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Raising the alarm-clock?

America’s school day starts too early. That’s beginning to change?

Help is on the way for sleep-deprived teenagers?

設(shè)置鬧鐘，延長(zhǎng)睡眠?

美國(guó)的上學(xué)時(shí)間開始得太早，這種情況正開始改變
青少年睡眠不足的問題即將得到解決

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THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL season can be hard—not least in Syracuse, New York.
返校季可能會(huì)很難熬--尤其在紐約州的錫拉丘茲市。

On September 6th and 7th high-school students there returned to classrooms at 7.25am, 25 minutes earlier than the year before.
9月6日和7日，當(dāng)?shù)馗咧猩谠缟?:25就到了教室，比去年提前了 25 分鐘。

According to the National Centre for Education Statistics (NCES), most American public schools start a little after 8am; more than a quarter start even earlier.
根據(jù)美國(guó)國(guó)家教育統(tǒng)計(jì)中心 (NCES) 的數(shù)據(jù)，大多數(shù)美國(guó)公立學(xué)校在8點(diǎn)多開始上課；1/4以上的學(xué)校甚至更早開始上課。

Students in the South are the earliest risers. In Louisiana instruction typically begins at 7.45am.?南部的學(xué)生起床最早。在路易斯安那州，教學(xué)通常在上午7:45開始。

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Such schedules, health experts say, are inappropriate for teenagers, whose internal clocks are wired for an 11pm bedtime and an 8am wake-up.
健康專家說，這樣的作息安排對(duì)青少年來說不太合適，因?yàn)樗麄兊纳镧娨?guī)定晚上 11 點(diǎn)就寢，早上 8 點(diǎn)起床。

In 2014 the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that middle and high schools start no earlier than 8.30am.
2014 年，美國(guó)兒科學(xué)會(huì)建議初中和高中的上課時(shí)間不得早于上午 8:30。

The Centres for Disease Control has concluded that, of all the policies aimed at boosting adolescents’ sleep, delaying school start-times could have the greatest impact.
美國(guó)疾病控制中心得出的結(jié)論是，在所有旨在增加青少年睡眠的政策中，推遲上課時(shí)間可能會(huì)產(chǎn)生最大的影響和效果。

Data from the annual American Time Use Survey show that between 2003 and 2022 high-school students who started class after 8.30am logged 33 more minutes of sleep, on average, than those who started sooner (see chart).
根據(jù)《美國(guó)人時(shí)間使用調(diào)查》年鑒數(shù)據(jù)，2003-2022 年間，上午 8:30 后開始上課的高中生比更早上課的高中生平均多睡了33 分鐘（見圖表）。

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A recent paper by Kevin Bastian and Sarah Fuller of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds that later start times lead to better attendance, fewer disciplinary problems and higher test scores.
北卡羅來納大學(xué)教堂山分校的凱文·巴斯蒂安和薩拉·富勒最近發(fā)表的一篇論文研究表明，推遲上課時(shí)間可以提高出勤率，減少紀(jì)律問題和提高考試成績(jī)。

Some policymakers are getting the message. The NCES’s latest data show that the share of American public schools starting after 8.30am rose in the 2020-21 school year.
一些政策制定者已經(jīng)意識(shí)到這一點(diǎn)。美國(guó)國(guó)家教育統(tǒng)計(jì)中心的最新數(shù)據(jù)顯示，2020-2021學(xué)年，早上8:30之后上課的美國(guó)公立學(xué)校比例有所上升。

In 2019 California passed a law requiring public middle schools to start no earlier than 8am and high schools no earlier than 8.30am. In May Florida passed a similar law.
2019年，加州通過了一項(xiàng)法律，規(guī)定公立初中不得早于上午8:00上課，高中不得早于上午 8:30 開始上課。5月佛羅里達(dá)州通過了類似的法律。

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Eight other states are mulling such laws.
還有8個(gè)州正在考慮制定類似的法律。

A bill in the New York state Assembly would require public schools to start no earlier than 8.30am.
紐約州議會(huì)的一項(xiàng)法案要求公立學(xué)校不得早于上午 8:30 上課。

Relief may be on the way for Syracuse’s sleepy teens.
對(duì)于睡眼惺忪的雪城青少年來說，睡眠即將迎來改善。

（恭喜讀完，本篇英語詞匯量319左右）
原文出自：2023年9月16日《The Economist》United States版塊
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錫拉丘茲（Syracuse），或譯雪城，綽號(hào)鹽城（The Salt City），位于。英文名稱來源于意大利西西里島上城市錫拉庫(kù)薩，中文譯名”雪城“則源于當(dāng)?shù)亟笛O豐。雪城人口為145,170，是紐約州第五大城市，也是紐約州中部地區(qū)的經(jīng)濟(jì)和教育中心。

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?Such schedules, health experts say, are inappropriate for teenagers, whose internal clocks are wired for an 11pm bedtime and an 8am wake-up.

?健康專家說，這樣的作息安排對(duì)青少年來說不太合適，因?yàn)樗麄兊纳镧娨?guī)定晚上 11 點(diǎn)就寢，早上 8 點(diǎn)起床。

??Later start times lead to better attendance, fewer disciplinary problems and higher test scores.

?推遲上課時(shí)間可以提高出勤率，減少紀(jì)律問題和提高考試成績(jī)。

??A bill in the New York state Assembly would require public schools to start no earlier than 8.30am. ?

紐約州議會(huì)的一項(xiàng)法案要求公立學(xué)校不得早于上午 8:30 上課。