You may know about “junk food” like French fries. But do you know about “junk sleep”?
你可能知道像炸薯条这样的“垃圾食品”，但是你知道“垃圾睡眠”吗？
A British survey shows that there are many electronic products in teenagers’ bedrooms. They are influencing teenagers’ sleep badly.
英国的一项调查显示，青少年的卧室里有很多电子产品，严重影响了青少年的睡眠。
The survey was done among 1,000 British kids from 12 to 16. It is found that 50% of them got just 4 to 7 hours’ sleep every day. But doctors say they need 8 to 9 hours.
这项调查是在1000名12岁至16岁的英国儿童中进行的。研究发现，其中50%的人每天只睡4到7个小时，但医生说他们需要8到9个小时。
Almost 25% of the kids said they often fell asleep while they were watching TV, listening to music or using other electronic products.
近25%的孩子表示，他们经常在看电视、听音乐或使用其他电子产品时睡着。
“This is very worrying,” said Dr. Chris, a British professor, “We call it ‘junk sleep’. It means you don’t get enough sleep and the quality of the sleep is low, too.” The survey found that quite a few of the kids felt tired each day because of the junk sleep, especially girls between 13 and 16. Nearly all the teenagers have a phone, music player or TV in their bedrooms. And lots of them even have all the three.
英国教授克里斯博士说：“这非常令人担忧，我们称之为‘垃圾睡眠’。这意味着你没有得到足够的睡眠，睡眠质量不足。”调查发现，相当多的孩子每天都因为垃圾睡眠而感到疲惫，尤其是13岁至16岁的女孩。几乎所有的青少年都在卧室里有手机、音乐播放器或电视。他们中的许多人甚至拥有这三种。
Dr. Chris suggested that parents should help their children keep away from electronic products, and that teenagers should spend less time on the electronic products.
克里斯博士建议，父母应该帮助孩子远离电子产品，青少年应该少把时间花在电子产品上。
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