24小时不睡觉，你认为你的身体会怎样？英语读头条（第516期）

What happens if you don't sleep for 24 hours? 

You're basically drunk

如果24小时不睡觉，你觉得你的身体会怎样？

你基本上就是醉酒状态了

By Josh Hafner / Mar. 22, 2017 

For college students, new parents and employees dogged by deadlines, the all-nighter is nothing new. But going without sleep leaves you basically drunk, putting you at the equivalent of a .1% blood alcohol content as you drive to work, make decisions and interact with others.

对于大学生、新父母和受最后期限困扰的员工来说，干通宵不是什么新鲜事。但是不睡觉会让你基本上像喝醉酒一样，当你开车去工作、做决定和与他人互动时，你的血液酒精含量相当于0.1%。

“The first thing that goes is your ability to think," said Joseph Ojile, M.D., a board member with the National Sleep Foundation and founder of Clayton Sleep Institute in St. Louis. Judgement, memory and concentration all suffer impairment by the body's 17th hour without sleep, he said.

“首先不在线的是你的思维能力，”医学博士，国家睡眠基金会的董事会成员、圣路易斯克莱顿睡眠研究所的创始人约瑟夫 奥吉尔（Joseph Ojile）说。他说，人体从失去睡眠的第17小时开始，判断力、记忆力和注意力都受到损害。

impairment：损害

“We know at 17 hours, you're at .08% blood alcohol level," he said, the legal standard for drunk driving. "At 24 hours, you’re at 0.1%."

他说：“我们知道，在17小时内，你的血液酒精含量达到了0.08%“，这是酒后驾驶的法定标准。“24小时后，指标将达到0.1%。”

Coordination deteriorates as well in those intervening hours, said Ojile, a professor at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Irritability sets in, too. Pain becomes more acute and the immune system suffers, he said, leaving the body more open to infection.

圣路易斯大学医学院的教授奥吉尔说，在中间这些时间里，协调性会降低，易怒也开始出现。他说，疼痛变得更加剧烈，免疫系统也受损，使身体更容易受到感染。

deteriorates：恶化

irritability：易怒

acute：剧烈的，严重的

"Here’s the worst part about the lack of judgement," Ojile said. "The person is unaware of their impairment. How scary is that? ‘I’m fine, I’ll just drive home. I’ll do my work at the nuclear plant, no problem. Or fly the plane, no problem.’"

“缺乏判断力最糟糕的部分出现了，”奥吉尔说：”这时人不知道自己的受到了多大的伤害。知道这有多可怕吗？‘我很好，我开车回家。我会在核电站工作，没问题。或者驾驶飞机，没问题。’”

It's not entirely clear how the effects worsen past 24 hours, Ojile said, other than they do. The brain starts shutting down in trance-like microsleeps, 15- to 30-second spells that occur without the person noticing. Eventually, not sleeping results in death.

奥吉尔说，目前还不完全清楚24小时之后是如何恶化的，但是只会更糟糕。大脑开始样恍惚地停止工作进入微睡眠，15到30秒的小段睡眠会在没有人注意的情况下出现。最终，不睡觉导致了死亡。

spell: 一段时间

"It could range in people, but it could be a week or two weeks," he said. "If you want to kill someone eventually, you just keep them up."

他说：“这会因人而异，但可能延续一周或两周。如果你最终想杀了某人，那就让他们继续熬夜。”

And if the above effects seem dramatic compared to your all-nighter experiences, remember you're not remembering clearly.

如果与你熬夜的经历相比，上面的描述看上去过于戏剧化，别忘了那只是因为你记不清了发生在你身上的事了。

Drowsy driving caused 72,000 crashes and 800 deaths from 2009 to 2013, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Nearly one-third of all drivers admitted to driving drowsy within the previous month in a 2015 AAA poll.

根据国家公路交通安全管理局的一份报告，从2009年到2013年，昏昏欲睡驾驶汽车导致了72000起车祸和800人死亡。在2015年美国汽车协会（AAA）的一项调查中，近三分之一的司机承认在过去的一个月内曾昏昏欲睡驾驶汽车。

drowsy：昏昏欲睡的

If you find yourself on the road and short on sleep, don't think you can simply chug a cup of coffee and hit the road. It takes an hour for caffeine to kick in, Ojile said, so pull over for a bit and take break. You could use the rest.

如果你发现自己在路上开车但是很困，不要以为你能简单地喝杯咖啡就能上路。奥吉尔说，咖啡因需要一个小时才能起作用，所以靠边停车喘口气儿，。你可以好好休息一下。

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