20100317 20 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Your Body and Health - Part 2

20 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Your Body and Health - Part 2

More fascinating facts on nutrition, exercise and more

11. A 20-minute nap can improve your overall alertness, boost your mood, and increase productivity. William Anthony, co-author of The art of Napping at Work, says the post-nap boost can last for several hours. In addition, your heart may reap benefits from napping. In a six-year study of Greek adults, researchers found that men who took naps at least three times a week had a 37 percent lower risk of a heart-related death.

12. Rinsing your nose with salt water can help keep you healthy and ward off allergy symptoms. Nasal irrigation is a cheap and easy way to find relief if you have spring allergies, nasal congestion, stuffy noses or post-nasal drip, says Dr. Melissa Pynnonen, co-director of the Michigan Sinus Center and an assistant professor in the University of Michigan's department of otolaryngology.

13. Watching yourself run in a mirror can make a treadmill workout go by faster and feel easier.

14. Using a food diary can double a person's weight-loss efforts. Your food diary makes you accountable to yourself and provides you with clues on where the extra calories are sneaking in.

15. Third-hand smoke - the particles that cling to smokers' hair and clothing and linger in a room long after they've left - is a cancer risk to young children (and pets).





reap v. 收穫/收割/獲得
=> gather/collect from something that you invest/plant
eg: Jack reaped the rewards of good health by exercising persistently.
=> Jack從持續運動中獲得了健康。
eg: Bobby has been generous to all of his friends and now reaps the benefit when he needs help.
=> Bobby對朋友一直都很大方,當他需要幫助時，就獲得許多人的回饋。
eg: The farmer reaped the grain with machines.
農夫使用機器來收割穀物。

tread v. 踏/步行
mill n. 轉動用的裝置
treadmill n. 健身用的跑步機
eg: This type of treadmill can elevate or descend.
eg: Mom always watches TV when running on her treadmill.

linger v. 持續存留/徘迴
eg: The wonderful memory of the trip still lingers in my mind.
=> 旅行的美妙回憶仍然在我心中徘徊。
eg: The security guard were watching those guys who lingered around the building.
=> 警衛們監視在大廈附近徘徊的那些人。


rinse v. 涮/漱

allergy n. 【醫】過敏症
=> have allergy to something

nasal adj. 鼻的
=> if we talk about nasal, we talk about something has to do with nose

nasal irrigation 【醫】鼻沖洗(法)
nasal congestion 鼻塞
otolaryngology 耳鼻喉科

ward off 避開
workout n. 訓練/練習



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A 20-minute nap can improve your overall alertness, boost your mood, and increase productivity.
=> 小睡二十分鐘可以增加你的警覺性、提振心情並且增加生產力

increase 增長/增加
improve 改善
boost 提高/增加



//== Grammar on the Go ==//

Your food diary makes you accountable to yourself and　provides you with clues on where the extra calories are sneaking in.

makes you accountable to something 使你對...負責
=> makes you responsible

hold one accountable
=> expect someone to be responsible in something

eg: Mary is Mrs. Jones' personal secretary; that makes Mary accountable to Mrs. Jones.
eg: Jeremy is the president of the student goverment; that makes him accountable to everyone in the school.