首页
登录
职称英语
American society is not nap (午睡) friendly. In fact, says David Dinges, a sle
American society is not nap (午睡) friendly. In fact, says David Dinges, a sle
游客
2025-04-16
10
管理
问题
American society is not nap (午睡) friendly. In fact, says David Dinges, a sleep specialist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. "There’s even a prohibition against admitting we need sleep". Nobody wants to be caught napping or found asleep at work. To quote a proverb: "Some sleep five hours, nature requires seven, laziness nine and wickedness eleven."
Wrong. The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them. "We have to totally change our attitude toward napping", says Dr. William Dement of Stanford University, the godfather of sleep research.
Last year a national commission led by Dement identified an "American sleep debt" which one member said was as important as the national debt. The commission was concerned about the dangers of sleepiness: people causing industrial accidents or falling asleep while driving. This may be why we have a new sleep policy in the White House. According to recent reports, president Clinton is trying to take a half hour snooze (打瞌睡) every afternoon.
About 60 percent of American adults nap when given the opportunity. We seem to have "a midafternoon quiet phase" also called "a secondary sleep gate." Sleeping 15 minutes to two hours in the early afternoon can reduce stress and make us refreshed. Clearly, we were born to nap.
We Superstars of Snooze don’t nap to replace lost shut eye or to prepare for a night shift, Rather, we "snack" on sleep, whenever, wherever and at whatever time we feel like it. I myself have napped in buses, ears, planes and on boats; on floors and beds; and in libraries, offices and museums. [br] It is commonly accepted in American society that too much sleep is ______.
选项
A、unreasonable
B、criminal
C、harmful
D、costly
答案
A
解析
首先应排除C项“有害”和D项“代价昂贵”。依据文章第一段第五行应该明确,wickedness(邪恶)不等于criminal,而应该理解成是一种不合情理的行为。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4039510.html
相关试题推荐
TheAmericanRevolutionhadnomedievallegalinstitutionsto______ortorootou
Whatifoursocietyusesnew-foundtechnologiesof"geneticengineering"to
Whatifoursocietyusesnew-foundtechnologiesof"geneticengineering"to
Whatifoursocietyusesnew-foundtechnologiesof"geneticengineering"to
AnAmericanuniversitypresidentoncecommentedthat"Einsteinhascreatedane
Incontrast,whenthegeneralpopulationofasocietyisgoingthroughtheearly
ThegreatAmericanscientistEdisonhadaremarkable______forinventingnewthin
TheAmericanbasketballteamannouncedthattheywouldnot______firstplacetoa
Languagebelongstoeachmemberofthesociety,tothecleaner______totheprofe
ThenewtechnologicalrevolutioninAmericannewspapershasbroughtincreased___
随机试题
Therewasatime,notthatlongago,whenwomenwereconsideredsmartifthe
RCP最常见的早接触区是()A.下颌第一前磨牙的舌尖的近中舌斜面 B.上
地西泮可用于A、腰肌劳损 B、焦虑症 C、癫痫持续状态 D、早醒失眠
A.温瘴 B.热瘴 C.疟母 D.冷瘴 E.劳疟久疟不愈,气血瘀滞,痰浊
对新参加电气工作人员、实习人员、临时参加劳动人员和外单位派来支援的人员有什么要求
根据下列资料回答问题。 2010年底,全国高速公路里程为7.41万公里,居世
王某承租赵某私房两间。租期届满前,王某向赵某提出愿以5万元购买该房,赵某表示同意
下列关于职务侵占罪与贪污罪区别的说法中,错误的是()。A.犯罪对象不同 B
工业安装工程分项工程质量验收记录填写的主要内容不包括()。A.检验项目
急进性肾小球肾炎的病变特点是A.肾小球系膜细胞大量增生 B.肾小球内皮细胞显著
最新回复
(
0
)