第第頁(yè)2024屆高考英語(yǔ)聽力語(yǔ)法組合練——驚天大發(fā)現(xiàn)！午睡竟如此重要！（含答案，有聽力音頻有聽力原文）【聽力語(yǔ)法組合練】驚天大發(fā)現(xiàn)！午睡竟如此重要！

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Regularlyfindingtimeforalittlesnoozeisgoodforourbrainandhelpskeepit1forlongerperiodoftime,sayUniversityCollegeLondonresearchers.

Theteamshowednappers’brainswere15cubiccentimeters(0.9cubicinches)larger—equivalenttodelayingageingbybetweenthreeandsixyears.

However,thescientists2keepingnapstolessthanhalfanhour.

Thebrain3shrinkswithage,butwhethernapscouldhelppreventdiseaseslikeAlzheimer’swillstillneedextraresearch.

Overallbrainhealthis4forprotectingagainstdementiaastheconditionislinkedtodisturbedsleep.

Theresearcherssuggestpoorsleepisdamagingthebrainovertimebycausinginflammationand5theconnectionsbetweenbraincells.

“Thus,regularnappingcouldprotectagainstneurodegenerationbycompensatingfordeficientsleep,”researcherValentinaPazsaid.

Nappingmight6health,butthereverseisalsotrueasyourhealthcanleaveyousotiredyouneedtonapmore.

So,researchersusedaclevertechniquetoprovethatnappingis7.

TheyusedagiganticnaturalexperimentbasedontheDNA.

8studieshaveidentified97snippetsofourDNAthateithermakeusmorelikelytobenappersortopowerthroughtheday.

Sotheteamtookdatafrom35,000people,aged40to69,takingpartintheUKBiobankprojectandsimply9thosegenetic“nappers”and“non-nappers”.

Theresults,10inthejournalSleepHealth,showeda15cubiccentimeterdifference—equivalentto2.6to6.5yearsofageing.

雙語(yǔ)新聞

英國(guó)倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院的研究人員指出，定期午睡對(duì)大腦有好處，能延緩大腦萎縮。

該研究團(tuán)隊(duì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，有午睡習(xí)慣的人的大腦比不午睡的人的大腦要大出15立方厘米，相當(dāng)于延緩衰老三至六年。

不過(guò)，科學(xué)家建議，午睡不要超過(guò)半小時(shí)。

隨著年齡增大，大腦會(huì)自然地萎縮，但是午睡能否預(yù)防阿爾茨海默癥等疾病仍需要更多研究。

大腦健康對(duì)于預(yù)防癡呆癥十分重要，而癡呆癥和睡眠不佳有關(guān)。

研究人員指出，長(zhǎng)時(shí)間睡不好會(huì)損害大腦，導(dǎo)致大腦炎癥，從而影響腦細(xì)胞之間的聯(lián)系。

研究員瓦倫蒂娜帕茲說(shuō)：“因此，定期午睡能彌補(bǔ)睡眠不足，從而預(yù)防神經(jīng)退行性疾病。”

午睡可能有利于健康，但是反過(guò)來(lái)，你的身體如果特別累，也會(huì)需要更多的小憩。

所以研究人員用了一種巧妙的技術(shù)來(lái)證明午睡的益處。

他們采用了基于DNA的超大型自然實(shí)驗(yàn)的數(shù)據(jù)。

先前的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，人類DNA中有97個(gè)片段決定你是否喜歡午睡。

因此該團(tuán)隊(duì)抽取了參加英國(guó)生物樣本庫(kù)計(jì)劃的年齡在40歲和69歲之間的3.5萬(wàn)人的數(shù)據(jù)，并將天生的午睡者和不午睡者做了比較。

發(fā)表在《睡眠健康》期刊上的這項(xiàng)研究結(jié)果顯示，二者大腦體積相差了15立方厘米，相當(dāng)于前者比后者晚衰老2.6至6.5年。

Regularlyfindingtimeforalittlesnoozeisgoodforourbrainandhelpskeepitbiggerforlongerperiodoftime,sayUniversityCollegeLondonresearchers.

