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This news might not come as a great surprise to mothers, but a new study confirms that moms (and mums) get less sleep than fathers. Researchers at Georgia Southern University in the USA analyzed data on the sleeping habits and patterns of nearly 3,000 women and 3,000 men. They wanted to get to the bottom of what affects adults' sleep. The researchers discovered that having children in the house leads to sleep deprivation in many mothers. Motherhood significantly reduced the number of hours a mother slept each night. Unsurprisingly, this had an adverse effect on mothers' energy levels and tiredness during the day. The study found that fathers' sleep remained largely unaffected by having kids in the house.
The study reveals that children were the biggest cause of mothers being sleep deprived. Dr Kelly Sullivan, co-author of the report, said each child increased a woman's risk of getting insufficient sleep by 46 per cent. In addition, 48 per cent of mothers under 45 reported getting an average of seven hours of sleep a night, compared with 62 per cent of women of the same age who did not have children at home. Dr Sullivan said a lack of sleep negatively impacts physical and mental well-being. It increases the risk of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and depression. She added: "It's important to learn what is keeping people from getting the rest they need so we can help them work towards better health."
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词汇学习
1.deprivation n.剥夺
Millions more suffer from serious sleep deprivation caused by long work hours.
另外还有数百万人因工作时间过长而睡眠严重不足。
2.significantly adv.意味深长地；值得注目地
America's airlines have significantly higher productivity than European ones.
美国航空公司的工作效率比欧洲航空公司要高出很多。
3.adverse adj.不利的；有害的
Despite the adverse conditions, the road was finished in just eight months.
尽管存在种种不利情况，公路还是仅用8个月就完工了。
4.reveal vt.显露；揭露
Experts reveal only as much as they care to.
专家们只透露了他们想透露的那些。
5.insufficient adj.不足的，不够的
There is insufficient space for enlargement of the buildings.
没有足够的空间扩建这些建筑。
6.negatively adv.否定地；消极地
60 percent of the sample answered negatively.
抽样调查中60％的接受调查者作出了否定回答。
内容解析
1.The researchers discovered that having children in the house leads to sleep deprivation in many mothers.
lead to通向；导致
Politicians say it could lead to a dissolution of parliament.
政客们说这可能会导致议会解散。
2.In addition, 48 per cent of mothers under 45 reported getting an average of seven hours of sleep a night, compared with 62 per cent of women of the same age who did not have children at home.
in addition另外；除此之外
In addition to my weekly wage, I got a lot of tips.
除了每周的薪水外，我还能得到不少小费。
3.It's important to learn what is keeping people from getting the rest they need so we can help them work towards better health.
keep from隐瞒；阻止
He had to lean on Dan to keep from falling.
他不得不靠在丹身上以免摔倒。
参考翻译
对于许多母亲来说，这个消息或许一点都不奇怪，但是一项新的研究证实了这一点，母亲们的睡眠少于父亲。美国乔治亚南方大学的研究人员分析了近3000名女性和3000名男性睡眠习惯和睡眠模式的数据。他们希望弄清影响成年人睡眠的因素。研究人员发现，家里有孩子会剥夺许多母亲的睡眠。做母亲大大减少了母亲每晚的睡眠时间。毫不意外，这对母亲的精力产生了负面影响，造成日间疲惫。研究发现，家里有孩子对父亲的睡眠影响不大。
研究披露，孩子是母亲睡眠不足最大的原因。这份报告的联合作者Kelly Sullivan博士表示，每个孩子都会导致母亲睡眠不足的可能性增加46%。此外，48%的45岁以下母亲报告平均每晚睡七个小时，62%的同年龄段家里没有孩子的女性平均每晚睡眠七个小时。Sullivan博士说，缺乏睡眠会对身体和精神健康产生负面影响。睡眠不足会增加糖尿病，肥胖，心血管疾病和抑郁症的风险。她补充说：“了解妨碍人们获得充足睡眠的原因非常重要，这样我们就可以帮他们提高健康平。”
