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What: Cooking, Bicycle Race, Crafts（工艺）, Sewing （缝纫）, Shooting Targets with BB Guns, Wacky Science and Games. Who: Open to youth in grades 3 and up. Youth ages 14 and up may volunteer to help. This event is free of charge, but pre-registration（预先登记）is required. Youth with parents are welcome to attend as a special guest. When: March 12, 2019. 9 am-3 pm Where: Robertson County Fairgrounds: Springfield, TN | No Charge for the Day Camp, but bring your own lunch. Bring your bicycle to enter the Bicycle Race（optional）. |
For more information, please contact Kathy Finley, Robertson County 4-H agent at 615-384-7936 or kfinley@ utk. edu. | |
【1】You can’t ________ if you take part in the Day Camp.
A.learn how to shootB.play games with others
C.learn a foreign languageD.perform bicycle shows
【2】You will have to ________ for the Day Camp.
A.payB.bring your own lunch
C.be a volunteerD.bring your parents
【3】How can you take part in the Day Camp?
A.Make a call or send an e-mail.B.Write a letter or make a call.
C.Get information from parent.D.Visit it with the help of friends.
【4】How long does the activity last?
A.3 hours.B.6 hours.C.9 hours.D.12 hours.
【5】The main purpose of this activity is to ________.
A.make students relaxed from school work
B.encourage more people to do volunteer work
C.help teachers make more friends
D.greet guests in a special way
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Many of us have had this experience: we lie down in a bed other than our own, perhaps at a friend’s house or in a hotel room, and find it difficult to fall asleep.
Why does it happen?
A new study shows one reason is what the scientists call “first night effect”. They believe that one side of the brain acts as a “night watch” to warn us about possible dangers. It prevents us from getting to sleep on the first night in a new environment.
For the study, 35 young volunteers were asked to sleep in a sleep lab for several days as researchers watched their brain activities.
According to the researchers, on their first night, the left brain was more active than the right brain and people had a hard time sleeping. However, the left brain activity decreased(降低) as days went by, falling even to the point of complete calm. In this process, the volunteers got better and better sleep experience.
The findings show that the different rhythms(节奏) of the sides of the brain affect our sleep. When the two sides work differently, the balance between them is broken. So the brain can’t relax and is sensitive(敏感的) to anything strange around.
“At some level, the brain is continuing to work, even though you don’t realize it,” US professor Jerome Siegel told Smithsonian Magazine. “If something unusual happens, you can be alert(警惕的)”.
More surprisingly, this is like the way some animals sleep. Whales, dolphins, and many birds can sleep with half of their brain while the other half stays awake, with one eye staying open.
The researchers think that it is the result of evolution(进化) and works to protect us in possibly dangerous environments.
If you have ever had first night effect, researchers advise you to bring your own pillow or sleep in a room similar to your bedroom next time you sleep away from home.
First night effect | |
People’s possible experience | Many people have 【1】 getting to sleep on the first night in a new environment. |
The findings of the study | First night effect forces us to stay awake as one side of the brain is alert to possible dangers. As days go by, people’s sleep experience 【2】 as the left-brain activity falls. |
The explanations to the findings | On the first night in a new environment, people’s left brain is more active than the right brain and that 【3】 the balance between them. Our brains continue to work without being realized at night so that we can be sensitive to anything unusual. Some other animals sleep in the similar way, which is thought to be 【4】 by evolution. |
【5】 from researchers | Bring your own pillow or sleep in a bedroom that looks like yours. |