夏說英文晨讀 (關注教書匠小夏 公眾號同步更新)新研究:你的睡眠質量,其實一直在被微生物控制?(講解版)|0915
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▍原文 Emerging research suggests that the communities of bacteria, viruses and fungi that make up our body's microbiota can influence our sleep. A number of small-scale studies in humans by researchers in China have shown that faecal transplants could help to improve the sleep of patients suffering from chronic insomnia and sleep disorders. Of course, It's worth remembering that receiving a transplant led patients to change their mindset in a way that allowed them to sleep more soundly. ▍語言點 1. emerging /ɪˈmɜːdʒɪŋ/ adj. 新興的,最新的(常用來形容研究,技術) 2. community /kəˈmjuːnəti/ n. (生物學、生態學領域中)生活在同一環境中相互作用的生物群落,特定區域內多種生物共同生活、相互影響而形成的集合體;社區,社群 3. bacterium /bækˈtɪriəm/ n. 細菌 4. virus /ˈvaɪrəs/ n. 病毒 5. fungus /ˈfʌŋɡəs/ n. 真菌 6. Microbiota /ˌmaikrəubai'əutə/ n. 微生物群(人體或環境中所有微生物的總和) 7. faecal transplants 糞便移植 8. chronic insomnia 慢性失眠 · chr...