为保学生睡眠 美国中学推迟上课
<p><span word="COLUMBIA">COLUMBIA</span>, <span word="Mo">Mo</span>. – <span word="Jilly">Jilly</span> <span word="Dos">Dos</span> <span word="Santos">Santos</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="time">time</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="successive">successive</span> <span word="alarms">alarms</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="phone">phone</span>. <span word="Skipped">Skipped</span> <span word="breakfast">breakfast</span>. <span word="Hastily">Hastily</span> <span word="applied">applied</span> <span word="makeup">makeup</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="fuming">fuming</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="drove">drove</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="rarely">rarely</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="frantic">frantic</span> <span word="scrum">scrum</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="doors">doors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Rock">Rock</span> <span word="Bridge">Bridge</span> <span word="High">High</span> <span word="School">School</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="bell">bell</span>, <span word="at">at</span> 7:50 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>.</p><p>密苏里州哥伦比亚市—为了按时到校，吉莉·多斯桑托斯(<span word="Jilly">Jilly</span> <span word="Dos">Dos</span> <span word="Santos">Santos</span>)已经使尽了浑身解数。她在手机上连着设了三个闹钟，早餐也顾不上吃，在父亲气冲冲驾车的途中匆匆化妆。但即使这样，去年她几乎也从未成功在早上7:50预备铃响之前冲进石桥高中(<span word="Rock">Rock</span> <span word="Bridge">Bridge</span> <span word="High">High</span> <span word="School">School</span>)大门口蜂拥的学生群中。</p><p><span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span>, <span word="at">at</span> 7:20 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>.</p><p>然后她听说，学校董事会正准备将上课时间提前到7:20。</p><p>“<span word="I">I</span> <span word="thought">thought</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="happens">happens</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="die">die</span>,” <span word="recalled">recalled</span> <span word="Jilly">Jilly</span>, 17. “<span word="I">I</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="drop">drop</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="school">school</span>!”</p><p>“我想要真这样我就死定了，”17岁的吉莉回忆道。“我会辍学的！”</p><p><span word="That">That</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sleep">sleep</span>-<span word="deprived">deprived</span> <span word="teenager">teenager</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sleep">sleep</span> <span word="activist">activist</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="determined">determined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="convince">convince</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="truth">truth</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="core">core</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="tired">tired</span>, <span word="lanky">lanky</span> <span word="body">body</span>: <span word="Teenagers">Teenagers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="developmentally">developmentally</span> <span word="driven">driven</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bed">bed</span>, <span word="late">late</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rise">rise</span>. <span word="Could">Could</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="realign">realign</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="bell">bell</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="biological">biological</span> <span word="reality">reality</span>?</p><p>就是从这时候起，这名总是睡眠不足的少女变身为睡眠捍卫者。她决心要说服学校董事会，使他们也认识到她那疲惫、瘦高的身体一再告诉她的真相：青少年正处在生长发育阶段，这注定了他们就是要晚睡晚起。学校董事会能不能根据这个生物学上的事实重新调整预备铃的时间？</p>
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