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1、凯程考研辅导班，中国最强的考研辅导机构，http://www.kaichengschool.com考研就找凯程考研，学生满意，家长放心，社会认可！2015考研英语阅读理解精读P11—医学 Passage11 Sleepisafunnything.We'retaughtthatweshouldgetsevenoreighthoursanight,butalotofusgetbyjustfineonless,andsomeofusactuallysleeptoomuch.AstudyoutoftheUniversityofBuffalolastmonthreportedt
2、hatpeoplewhoroutinelysleepmorethaneighthoursadayandarestilltiredarenearlythreetimesaslikelytodieofstroke--probablyasaresultofanunderlyingdisorderthatkeepsthemfromsnoozingsoundly. Doctorshavetheirownspecialsleepproblems.Residentsarefamouslysleepdeprived.WhenIwastrainingtobecomeaneurosurge
3、on,itwasnotunusualtowork40hoursinarowwithoutrest.Mostofustookitinstride,confidentwecouldstilldeliverthehighestqualityofmedicalcare.Maybeweshouldn'thavebeensosureofourselves.AnarticleintheJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociationpointsoutthatinthemorningafter24hoursofsleeplessness,aperson'smo
4、torperformanceiscomparabletothatofsomeonewhoislegallyintoxicated.Curiously,surgeonswhobelievethatoperatingundertheinfluenceisgroundsfordismissaloftendon'tthinktwiceaboutoperatingwithoutenoughsleep. "Icouldtellyouhorrorstories,"saysJayaAgrawal,presidentoftheAmericanMedicalStudentAssociati
5、on,whichrunsawebsitewhereresidentscanpostanonymousanecdotes.Someareterrifying."Iwasoperatingafterbeingupforover36hours,"onewrites."Iliterallyfellasleepstandingupandnearlyfaceplantedintothewound." "PracticallyeverysurgicalresidentIknowhasfallenasleepatthewheeldrivinghomefromwork,"writesan
6、other."Iknowofthreewhohavehitparkedcars.Anotherhita'Jerseybarrier'ontheNewJerseyTurnpike,going65m.p.h.""Yourownpatientshavebecometheenemy,"writesathird,becausetheyare"theonethingthatstandsbetweenyouandafewhoursofsleep." Agrawal'sorganizationissupportingthePatientandPhysicianSafetyandProt
7、ectionActof2001,introducedlastNovemberbyRepresentativeJohnConyersJr.ofMichigan.Itskeyprovisions,modeledonNewYorkState'sregulations,includean80-hourworkweekanda24-hourwork-shiftlimit.Mostdoctors,however,resistsuchinterference.Dr.CharlesBinkley,aseniorsurgeryresidenta
