Do you find it very difficult and painful to get up in the morning? This might be called laziness,but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you' re "hot'. That' s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: "Get up, Peter! You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that Peter is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrel ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.
You can' t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you' re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late any- way. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning, but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won' t change .your cycle, but you' 11 get up steam and work better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiting more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.
56. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably
A．he is a lazy person
B．he refuses to follow his own energy cycle
C．he is not sure when his energy is low
I D．he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
57. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?
A．Unawareness of energy cycles.
B．Familiar monologues.
C．A change in a family member' s energy cycle.
D．Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.
58. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should
A．change his energy cycle
B．overcome his laziness
C．get up earlier than usual
D．go to bed earlier
59. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will
A．help to keep your energy for the day's work
B．help you to control your temper early in the day
C．enable you to concentrate on your routine work
D．keep your energy cycle under control all day
60. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one' s energy.
B．Dr. Kletman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.
C．Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle.
D．Children have energy cycles, too.
参考译文
你是否发现早上起床很困难甚至有点痛苦?这也许可以被称作懒惰，但克莱特曼博士有一种新的解释，他已证明每个人都有一个每日的能量周期。
工作的时候，你可能会说你很“热”。没错!一天当中你觉得精力最为充沛的时候就是你的体温周期达到高峰的时候。对一些人来说，这一高峰会在午前到来。而对另一些人来说，则到下午或是晚上才来到。还没有人知道为什么会这样，但大家都能听到那种很熟悉的自言自语，如“该起床了，彼得!上班又要迟到了!”对这种烦恼可能性的解释就是彼得的体温与能量高峰在晚上到来。当夫妇们了解到能量周期的内容，并知晓每个家庭成员的能量周期时，诸多家庭争端才能结束。
你无法改变你的能量周期，但你可以使你的生活习惯更加适应它。克莱特曼博士认为习惯是有帮助的。也许你晚上很困，但你觉得无论如何都得熬夜。习惯性地延迟睡觉时间可以在一定程度上对抗你的周期。如果你早上能量低，但在一大清早有件很重要的工作要做，那就比平时早些起床。这样做不会改变你的周期，但你可以在能量低的时候鼓起干劲，更好地工作。
慢慢地开始一天的工作有助于节约能量。起床时放松地打个哈欠，伸伸懒腰。在床上坐一会儿再下地。前一天晚上把干净衣服放好，这样就不用手忙脚乱地到处乱翻。尽可能在下午做常规工作，把需要更多能量与注意力的任务留到最佳状态的时候来处理。
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