睡眠模式揭示性格：你平时怎么睡觉？

4. Do you sleep most during the weekend?
你是不是把周末的时间都用来睡觉了？

Many people struggle through the week on about 4-6 hours a sleep a night because of work pressure, long commutes and late nights. To make up your sleep deficit, you may sleep very late on the weekends or spend an afternoon in bed. The good news is this can partially help you to recover. The bad news is this is not a valid long-term strategy and does not always work to get you back to normal. This irregular type of sleep pattern can negatively impact:
很多人由于工作压力、通勤时间长和熬到深夜，每晚只睡4-6小时来撑过工作日。为了补觉，你可能周末睡到很晚或一下午都躺在床上。好消息是这样能在一定程度上帮你恢复。坏消息是这样不是一个有效的长期策略，并不是总能让你恢复正常。这种不规律的睡眠模式对下面的这些有负面影响：

Your immune system
你的免疫系统

Mood swings
心情波动

Attention span and focus
注意力的持续时间和专注力

Increase food cravings which will lead to obesity
增加对食物的渴望从而导致肥胖

This was the result of some research carried out by the Penn State University College of Medicine.
这是宾夕法尼亚州立大学医学院一些研究的结果

5. Do you find it difficult to wake up?
你是不是觉得很难睡醒？

There could be many reasons for this. It may be you are going to bed too late or you have a disturbed sleep pattern, caused by barking dogs or a snoring partner. There may be issues with insomnia, restless legs or sleep apnea. Your problem now is you have a very short time to get up, dressed and out of the house. This can be very stressful.
当然可能有很多原因。可能是你睡得太晚了或由于狗叫或爱人打鼾导致你的睡眠模式受到了干扰。也可能是失眠、多动腿或睡眠呼吸暂停综合症。你现在的问题是你要在很短的时间内起床、穿衣和走出屋子。这对你来说可能压力很大。

If you are fed up with loud alarm clocks, try a dawn simulator or a clock fitted with aromatherapy beads which can range from coffee to lavender. Some sadistic inventors have come up with a flying clock which takes off from the bedside table once it rings. Then, you have to chase it round the room and catch it before it stops bleeping. Not my ideal alarm clock!
如果你受够了吵闹的闹铃，可以试试带有黎明模拟器的钟表或带有香薰珠子的钟表。带香薰珠子的钟表上的指针可以从咖啡味的珠子指向薰衣草味的珠子。有一些疯狂的设计师设计出会飞的闹钟，一旦闹钟响了，它就从床头柜上飞起来。然后，你就得满屋地追它，追到它后它才能停止发出哔哔的声音。这可不是我理想中的闹钟！

Whatever type of sleep pattern you match, there is still the problem in getting up as painlessly as possible. Here are suggestions to make it less traumatic. If you are one of those rare types who can jump out of bed, ready to go, then skip this bit!
无论你属于哪一种睡眠类型， 都希望能够不费劲就起床。下面的这些建议会让起床变得容易一些。如果你是能轻易起床的奇葩，请略过下面的内容。

Buy an alarm clock with a pleasant sound or with one of the new features mentioned above.
买一个能发出悦耳声音的闹钟或具有上面提到的一些特点的闹钟。

Forget the snooze button – the sleep quality is rubbish.
别想着打盹——睡眠质量太差。

Set the alarm to go off at the latest practical moment.
让闹钟在最适合的时刻响起。

Try stretching exercises before actually getting up.
在真正的起床前试试伸展运动。

Exercise if you feel like it – it works for some people in giving them an energy boost.
如果你喜欢运动就运动一下吧——运动对有些人很管用，能让他们更有活力。