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太空站宇航员谈睡眠问题。（带练习|新闻听力）

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宇航员绕地球一周仅需90分钟，这与地球24小时的自转周期相差了16倍，而对于宇航员来说良好的睡眠也是至关重要的。那么宇航员是如何调整自己的生物钟的呢？在外太空宇航员如何才能睡个好觉？

CNN News: Try sleeping in outer space
太空站宇航员谈睡眠问题
燕山大学刘立军宋葳编写

◆TRANSCRIPT
Do you think getting a good night sleep is tough? Try doing it in outer space.
A lot of kids asked like, how do you sleep? Because we go around Earth 16 times a day. And so…
You know, what do you wake up?
That's 16 sunsets. Or get up or get down 16 times? I said, no, no.
So, the astronauts go around the earth every 90 minutes, far too fast for the body clock to adapt to, and so, they essentially experience a perpetual jet lag.
But you don't have to be an astronaut to throw your biological clock out of sync.
Virtually every shift work on Earth experiences the same sleep issues.
Just like astronauts, you can take simple steps to improve your sleep. Keep a regular sleep schedule. Block out any light. And avoid screen time before bed. Otherwise, your lack of sleep could catch up to you.
When you're in space, the stakes are much higher. So, a missed keystroke can be the difference between, you know, life and death really.

Adapted from 太空站宇航员谈睡眠问题

◆VOCABULARY

1. perpetual adj. frequently repeated, in a way that is annoying 一再反复的；无尽无休的；没完没了的 continual 例如：How can I work with these perpetual interruptions? 打扰不断，让我怎么工作？

2. jet lag the feeling of being tired and slightly confused after a long plane journey, especially when there is a big difference in the time at the place you leave and that at the place you arrive in 飞行时差综合征；时差反应

3. out of sync: not moving or working at exactly the same time and speed as sb./sth. else 不同步

4. stakes n. (比赛或行动的) 赌注，风险 The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost. 例如：
○The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups. 游戏通常在两大集团之间进行，下的赌注一般都很大。
○By arresting the organisation’s two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes. 逮捕了该组织的两名主要头目后，政府和军队现在面临的风险更大了。

5. keystroke n. a single action of pressing a key on a computer or typewriter keyboard 击键；按键

◆QUESTIONS
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.

Do you think getting a good night sleep is tough? Try doing it in outer space.
A lot of kids asked like, how do you sleep? Because we go around Earth ______________ a day. And so…
You know, what do you wake up?
That’s _______________________. Or get up or get down 16 times? I said, no, no.
So, the astronauts go around the earth every ________________________, far too fast for the body clock to adapt to, and so, they essentially experience a perpetual jet lag.
But you don’t have to be an astronaut to throw your __________________________ out of sync.
Virtually every shift work on Earth experiences the same __________________________.
Just like astronauts, you can take simple steps to improve your sleep. Keep a _________________sleep schedule. Block out _______________________________. And avoid ___________________________ before bed. Otherwise, your _________________ could catch up to you.
When you’re in space, the stakes are much higher. So, a missed keystroke can be the difference between, you know, ______________________________ really.

◆KEY

1. 16 times
2. 16 sunsets
3. 90 minutes
4. biological clock
5. sleep issues
6. regular
7. any light
8. screen time
9. lack of sleep
10. life and death

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来源：刘立军、宋葳 2017-09-14

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