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Sleep deprivation

 

睡不夠，會變笨？

Crystal 和 Kevin 齊齊問點解！ 

 

Sleep deprivation is a significant hidden factor in lowering the achievement of school pupils, according to researchers carrying out international education tests.

(摘自BBC “Lack of sleep blights pupils’ education”)

 

deprivation 缺少, 缺乏 / 喪失, 剝奪

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：People suffered terrible deprivations during the war .   戰爭期間，人們遭受了嚴重的損失。

 

► sleep-deprived  睡眠不足

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：The international comparison, carried out by Boston College, found the United States to have the highest number of sleep-deprived students.

 

► deprived childhood   貧苦的童年

 

** 留意deprivation/ deprive 的字首de-，讀音是不同的！**

 

deprivation [de] vs. deprive [di]

 

► deprive + of (deprive sbd of sth)

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：Some children have been deprived of a normal life .   有些孩子被剝奪了正常的生活。

例子：The new ordinance has deprived many people of freedom.   新法律剝奪了許多人的自由。

 

sleep-starved 睡眠不足的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：Sleep deprivation is such a serious disruption that lessons have to be pitched at a lower level to accommodate sleep-starved learners.

 

睡覺是正經事：

Research into sleep disorders and brain function has shown the importance of sleep in memory and consolidating information.

 

consolidate （使）鞏固；（使）加強

(verb 動詞)

 

► consolidation (noun 名詞)

 

睡不夠，後果可大可小！

Lack of sleep is going to leave pupils more emotionally volatile, more potentially disruptive and physically struggling to learn.
 

 

volatile 不穩定的；易變的；易怒的，喜怒無常的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

disruptive 搗亂的，引起混亂的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：The child was disruptive in class.   這個孩子破壞課堂秩序。

 

睡不夠，有得救？

Dr Fitzpatrick: "The basis of learning will likely be restored to normal levels." Otherwise trying to study without sleep is going to be tough. "Your brain is running on empty."
 

 

run on

(phrasal verb 片語動詞)

 

1. 繼續談

例子：She will run on for hours once she starts.   她一開始便會連續談幾個小時。

 

2. 流逝

例子：Time runs on.   時間不斷流逝。

 

3. 持續

例子：The fever may run on for a few days.   發燒將持續幾天。

 

4. 以某事為主題

例子：His talks always run on something boring.  他談的總是沈悶的話題。

   
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