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Are You Getting Enough Sleep? 你睡眠充足吗？ What happens if you dont get enough sleep? Randy Gardner, a high school student in the United States, wanted to find out. He designed an experiment on the effects of sleeplessness for a school science project. With doctors watching him carefully, Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours and 12 minutes. Thats eleven days and nights without sleep.当你睡眠不足时会怎样呢？Randy Gardner，一个美国的中学生想做个调查。他设计了一个关于睡眠不足对学校自然科学影响的实验。在医生的信心看护下，他持续264小时12分钟不休息。也就是11个白天和晚上不休息。 What effect did sleeplessness have on Gardner? After 24 hours without sleep, Gardner started having trouble reading and watching television. The words and pictures were too blurry (模糊). By the third day, he was having trouble doing things with his hands. By the fourth day, Gardner was hallucinating (产生幻觉). For example, when he saw a street sign, he thought it was a person. He also imagined he was a famous football player. Over the next few days, Gardners speech became so slurred (不清楚) that people couldnt understand him. He also had trouble remembering things. By the eleventh day, Gardner couldnt pass a counting test. In the middle of the test he simply stopped. He couldnt remember what he was doing. 睡眠不足对 Gardner他有什么的影响呢？24小时不睡觉后， Gardner在阅读和看电视时就有困难。文字和图像对他都很模糊不清。到第三天时，他用双手做事有困难。到第四天时， Gardner开始产生幻觉。例如，当他看到街道标识时，会认为是人。还会认为自己是个著名的足球运动员。在家下来的几天里， Gardner的语言变得很不清楚以至于人们无法理解他。同时在记忆方面也出现问题。到第11天的时候， Gardner就无法通过计数测试。在测试中间，他总是停顿，也不能记起他正在做的事。 When Gardner finally went to bed, he slept for 14 hours and 45 minutes. The second day he slept for twelve hours, the third night he slept for ten and one-half hours, and by the fourth night, he had returned to his normal sleep schedule. 当 Gardner最后终于要睡觉的时候，他睡了14个小时45分钟。第二天他睡了12个小时，第三天10个半小时，到第四天晚上，已经恢复到正常的睡眠状态。 Even though Gardner recovered quickly, scientists believe that going without sleep can be dangerous. They say that people should not repeat Randys experiment. Tests on white rats have shown how serious sleeplessness can be. After a few weeks without