CelebratingsleepWorldSleepDay,observedon21March,wascreatedtobringattentiontothegrowingnumberofsleepproblemsworldwide.Sleepisanaturalpartofhumanlife,butmanypeopleinthemodernworldignoreitsimportance.Asaresu

　　Celebratingsleep

　　WorldSleepDay,observedon21March,wascreatedtobringattentiontothegrowingnumberofsleepproblemsworldwide.Sleepisanaturalpartofhumanlife,butmanypeopleinthemodernworldignoreitsimportance.Asaresult,sleepproblemsareincreasinglycommon.

　　In2002,scientistsattheUniversityofAthensinGreececonductedasurveyofover35,000peoplein10countriesaroundtheworld,includingChina,BelgiumandSouthAfrica.Ofthepeoplethatrespondedtothesurvey,24percentsaidthattheydidnotsleepwell,andbasedontheirresponses,31.6percentwerediagnosed(诊断)withinsomnia（失眠）andanother17.5percentwerediagnosedwithborderlineinsomnia.Inaddition,30.7percentofsurveyrespondentsreportedvisitingadoctorforhelpwithsleepproblemsand11.6percentsaidthattheyfeltverysleepyduringtheday.

　　Overall,thesurveyfoundthatninnypeoplesuffertheeffectsofpoorqualitysleep,someexamplesofwhicharebeingunabletofallasleepandwakingupinthemiddleofthenight.Themainfactorscausingtheseproblemsarepressurefromschoolorworkandafastpaceoflife,butnoisepollutionandlightpollutionalsointerferewithsleepandcontributetopoorqualitysleep.Thesurvey’sfindingsareparticularlytroublingbecauselargenumbersofpeoplewerefoundtohavedifficultysleepingatnight.Theshort-termeffectsofthisaretirednessandtroubleconcentrating.Ifthishappensforalongtime,theriskofputtingonweightandhavingaheartattackmayincrease.

　　Therearemanythingsyoucandotoimprovethequalityofyoursleep.First,youshouldhaveregularsleephabits.Trytogotobedandwakeuparoundthesametimeeachday.Youalsoneedtomakeyourbedroomacool,dark,quietplacetosleepsothatheat,lightandnoisedonotdisturbyou.Atnight,youshouldalsoavoidthingsthatcontaincaffeine,suchaschocolate,coffee,teaandmanysoftdrinks,ascaffeinemaykeepyoufromsleeping.

　　Gettingagoodnight’ssleepisimportantforeveryone.Byfollowingtheadviceabove,youcanrestbetteratnightandworkbetterduringtheday.

　　Title:CelebratingSleep

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　　WorldSleepDay

　　Duetoignoranceoftheimportanceofsleepproblems,peopleobserv