It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
一个人什么时候睡或者睡多少都不重要，但每个人都需要休息才能活下去。这是所有医生的想法，直到他们听说阿尔·赫平。据说阿尔·赫平从不睡觉。这是真的吗？医生们决定亲自去看下这个怪人。
Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
当医生来到他位于新泽西州的家时，艾尔·赫平已经90岁了。他们认为他肯定睡了一觉，所以他们和赫平呆在一起，看着他做的每一个动作。不过他们很惊讶，尽管他们一小时又一小时、一天又一天地看着他，但他们从未见过赫平睡觉。实际上，他甚至没有床，他从不需要。
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.
赫平唯一的休息就是有时候坐在舒适的椅子上看报纸。医生们对这种奇怪的持续不睡眠感到困惑。他们问了他许多问题，希望找到答案。他们只找到了一个可能解释他病情的答案。赫平记得一些关于他母亲在他出生前几天受伤的谈话。但仅此而已。这是真正的原因吗？没人能确定。
Herpin died at the age of 94.
赫平于94岁去世。
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