underneath英语短文-双语美文：不同国家人的睡眠习惯

2021年1月21日发(作者：黄杉)
英语短文


双语美文：不同国家人的睡眠习惯








The
National
Sleep
Foundation
(NSF),
an
independent
nonprofit organization, conducted an international poll to
compare
the
sleeping
habits
of
people
in
six
different
countries.



独立的非盈利组织国际睡眠机构(NSF)
在全球范围内做了
一个问卷调查，来比较六个不同国家人们的睡眠习惯。



The NSF polled individuals in the United States,
Canada,
Germany,
Japan,
Mexico,
and
the
United
Kingdom
between
the ages of 25 and 55 about their sleep habits. The study
wasn
’
t peer reviewed or published in a journal, but here are
some interesting facts they found:

< br>该项调查所涉及的国家有：美国、加拿大、德国，日本、
墨西哥以及英国，
调查人群在< br>25-55
岁之间，
重点调查他们的睡眠习
惯。
该项调查并没有正式在 期刊上发表，
下面是他们发现的一些有趣
的事实：



1.
Less
than
half
of
the
respondents
in
each
country
are sleeping well every night.


各国调查者中，少于半数的人每晚能睡得很安稳。



2.
The
United
States
and
Japan
are
getting
the
least
amount of sleep overall.


美国和日本的平均睡眠时间最少。



Consequently, about one-half from both countries
reported at least one nap in the last two weeks.


所以，
这两个国家大概只有一半的人表示在过去半个月内
午休过至少一次。



3. About a quarter of respondents in the United
States, the United Kingdom, and Canada never or rarely sleep
well before a workday.


工作日前一晚，
美国、
英国和加拿大四分之 一的被调查者
表示无法安睡。






The United States and Japan led the way for those
who
get
less
than
six
hours
of
sleep
before
a
workday,
and
about
two-thirds in Japan and half in the United States sleep less
than seven hours before work.


美国 和日本大部分的调查者工作日前一晚的睡眠时间不
到六小时，
其中三分之二的日本人和一半的美 国人睡眠时间不到七小
时。



4. In the United Kingdom almost one-third sleep
naked.


三分之一的英国调查者喜欢裸睡。



While
over
half
of
the
respondents
in
all
six
countries reported sleeping in pajamas, the United Kingdom
seems to be a little more liberal.


虽然这六个国家的调查者中半数以上的人都声称会穿睡
衣睡觉，然而英国似乎要更开明一点。



5.
Pillows
are
most
important
to
the
United
States.


对于美国人而言，枕头必不可少。



The
United
States
reported
the
highest
average
number
of
pillows
(2.2),
while
Japan
reported
the
lowest
(1.1).


美国人均枕头数最高
(2.2)
，日本最低
(1.1)
。



6. Mexico leads the way in bedroom tidiness.


墨西哥人的卧室最整洁。



Mexico
reported
82%
make
the
bed
every
day
or
almost
every day, and almost one-quarter reported they change the
sheets more than once a week.


82%
的墨西哥调查者每天或者几乎每天都要铺床，其中四