Listening Practice: The Sleeping Brain's Nightly Wash
Tonight, while you sleep, your brain will do something that has nothing to do with thinking. It will wash itself.
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Tonight, while you sleep, your brain will do something that has nothing to do with thinking. It will wash itself.
cerebrospinal fluid:脑脊液,围绕大脑和脊髓的透明液体waste:废物,代谢产生的垃圾slow wave:慢波,深睡时大脑大而慢的电波burst:一阵,指很短的一段声音pink noise:粉红噪声,各频率都有、低频更响亮,接近雨声phase:相位,这里指声音落在波动的哪个位置amplitude:振幅,波的大小constrict / dilate:血管收缩 / 血管舒张restorative:恢复性的,restorative sleep 指睡完让人觉得缓过来的睡眠When the sound landed at other points in the cycle, the effect disappeared.
the effect disappeared,意思是"效果消失了"。句首的 When the sound landed at other points in the cycle 是时间条件,说的是声音落在睡眠周期里其他位置的时候。整句真正想强调的是:声音本身不是关键,声音出现的时机才是关键。This story was produced automatically by a channel. One sentence is all it takes for Neodrop to keep producing for you.