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。
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。
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？
Bring on the puppies and rainbows, right-side sleepers!
朝右侧睡的人会梦见小狗和彩虹！
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”。
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。
Back sleepers also may have a harder time remembering their dreams, but maybe that's not such a bad thing.
平躺睡觉的人也可能很难记起他们的梦，但这也并非坏事。
The of the artist is to disturb. His duty is to arouse the sleepers, to shake the complacent pillars of the world.
艺术家的职责就是要惊世骇俗，唤醒沉睡的人们，震撼那些自以为是的社会中坚。
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。
Researchers say the discovery could lead to spindle-enhancing techniques that offer lighter sleepers a chance at dead-to-the-world rest.
研究者称此发现可能导致运用纺锤波增强技术让浅睡眠者得以一夜酣睡到天亮。
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。
When the bride heard them snoring she came out from behind the barrel, and had to step over the sleepers, for they lay all in rows on the ground.
姑娘听到鼾声从木桶后走出来，蹑手蹑脚地从那些横七竖八的瞌睡虫身上跨过去，生怕把他们惊醒了。
I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realm of men.
我是火，在寒冷中燃烧；是光，带来黎明；是号角，唤醒沉睡者；是盾牌，保护人类的疆土。
I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.
我是抵御寒冷的烈焰，破晓时分的光线，唤醒死者的号角，守护王国的铁卫。
Still, scientists hope that by studying short sleepers, they can better understand how the body regulates sleep and why sleep needs vary so much in humans.
尽管如此，通过研究短睡者，科学家希望能更好地理解人体是如何调节睡眠的，以及为何不同的人对睡眠的需求会如此不同。
The other, as the chart shows, has been the spread of insecticide-drenched bednets, which protect sleepers from the mosquitoes that carry malarial parasites.
正如图表所示，另一种武器是涂有杀虫剂的蚊帐的广泛使用，这使睡觉的人免受携带疟疾寄生虫的蚊子的影响。
Fetal sleepers tend to be shy and sensitive while people who assume the soldier position, flat on their back with arms at their sides, are quiet and reserved.
胎儿式睡姿的人往往比较害羞、敏感，而仰卧在床上、双臂靠在身体两侧的士兵式睡姿的人则比较安静，保守。
Light sleepers may benefit from boosting the number of spindles in their brains, though the researchers acknowledge they are still unclear how the boost could be achieved.
那些睡眠浅又容易被惊醒的人们也许会从激活脑中大量的梭形波而受益，但研究者们至今尚未清楚到底通过什么样的办法去激发脑中的梭形波。
The study found found that the subjects who said they slept nine hours or longer a day were one-and-a-half times more likely than seven-hour sleepers to develop heart disease.
研究发现每天睡9个小时或者更长时间的人患心脏类疾病的几率是每天睡7个小时的人的1.5倍。
The study found found that the subjects who said they slept nine hours or longer a day were one-and-a-half times more likely than seven-hour sleepers to develop heart disease.
研究发现每天睡9个小时或者更长时间的人患心脏类疾病的几率是每天睡7个小时的人的1.5倍。
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