Flying across one or more time zones can cause jet lag, making it difficult to stay awake during the day and fall asleep at night. While a person usually recovers from jet lag after 3 or 4 days, it is often necessary to recover faster.
You Will NeedTwelve to 16-hour fast
Healthy meal
Eating and sleeping pattern

Step 1: Set a time设置一个时间
Determine what time you want to wake up and eat breakfast in the new time zone.

Step 2: Fast酣畅的睡眠
Avoid eating anything for the 12 to 16 hours before you want to wake up.

Step 3: Eat注意饮食
Eat a healthy and nutritional meal with high caloric value after your 16 hour fast. This overrides your normal sleep cycle and resets it.

You can use this method if you are changing shifts at work.

Step 4: Be consistent持之以恒
Keep a consistent eating and sleeping pattern until you need to switch it again.

【重点词汇】

1. reset

vt. & vi. 1. 重新安置；将…恢复原位

 

adj.    1.一整夜的, 晚上的,夜间的,只供一夜的

She took the overnight train to New York.

她乘夜车去纽约。

2.突然的; 很快的;一夜之间的

The show was an overnight success on Broadway.

在百老汇的演出一炮打响。

3.  fast

(如睡眠)熟的，深沉的，酣畅的

4 .  consistent

adj. 1.一贯的, 始终如一的

She is a consistent girl in her feeling.

在感情方面她是个始终如一的女孩。

     2.一致的, 符合的

His account of what happened was consistent.

     他对于所发生事情的叙述前后一致。

 

听力课堂网Nancy翻译

2. overnight