Do you find it very difficult and painful to get up in the morning? This might be called laziness,but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
　　During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you' re "hot'. That' s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: "Get up, Peter! You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that Peter is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrel ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.
　　You can' t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you' re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late any- way. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning, but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won' t change .your cycle, but you' 11 get up steam and work better at your low point.
　　Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiting more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.
　　56. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably
　　A．he is a lazy person
　　B．he refuses to follow his own energy cycle
　　C．he is not sure when his energy is low
　　I D．he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
　　57. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?
　　A．Unawareness of energy cycles.
　　B．Familiar monologues.
　　C．A change in a family member' s energy cycle.
　　D．Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.
　　58. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should
　　A．change his energy cycle
　　B．overcome his laziness
　　C．get up earlier than usual
　　D．go to bed earlier
　　59. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will
　　A．help to keep your energy for the day's work
　　B．help you to control your temper early in the day
　　C．enable you to concentrate on your routine work
　　D．keep your energy cycle under control all day
　　60. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
　　A．Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one' s energy.
　　B．Dr. Kletman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.
　　C．Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle.
　　D．Children have energy cycles, too.
　　參考譯文
　　你是否發(fā)現(xiàn)早上起床很困難甚至有點痛苦?這也許可以被稱作懶惰，但克萊特曼博士有一種新的解釋，他已證明每個人都有一個每日的能量周期。
　　工作的時候，你可能會說你很“熱”。沒錯!一天當(dāng)中你覺得精力最為充沛的時候就是你的體溫周期達到高峰的時候。對一些人來說，這一高峰會在午前到來。而對另一些人來說，則到下午或是晚上才來到。還沒有人知道為什么會這樣，但大家都能聽到那種很熟悉的自言自語，如“該起床了，彼得!上班又要遲到了!”對這種煩惱可能性的解釋就是彼得的體溫與能量高峰在晚上到來。當(dāng)夫婦們了解到能量周期的內(nèi)容，并知曉每個家庭成員的能量周期時，諸多家庭爭端才能結(jié)束。
　　你無法改變你的能量周期，但你可以使你的生活習(xí)慣更加適應(yīng)它�？巳R特曼博士認為習(xí)慣是有幫助的。也許你晚上很困，但你覺得無論如何都得熬夜。習(xí)慣性地延遲睡覺時間可以在一定程度上對抗你的周期。如果你早上能量低，但在一大清早有件很重要的工作要做，那就比平時早些起床。這樣做不會改變你的周期，但你可以在能量低的時候鼓起干勁，更好地工作。
　　慢慢地開始一天的工作有助于節(jié)約能量。起床時放松地打個哈欠，伸伸懶腰。在床上坐一會兒再下地。前一天晚上把干凈衣服放好，這樣就不用手忙腳亂地到處亂翻。盡可能在下午做常規(guī)工作，把需要更多能量與注意力的任務(wù)留到最佳狀態(tài)的時候來處理。