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Passage Two
文章二
I don't want to boast anything, but I have always considered myself something of an elite sleeper.
我不想夸耀什么，但我一直认为自己是个睡眠精英。
Given the opportunity, I will sleep for marathon stretches, and can doze through the most extreme situations.
只要有机会，我就会像跑马拉松一样地长时间睡觉，而且在最极端的情况下也能打瞌睡。
On one very rough ferry crossing, on the route to the Isles of Scilly, for example, my traveling companion spent the entire 3-hour- ride throwing up in the bathroom, while I dozed happily on a plastic chair.
举个例子，有一次在去锡利群岛的途中，渡轮航行非常颠簸，我的旅伴在洗手间整整吐了三个小时，而我却在塑料椅子上愉快地打着瞌睡。
Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that I am not an elite sleeper after all.
不幸的是，我注意到自己终究不是睡眠精英。
It seems I am just lazy, because elite sleepers are defined as the approximately 3 percent of the population who are biologically programmed to need less sleep than the rest of us.
我似乎只是太懒了，因为睡眠精英指的是大约3%的人，他们在生理上比我们其他人需要更少的睡眠。
According to a study that came out in March, elite sleepers have rare genetic changes, which means they can sleep fewer hours than mere mortals, without any risk of cognitive decline.
根据三月份发表的一项研究，睡眠精英的基因发生了罕见的变化，这意味着他们可以比普通人睡更少的时间，而没有任何认知能力下降的风险。
It may not be possible to change your own genes, but can you train yourself to need less sleep?
改变自己的基因也许是不可能的，但你能训练自己减少睡眠需求吗?
Is there a non-biological way to reach elite sleeper status?
有没有一种非生物的方法可以让你成为睡眠精英?
I have spent the past year trying to answer that question.
在过去的一年里，我一直在尝试回答这个问题。
Not for fun, I should add, but because having a baby has severely disrupted my sleep, for which I still have a great passion.
我要补充的是，这并不是为了好玩，而是因为有了孩子之后，我的睡眠受到了严重影响，而我对睡眠仍然充满热情。
For a while, I assumed I'd be forced to become one of those people who jump out of bed at the crack of dawn.
有一段时间，我以为自己会被迫成为那种天一亮就从床上跳起来的人。
After a year of tough scientific study, however, I have discovered being forced to get up early in the morning is very different from being an early bird.
然而，经过一年艰苦的科学研究，我发现被迫在早上早起和真正早起是非常不同的。
Question 12.What does the speaker say she did on her ride to the Isles of Scilly?
讲话者说她在去锡利群岛的途中做了什么?
Question 13.What do we learn from the passage about elite sleepers?
关于睡眠精英我们从这篇文章中了解到什么?
Question 14.What has the speaker been trying to find out over the past year?
在过去的一年里，讲话者一直在试图弄清楚什么?
Question 15.What has the speaker discovered after a year of tough scientific study?
经过一年艰苦的科学研究，讲话者发现了什么?
