Directions: Read the following passage carefully and then translate it into Chinese. Yourtranslation should be written clearly on the ANSWER SHEET.
Researchers have found in a study that modern society has seen a gradual reduction in the averageamount of sleep people take. And this problem is more common among full-time workers, suggestingthat it may be due to social pressure of longer working hours and more shift work. The researchpublished in the joumal Sleep points out that the worsening of our health is often accompanied by thedecrease of our sleeping time.
【参考译文】 研究人员在一项研究中发现,在现代社会,人们的平均睡眠时间逐渐缩短。而这个问题在全职工作者身上更常见,这表明此现象可能是由于更长的工作时间和更多的轮班而产生的社会压力。刊登在《睡眠》杂志上的研究指出,我们健康状况的恶化常常伴随着睡眠时间的减少。