可可电台，每期节目一话题，让英语磨练耳朵的同时学到更多有益的小知识，丰富知识的同时受益于生活。

Ways to Brighten Your Morning

让您的早晨更愉快的醒来

Go to sleep with your blinds or curtains halfway open.

睡觉时让您的百叶窗或者窗帘半开。

That way, the natural light of the rising sun will send a signal to your brain to slow its production of melatonin and bump up its production of adrenaline, a signal that it's time to wake up.

这样的话，升起的阳光会发送给你的大脑一个是时候该起床的信号，这个信号会减缓褪黑激素的生产，并提高肾上腺素的生产。

When the alarm goes off, you'll already be half awake. Even better: Go to bed early enough so that waking up when the sun shines through your window still gives you the recommended seven hours of shut-eye. If you maintain this routine, it's likely that you can start relying on your biological clock rather than an alarm clock.

当闹钟响起的时候，你已经半醒了。更好的情况是：尽早上床睡觉，当太阳从你的窗户里照射进来时，你已经有了7个小时的睡眠。如果你保持这个习惯，很有可能你会依赖你的生物钟而不是闹钟。

【知识点讲解】

rather than conj. 宁可 ... 也不愿；与其 ... 倒不如；而不是

例句：

It is better to express your anger, rather than bottle it up.

生气宁可发泄出来而不要闷在肚内。

I prefer to walk there rather than take a bus.

与其坐公共汽车去,还不如走路去。

She is a career woman rather than a housewife.

她是职业妇女而不是家庭主妇。

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