Theteamshowednappers’brainswere15cubiccentimeters(0.9cubicinches)larger—equivalenttodelayingageingbybetweenthreeandsixyears.

However,thescientistsrecommendkeepingnapstolessthanhalfanhour.

Thebrainnaturallyshrinkswithage,butwhethernapscouldhelppreventdiseaseslikeAlzheimer’swillstillneedextraresearch.

Overallbrainhealthisimportantforprotectingagainstdementiaastheconditionislinkedtodisturbedsleep.

Theresearcherssuggestpoorsleepisdamagingthebrainovertimebycausinginflammationandaffectingtheconnectionsbetweenbraincells.

“Thus,regularnappingcouldprotectagainstneurodegenerationbycompensatingfordeficientsleep,”researcherValentinaPazsaid.

Nappingmightboosthealth,butthereverseisalsotrueasyourhealthcanleaveyousotiredyouneedtonapmore.

So,researchersusedaclevertechniquetoprovethatnappingisbeneficial.

TheyusedagiganticnaturalexperimentbasedontheDNA.

Previousstudieshaveidentified97snippetsofourDNAthateithermakeusmorelikelytobenappersortopowerthroughtheday.

Sotheteamtookdatafrom35,000people,aged40to69,takingpartintheUKBiobankprojectandsimplycomparedthosegenetic“nappers”and“non-nappers”.

Theresults,publishedinthejournalSleepHealth,showeda15cubiccentimeterdifference—equivalentto2.6to6.5yearsofageing.

【詞匯積累】

1.snoozen.（尤指在白天）小睡，打盹

2.nappern.愛睡午覺的人

3.equivalentadj.（價(jià)值、數(shù)量、意義、重要性等）相等的，相同的

4.Alzheimer’sn.阿爾茨海默病

5.dementian.癡呆

6.belinkedto與……有關(guān)

7.disturbedadj.不安的

8.inflammationn.炎癥

9.compensatev.補(bǔ)償；彌補(bǔ)

10.deficientadj.缺乏的；不足的

11.reversen.相反的情況（或事物）

12.giganticadj.龐大的；巨大的

13.snippetn.一小段；一小條（消息）

語(yǔ)法填空

Regularlyfindingtimeforalittlesnoozeisgoodforourbrainand1(help)keepitbiggerforlongerperiodoftime,sayUniversityCollegeLondonresearchers.

Theteamshowednappers’brainswere15cubiccentimeters(0.9cubicinches)larger—equivalentto2(delay)ageingbybetweenthreeandsixyears.

However,thescientistsrecommend3(keep)napstolessthanhalfanhour.

Thebrainnaturallyshrinkswithage,butwhethernapscouldhelppreventdiseases

4Alzheimer’swillstillneedextraresearch.

Overallbrainhealthisimportantforprotectingagainstdementiaasthecondition

5(link)todisturbedsleep.

Theresearcherssuggestpoorsleepisdamaging6brainovertimebycausinginflammationandaffectingtheconnectionsbetweenbraincells.

“Thus,regularnappingcouldprotectagainstneurodegenerationbycompensatingfordeficientsleep,”researcherValentinaPazsaid.

Nappingmightboosthealth,butthereverseisalsotrueasyourhealthcanleaveyousotiredyouneedtonapmore.

So,researchersusedaclevertechnique7(prove)thatnappingisbeneficial.

Theyusedagiganticnaturalexperiment8(base)ontheDNA.

Previousstudieshaveidentified97snippetsofourDNAthateithermakeusmore

9(like)tobenappersortopowerthroughtheday.

Sotheteamtookdatafrom35,000people,aged40to69,takingpartintheUKBiobankprojectandsimplycomparedthosegenetic“nappers”and“non-nappers”.

Theresults,publishedinthejournalSleepHealth,showeda15cubiccentimeter

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