His first home was a shack made of wooden railway sleepers, soaked in creosote to keep the termites out.
他的第一个家是一间用铁路枕木搭成的棚屋，木头浸泡在木馏油里以防白蚁进入。
True short sleepers don't need naps or coffee.
真正的短睡眠者不需要小睡或咖啡。
Sound sleepers, they found, have specific patterns of activity in the brain that block out distracting signals during their slumber.
他们发现，那些睡眠很好的人，似乎头脑中有着某种特殊的活动来阻隔那些将会影响他们睡眠的声音信号。
Still, if late sleepers want to lose a few pounds, they can go to bed earlier than they usually do, thereby reducing their chances of taking snacks before bedtime.
不过，如果晚睡的人想减掉几磅体重，他们可以比平时更早上床睡觉，从而减少了睡前吃零食的机会。
Only the snores of the sleepers broke the silence of the house.
只有睡觉的人发出的鼾声打破了屋内的寂静。
They are sound sleepers, I assure you.
他们是酣睡的人，我向你保证。
But short sleepers may suffer other bad effects.
但是，睡眠不足的人可能会受到其他的不良影响。
Of course, researchers want to learn more about short sleepers.
当然，研究人员想对短睡眠者了解更多。
Short sleepers also tend to be thin and have faster metabolisms.
短睡眠者通常会很瘦并且新陈代谢很快。
Did you ever think what those sleepers are that underlie the railroad?
你曾否想过铁道下方的那些枕木是什么？
People who sleep more when they can are not true short sleepers, he says.
那些在有可能的时候睡得更多的人并非真正的短睡者。他说。
There is currently no way people can teach themselves to be short sleepers.
目前人们还没有办法通过自我学习成为短睡者。
In short, light sleepers do not produce as many sleep spindles as heavy sleepers.
简而言之，睡眠浅的人并没有像睡眠深的人一样产生足够多的“睡眠梭形波”。
With just five or six hours' sleep, they're more energized than regular sleepers.
只要有5到6个小时的睡眠，他们能比正常睡眠者更加精力充沛。
The non-sleepers reported a far more emotional response to seeing the pictures again.
那些没有睡觉的人当再次看到图片时则产生了很强烈的情感反应。
Investigations discovered four smouldering railway sleepers, one with a hole burnt through it.
调查发现是四根铁路枕木在闷烧，其中一根枕木烧穿了一个洞。
EEGs show that we are biphasic sleepers with two alertness dips — one at night time and one mid-day.
脑电图显示，作为两阶段睡眠者的我们，每天确实有两段时间会警觉性下降-分别是晚上和中午。
Natural "short sleepers," as they're officially known, are night owls and early birds simultaneously.
他们的正式名称叫做“短睡者”，天生的“短睡者”既是夜猫子又是早起鸟。
They hope that one day they will be able to manipulate this ability in order to give lighter sleepers a better night's rest.
他们希望有一天他们能够操控这种阻隔环境噪音的能力，以使浅睡者能够获得更好的睡眠质量。
Researchers have found that heavy sleepers are able to block outside noise getting to their brains and lead to undisturbed sleep.
研究人员已经发现，深度睡眠者能阻止外界噪声进入大脑，从而获得无扰状态的睡眠。
Light sleepers, we often found ourselves peering blearily at deserted stations and sleeping towns as the bathroom symphony played on.
我们都是浅睡的人，经常发现自己在卫生间的交响乐响起时，朦胧地看着窗外空无一人的站台和沉睡中的城镇。
Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison came close but they were also fond of taking naps, which may disqualify them as true short sleepers.
温斯顿·丘吉尔和托马斯·爱迪生比较接近，但是他们也喜欢午睡，这也许会剥夺其成为真正短睡者的资格。
For now, restless sleepers can have their sleep spindles measured by any sleep lab, which can help them determine their sensitivity to sounds.
目前，失眠者能够通过任何睡眠实验室测量他们的睡眠纺锤波，这将能帮助他们测定他们对噪音的敏感性。
For now, restless sleepers can have their sleep spindles measured by any sleep lab, which can help them determine their sensitivity to sounds.
目前，失眠者能够通过任何睡眠实验室测量他们的睡眠纺锤波，这将能帮助他们测定他们对噪音的敏感性。
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