felt less sleepy and were able to do the tests quicker than the night owls. The researchers said there were big differences between the two groups. The researchers said: "Night owls during school have to get up earlier, then they go into work and they have to get up earlier, so they're constantly having to fight against their preferences and natural rhythms⁴."

在研究中，科学家们对38人进行测试。参试者回答了关于他们睡眠模式以及白天何时感觉困倦的调查问卷。然后根据他们的回答将他们分成早起者组和夜猫子组。所有人都接受了脑部核磁共振扫描，并做了不同的测试。早起者表示相比夜猫子，他们感觉没有那么困，且能更快地完成测试。研究人员表示两组人之间差别很大。研究人员称：“读书时，夜猫子需要早起，工作后还需要早起，所以他们在不断地和他们的睡眠偏好以及自然节奏斗争。”

1 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。

2 owls   

n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 'Clumsy fellows,'said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' “这些笨蛋，”我说，“他们大概还醉得像死猪一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
• The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 来自辞典例句

3 scans   

n.浏览( scan的名词复数 )；审视；（雷达）（屏面上的）光点v.扫描( scan的第三人称单数 )；细看；细查；（雷达）对…进行扫描

参考例句：

• This apparatus scans patients' brains for tumours. 这台仪器扫描检查病人的脑瘤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Brain scans have confirmed that the disease is in remission. 脑部扫描已经证实疾病得到了控制。 来自辞典例句

4 rhythms   

节奏( rhythm的名词复数 )； 规则变化； 规律； 节律

参考例句：

• Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
• Stylistically, the term implies loose, rapid painthandling, large rhythms and broken colour. 从风格上来说，这个名称意味着松散而迅速的绘画笔触，奔放的格调，使用强烈配色。