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大概有不少考生都因為壓力很大，多多少少有一些睡眠失調的症狀，今天我們來看一下最常見的失眠症，也希望考生們都沒有這個困擾囉！

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insomnia [ɪnˋsɑmnɪə] (n.) 失眠症
occasional [əˋkeʒən!] (adj.) 偶爾的，非經常的
chronic [ˋkrɑnɪk] (adj.) 慢性的
physical [ˋfɪzɪk!] (adj.) 身體的、肉體的
psychological [͵saɪkəˋlɑdʒɪk!] (adj.) 心理的、精神的

(n.) 名詞 (v.) 動詞 (adj.) 形容詞 (adv.) 副詞

現學現賣

The most common sleep disorder is insomnia.
最普遍的睡眠失調是失眠症。
Insomnia means difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep.
失眠症是指有入眠的困難或是難以保持睡著的狀態。
I am not talking about just occasional difficulties.
我並不是指偶發的困難。
Insomnia is considered a serious problem when it becomes chronic;
當失眠症變成慢性時，就是嚴重的問題了；
that is,
也就是說，
when sleeping becomes difficult for several weeks or even months at a time.
當睡眠變得難熬，為期幾週或甚至一個月一次。
The reason could be either physical or psychological.
原因會是生理的或是心理的。
Most often, it is psychological, that is, it’s caused by stress.
最常見的是心理的，也就是壓力所造成的。
Or the cause could be physical, such as too much caffeine or nicotine in your body.
或是生理造成的，例如太多的咖啡因或尼古丁在你的身體裡。
Both of these chemicals are stimulants and will keep you from sleeping.
兩個化學反應都是刺激物，讓你的身體遠離休眠。
There are many effective ways to deal with insomnia, some good and some bad.
有許多有效的方法來處理失眠，有些好而有些壞。
Obviously avoid stimulants like coffee, tea and cigarettes in the evening is a good idea.
明顯地，在傍晚避免像是咖啡、茶和香菸的刺激物是一個好的做法。
Some other methods that doctors recommend are,
其他醫生建議的方法如，
first, listening to relaxation CDs or soft music,
首先，聽些放鬆的CD和軟性音樂，
and second, doing self-hypnosis, which you can learn easily with the help of a trained specialist.
接著，做自我催眠，這個你可以在訓練有素的專家協助下輕鬆地學來。
Then there is always TV ─ some people find watching TV helpful.
然後呢，總是有電視機，有些人發現看電視很有用。
And reading a boring book can be very effective.
以及讀本無聊的書也很有效。