如何在10秒内快速入睡 ｜ 文化外刊 ｜ 精读-上篇
How to fall asleep in 10 seconds or less?
This simple trick can help you fall asleep in 10 seconds or less.If you have clicked in this video, you are likely up late at night and have a hard time sleeping.Do you have trouble sleeping at night? Then you're not alone.
In this video, I am going to tell you all about sleep, why you need it, why you've got trouble falling asleep and the fastest way to sleep in as little as 10 seconds. Yes, in 10 seconds!So why is sleep so important? You don't have to pull up the latest scientific studies to explain why sleep is so important to both our mental and physical health.That's just because you've probably experienced the toll of insufficient sleep first hand on many occasions.Sleep allows the body to recharge and if you are not waking up with a full power bar, then you're not fully powered.
What's more? A consistent lack of sleep has been correlated to an increase in health problems such as heart disease, asthma, depression, high blood pressure, and stroke.How many hours of sleep do I need?Sleep requirements vary slightly from person to person, most adults need between 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night to function at their best.While children and teenagers need even more. And, despite the notion that our sleep needs decrease with age, most older people still need a minimum of seven hours of sleep.
精读笔记
How to fall asleep in 10 seconds or less?
如何在10秒内入睡？
This simple trick can help you fall asleep in 10 seconds or less. If you have clicked in this video, you are likely up late at night and have a hard time sleeping. Do you have trouble sleeping at night? Then you're not alone.
这个简单的小技巧可以帮助你在10秒或更快入睡。如果你点击了这个视频，你可能习惯熬夜，很难入睡。你晚上入睡困难吗?那么你不是一个人。
【语篇理解】
trick
n.诡计;花招;骗局;把戏;引起错觉(或记忆紊乱)的事物;戏法
v.欺骗;欺诈
adj.为欺骗的;使人产生错觉的;虚弱有毛病的
第三人称单数： tricks；复数：tricks；现在分词：tricking；过去式：tricked；过去分词：tricked
【习语】
a bag/box of tricks(informal) 一套措施；全部法宝
be up to your (old) tricks(informal, disapproving) 故技重演；耍老花招
do the trick (informal) 奏效；起作用；达到目的
I don't know what it was that did the trick, but I am definitely feeling much better.
every trick in the book 无所不用其极；浑身解数
He'll try every trick in the book to stop you from winning.
have a trick, some more tricks, etc. up your sleeve袖藏玄机；胸有成竹；自有锦囊妙计
trick or treat是请吃糖，还是想遭殃（万圣节时儿童挨家索要糖果用语，扬言若不给糖就捣乱戏弄别人）
the tricks of the trade（某一行业或活动的）绝招，绝活，门道，生意经
turn a trick(NAmE, slang) 接客卖淫
(you can't) teach an old dog new tricks(saying) 老大（不）可教；（无法）改变人们长时间形成的思想（或做事方法等）
【短语动词】
trick sb into sth/into doing sth诱使某人做某事
He tricked me into lending him £100.
trick sb out of sth从某人处骗走某物
She was tricked out of her life savings.
trick sb/sth↔out (in/with sth)(literary) 打扮（或装饰）得引人注目
【双语例句】
The trick is done simply by sleight of hand.
变这个戏法全凭手法敏捷。
He shows me card tricks.
他表演纸牌戏法给我看。
He managed to trick his way past the security guards.
他想方设法骗过保安员走了。
He used the old trick of attacking in order to defend himself.
他采用了以攻为守的老招数。
They had to think of a trick to get past the guards.
他们只好想出个计谋骗过岗哨。
In this video, I am going to tell you all about sleep, why you need it, why you've got trouble falling asleep and the fastest way to sleep in as little as 10 seconds. Yes, in 10 seconds! So why is sleep so important? You don't have to pull up the latest scientific studies to explain why sleep is so important to both our mental and physical health. That's just because you've probably experienced the toll of insufficient sleep first hand on many occasions. Sleep allows the body to recharge and if you are not waking up with a full power bar, then you're not fully powered.
在这段视频中，我将告诉你所有关于睡眠的事情，为什么你需要睡眠，为什么你会失眠以及10秒内睡着的最快方法。没错，10秒!那么为什么睡眠如此重要呢?你不必查阅最新的科学研究来解释为什么睡眠对我们的身心健康如此重要。因为你可能在各种情景下亲身经历过睡眠不足带来的后果。睡眠会给身体充电，如果你醒来时没有满格的能量条，那么你就没有足够充沛的精力。
【语篇理解】
insufficient
adj.不充分的;不足的;不够重要的
派生词：insufficiently adv. ；insufficiency n.
同义词：inadequate
反义词：sufficient
insufficient time时间不够
His salary is insufficient to meet his needs.
[U, sing.] (usually technical 术语)
cardiac insufficiency心功能不全
【双语例句】
His salary is insufficient to meet his needs.
他的薪水不够应付需要。
British industry suffers through insufficient investment in research.
研究投入不足让英国工业深受其害。
Facilities for people with disabilities are still insufficient.
供伤残人士使用的设施仍然匮乏。
There is insufficient space for enlargement of the buildings.
没有足够的空间扩建这些建筑。
The evidence against him was weak and insufficient.
指控他的证据不足且无说服力。
What's more? A consistent lack of sleep has been correlated to an increase in health problems such as heart disease, asthma, depression, high blood pressure, and stroke.How many hours of sleep do I need? Sleep requirements vary slightly from person to person, most adults need between 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night to function at their best. While children and teenagers need even more. And, despite the notion that our sleep needs decrease with age, most older people still need a minimum of seven hours of sleep.
更重要的是，持续的睡眠不足与心脏病、哮喘、抑郁、高血压和中风等健康问题的增加有关。我需要多少小时的睡眠?每个人对睡眠的需求略有不同，大多数成年人需要7至9小时的睡眠才能使身体机能达到最佳状态。而儿童和青少年则需要更长睡眠时间。而且，尽管人们认为我们的睡眠需求会随着年龄的增长而减少，但大多数老年人仍然需要至少7小时的睡眠。
【语篇理解】
correlated
v.相互关联影响;相互依赖;显示(两个或多个事实或数字等)的紧密联系
correlate的过去分词和过去式
【双语例句】
At the highest executive levels earnings and performance aren't always correlated.
在最高管理层，收入与工作表现并不总是相关的。
The loss of respect for British science is correlated to reduced funding 英国科学界不如以前受重视，资金也因此减少。
The ending of a composition should be correlated with its beginning.
文章要前后照应。
Telepressure was also correlated with sleeping poorly and missing work.
远程压力也与睡眠不足和工作失误相关。
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