《经济学人》双语:推迟上课时间可以提高中学生的考试成绩?
原文标题:
Raising the alarm-clock
America’s school day starts too early. That’s beginning to change
Help is on the way for sleep-deprived teenagers
设置闹钟,延长睡眠
美国的上学时间开始得太早,这种情况正开始改变
青少年睡眠不足的问题即将得到解决
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THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL season can be hard—not least in Syracuse, New York.
返校季可能会很难熬--尤其在纽约州的锡拉丘兹市。
On September 6th and 7th high-school students there returned to classrooms at 7.25am, 25 minutes earlier than the year before.
9月6日和7日,当地高中生在早上7:25就到了教室,比去年提前了 25 分钟。
According
to the National Centre for Education Statistics (NCES), most American
public schools start a little after 8am; more than a quarter start even
earlier.
根据美国国家教育统计中心 (NCES) 的数据,大多数美国公立学校在8点多开始上课;1/4以上的学校甚至更早开始上课。
Students
in the South are the earliest risers. In Louisiana instruction
typically begins at 7.45am.
南部的学生起床最早。在路易斯安那州,教学通常在上午7:45开始。
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Such
schedules, health experts say, are inappropriate for teenagers, whose
internal clocks are wired for an 11pm bedtime and an 8am wake-up.
健康专家说,这样的作息安排对青少年来说不太合适,因为他们的生物钟规定晚上 11 点就寝,早上 8 点起床。
In 2014 the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that middle and high schools start no earlier than 8.30am.
2014 年,美国儿科学会建议初中和高中的上课时间不得早于上午 8:30。
The
Centres for Disease Control has concluded that, of all the policies
aimed at boosting adolescents’ sleep, delaying school start-times could
have the greatest impact.
美国疾病控制中心得出的结论是,在所有旨在增加青少年睡眠的政策中,推迟上课时间可能会产生最大的影响和效果。
Data
from the annual American Time Use Survey show that between 2003 and
2022 high-school students who started class after 8.30am logged 33 more
minutes of sleep, on average, than those who started sooner (see chart).
根据《美国人时间使用调查》年鉴数据,2003-2022 年间,上午 8:30 后开始上课的高中生比更早上课的高中生平均多睡了33 分钟(见图表)。
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A
recent paper by Kevin Bastian and Sarah Fuller of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds that later start times lead to
better attendance, fewer disciplinary problems and higher test scores.
北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的凯文·巴斯蒂安和萨拉·富勒最近发表的一篇论文研究表明,推迟上课时间可以提高出勤率,减少纪律问题和提高考试成绩。
Some
policymakers are getting the message. The NCES’s latest data show that
the share of American public schools starting after 8.30am rose in the
2020-21 school year.
一些政策制定者已经意识到这一点。美国国家教育统计中心的最新数据显示,2020-2021学年,早上8:30之后上课的美国公立学校比例有所上升。
In
2019 California passed a law requiring public middle schools to start
no earlier than 8am and high schools no earlier than 8.30am. In May
Florida passed a similar law.
2019年,加州通过了一项法律,规定公立初中不得早于上午8:00上课,高中不得早于上午 8:30 开始上课。5月佛罗里达州通过了类似的法律。
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Eight other states are mulling such laws.
还有8个州正在考虑制定类似的法律。
A bill in the New York state Assembly would require public schools to start no earlier than 8.30am.
纽约州议会的一项法案要求公立学校不得早于上午 8:30 上课。
Relief may be on the way for Syracuse’s sleepy teens.
对于睡眼惺忪的雪城青少年来说,睡眠即将迎来改善。
(恭喜读完,本篇英语词汇量319左右)
原文出自:2023年9月16日《The Economist》United States版块
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【补充资料】(来自于网络)
锡拉丘兹(Syracuse),或译雪城,绰号盐城(The Salt City),位于。英文名称来源于意大利西西里岛上城市锡拉库萨,中文译名”雪城“则源于当地降雪极丰。雪城人口为145,170,是纽约州第五大城市,也是纽约州中部地区的经济和教育中心。
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Such schedules, health experts say, are inappropriate for teenagers, whose internal clocks are wired for an 11pm bedtime and an 8am wake-up.
健康专家说,这样的作息安排对青少年来说不太合适,因为他们的生物钟规定晚上 11 点就寝,早上 8 点起床。
Later start times lead to better attendance, fewer disciplinary problems and higher test scores.
推迟上课时间可以提高出勤率,减少纪律问题和提高考试成绩。
A bill in the New York state Assembly would require public schools to start no earlier than 8.30am.
纽约州议会的一项法案要求公立学校不得早于上午 8:30 上课。
