首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The bizarre antics of sleepwalkers have puzzled police, perplexed scientists, and fascinated writers for centuries. There is an
The bizarre antics of sleepwalkers have puzzled police, perplexed scientists, and fascinated writers for centuries. There is an
admin
2010-06-18
23
问题
The bizarre antics of sleepwalkers have puzzled police, perplexed scientists, and fascinated writers for centuries. There is an endless supply of stories about sleepwalkers. Persons have been said to climb on steep roofs, solve mathematical problems, compose music, walk through plate-glass windows, and commit murder in their sleep.
How many of these stories have a basis in fact, and how many are pure fakery? No one knows, but if some of the most sensational stories should be taken with a barrel of salt, others are a matter of record.
In Revere, Massachusetts, a hundred policemen combed a waterfront neighborhood for a lost boy who left his home in his sleep and woke up five hours later on a strange sofa in a strange living room, with no idea how he had got there.
There is an early medical record of a somnambulist who wrote a novel in his sleep. And the great French writer Voltaire knew. a sleepwalker who once got out of bed, dressed himself, made a polite bow, danced a minuet, and then undressed and went back to bed.
At the University of Iowa, a student was reported to have the habit of getting up in the middle of the night and walking three-quarters of a mile to the Iowa River. He would take a swim and then go back to his room to bed.
The world’s champion sleepwalker was supposed to have been an Indian, Pandit Ramrakha, who walked sixteen miles along a dangerous road without realizing that he had left his bed. Second in line for the title is probably either a Vienna housewife or a British farmer. The woman did all her shopping on busy streets in her sleep. The farmer, in his sleep, visited a veterinarian miles away.
The leading expert on sleep in America claims that he has never seen a sleepwalker. He is Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman, a physiologist at the University of Chicago. He is said to know more about sleep than any other living man, and during the last thirty-five years has lost a lot of sleep watching people sleep. Says he, "Of course, I know that there are sleepwalkers because I have read about them in the newspapers. But none of my sleepers ever walked, and if I were to advertise for sleepwalkers for an experiment, I doubt that I’d get many takers."
Sleepwalking, nevertheless, is a scientific reality. Like hypnosis, it is one of those dramatic, eerie, awe-inspiring phenomena that sometimes border on the fantastic. It lends itself to controversy and misconceptions, what is certain about sleepwalking is that it is a symptom of emotional disturbance, and that the only way to cure it is to remove the worries and anxieties that cause it. Doctors say that somnambulism is much more common than is generally supposed. Some have estimated that there are four million somnambulists in the United States. Others set the figure even higher. Many sleepwalkers do not seek help and so are never put on record, which means that an accurate count can never be made.
The simplest explanation of sleepwalking is that it is the acting out of a vivid dream. The dream usually comes from guilt, worry, nervousness, or some other emotional conflict. The classic sleepwalker is Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth. Her nightly wanderings were caused by her guilty conscience at having committed murder. Shakespeare said of her; "The eyes are open but their sense is shut."
The age-old question is: Is the sleepwalker actually awake or asleep? Scientists have decided that he is about half-and-half. Like Lady Macbeth, he has weighty problems on his mind. Dr. Zeida Teplitz, who made a ten-year study of the subject, says, "Some people stay awake all night worrying about their problems. The sleepwalker thrashes them out in his sleep. He is awake in the muscular area, partially asleep in the sensory area." In other words, a person can walk in his sleep, move around, and do other things, but he does not think about what he is doing.
There are many myths about sleepwalkers. One of the most common is the idea that it’s dangerous or even fatal to waken a sleepwalker abruptly. Experts say that the shock suffered by a sleepwalker suddenly awakened is no greater than that suffered in waking up to the noise of an alarm clock. Another mistaken belief is that sleepwalkers are immune to injury. Actually most sleepwalkers trip over rugs or bump their heads on doors at some time or other.
Dr. Kleitman ______.
选项
A、has lost so much sleep that he is now suffering from insomnia
B、has conducted experiments on sleepwalkers
C、has slept more than any other living man of his age
D、does not believe that there are any sleepwalkers at all
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/dJlO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
(假如)没有生病和衰老,唯一能杀死人类的就可能是事故、自杀或者谋杀。如此,我们的平均寿命就可能超过1200年。
Amajorstudyofthegrocery-buyinghabitsofmillionsofAmericansreleasedlatelastyearfoundthatpeopleusingfoodstamps
A、Itsofficesandthemainfactoryareindifferentlocations.B、ItsheadquartersarelocatedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.C
TravelmedicineinBritainisPeoplewillonlythinkbetteroftravelmedicineif
TheformaldiplomaticrelationsbetweenChinaandtheUnitedStateswereestablishedonTheFivePrinciplesfortheestablishme
WhichofthefollowingstatementsisINCORRECT?WhichofthefollowinggroupsinNOTmentionedasmigrantsinthepassage?
______USsoldiershavebeenkilledinIraqsincePresidentBushdeclaredthatmajorcombatoperationsinIraqhadended.
ThewetvolcanicashthatcoveredaMayavillageinCentralAmericainaboutAD595coatedandpreservedeverydayobjectsbeans,
A、BecauseofthewarningaboutsalesB、BecausethecustomersarereluctanttotradeuptonewhandsetsC、Becauseofcuttinginto
(1)我的朋友懒洋洋地从椅子里站了起来,双手插在裤兜里,从我的背后望出去。(2)这是一个晴朗、清澈的二月的早晨。(3)地上还铺着昨天下的一层很厚的雪,在冬日的阳光下熠熠发光。(4)马路中心的雪被来往车辆辗成一条灰色带状的轮迹,但是两旁人行道上堆得高高的雪却
随机试题
合金钢是在()的基础上,为获得或提高某些性能,在冶炼时特意加入一些其他元素的钢。
A、Hewastoobusytotakethetest.B、Hedidwellonthetest.C、Heleftsomequestionsunanswered.D、Hetookthetesttwice.C从
(2004年第24题)合成脑磷脂需要的物质是
男性,49岁,喉异物感半年余,近1个月发现颈部多发硬性包块,CT示喉腔内肿块,向前通过前联合侵犯对侧,向外侵及喉旁间隙,颈鞘周围可见多发结节影。诊断
A.肝B.心C.脾D.肺E.肾
国家实行()制度:中国公民凡遵守宪法和法律,热爱教育事业,具有良好的思想品德,具备本法规定的学历或者经国家教师资格考试合格,有教育教学能力,经认定合格的,可以取得教师资格。
下面程序在IE浏览器页面中的显示结果为__________。<html><head><meta>我的网站</meta></head><title>今日天气</title><body>天气预报</body><
关于计算机网络的描述中,错误的是()。
请打开考生文件夹下的解决方案文件proj1,程序中位于每个“//ERROR****found****”之后的一行语句有错误,请加以改正。改正后程序的输出结果应为:value=63number=1注意:只修改每个“//ERRO
Atsometimeinyourlifeyoumayhaveastrongdesiretodosomethingstrangeorterrible.However,chancesarethatyoudon’t
最新回复
(
0
)