每日新闻(38)【中年人想要运动有健脑效果，必须先要睡好觉 】
Middle-aged people "need sleep to see mental health benefits of exercise"
Middle-aged people
(
not getting enough sleep
)
are less likely to see the benefits
of exercise
(
when it comes to
protecting against a decline in skills such as memory and thinking
)
,
scientists have said.Researchers
from University College London (UCL)
found
(
that those in their 50s and 60s
(
who performed regular physical activities but slept less than six hours a night
)
had a faster
decline
in these skills
overall)
.The team found
(
that after a decade, their
cognitive functions
– such as attention, memory and learning – were
the same as
those
(
who did less physical activity
)
)
.
今日生词/组：
when it comes to 当谈到;当提到;说到;一谈到 decline n. 减少，衰退 cognitive function n. 认知功能 overall adv. 总的说来，大体上
the same as…… 固定句式，和……相同
译文： 中年人“需要睡眠才能看到锻炼对心理健康的好处”
科学家表示，睡眠不足的中年人在防止记忆力和思维能力下降方面不太可能看到锻炼的好处。伦敦大学学院（UCL）的研究人员发现，那些50多岁和60多岁的人，如果经常进行体育活动，但每晚睡眠时间少于6小时，这些技能的整体下降速度更快。研究小组发现，十年后，他们的认知功能——如注意力、记忆和学习——与那些体力活动较少的人相同。 来自卫报（The Guardian）
