如果老板给的薪水不足以激励你每天早起，一项新研究又给了你一个早起的理由：早起的人更不容易得抑郁症，而且幸福感更强。
一项研究指出，早起的人患抑郁症的可能性要低35%，这是由他们的基因决定的。
科学家发现了327个新基因区域，这些基因区域决定了人们是早起的"鸟儿”还是"夜猫子”。
这一研究结果首次表明，夜猫子的基因和常人有差异，而这一差异与智力有关。
一些夜猫子的视网膜以及察觉光线的大脑部位很活跃，研究人员现在怀疑夜猫子可能是因为家里的人工光线才保持清醒。
这些人工光线会对夜猫子的眼睛产生特殊影响，扰乱大脑收到的信号，让大脑误以为夜晚还没到。
另外，研究结果还显示，一个人是夜猫子还是早起者，至少有13%是遗传自父母。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | boss / business proprietor |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 薪水 | xīn shui | salary / wage |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 足以 | zú yǐ | sufficient to... / so much so that / so that |
| 激励 | jī lì | to encourage / to urge |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 早 | zǎo | early |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 项 | xiàng | classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason / grounds / justification |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 容易 | róng yì | likely; liable to; apt to |
| 得 | dé | to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) |
| 抑郁症 | yì yù zhèng | clinical depression |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore |
| 幸福 | xìng fú | happiness |
| 感 | gǎn | (suffix) sense of ~ |
| 强 | qiáng | strong / powerful / better / vigorous / violent / best in their category |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate / to point out |
| 患 | huàn | to suffer (from illness) / to contract (a disease) |
| 可能性 | kě néng xìng | possibility; probability |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 由 | yóu | from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 基因 | jī yīn | gene (loanword) |
| 决定 | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind |
| 科学家 | kē xué jiā | scientist |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 区域 | qū yù | area / region / district |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 鸟儿 | niǎo r | bird |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 夜猫子 | yè māo zi | owl / (fig.) night owl |
| 结果 | jié guǒ | outcome; result; consequence |
| 首 | shǒu | first |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 表明 | biǎo míng | to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 常人 | cháng rén | ordinary person |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 差异 | chā yì | difference; discrepancy |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast) |
| 智力 | zhì lì | intelligence / intellect |
| 有关 | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with / to relate to / to concern |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 视网膜 | shì wǎng mó | retina |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 察觉 | chá jué | to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect |
| 光线 | guāng xiàn | light ray / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph) |
| 大脑 | dà nǎo | brain / cerebrum |
| 部位 | bù wèi | part |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 活跃 | huó yuè | active / lively / excited |
| 人员 | rén yuán | staff / crew / personnel |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 怀疑 | huái yí | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of / to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 人工 | rén gōng | artificial |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve |
| 清醒 | qīng xǐng | clear-headed / sober / awake |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 眼睛 | yǎn jing | eye |
| 产生 | chǎn shēng | to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate |
| 特殊 | tè shū | special / particular / unusual / extraordinary |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | influence / effect |
| 扰乱 | rǎo luàn | to disturb / to perturb / to harass |
| 收到 | shōu dào | to receive |
| 信号 | xìn hào | signal |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 误 | wù | mistakenly |
| 以为 | yǐ wéi | to think; to believe |
| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 另外 | lìng wài | in addition / besides / moreover / furthermore |
| 显示 | xiǎn shì | to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate |
| 者 | zhě | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least / (to say the) least |
| 遗传 | yí chuán | to inherit (a trait) / to pass on (to one's offspring) |
| 自 | zì | from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |