世界小憩日创办于1999年。该节日发生在周一夏令时开始之后，因为夏令时会让我们少睡一小时。该节日要提醒我们的是睡眠对我们的日常生活至关重要。睡眠不足人数正在逐渐增加。我们工作的时间增加了，让我们彻夜不眠的事情增加了，例如看电影、打游戏。世界小憩日提高了人们对小憩益处的认识。定期小憩可以减少心脏病，或是其他心脏疾病发病的风险。小憩能让人们精力充沛，提升表现力，掌控情绪。让我们精神焕发的方式竟然如此廉价。

　　When we are deprived of sleep, the best thing to do is take a nap; get a bit of shut-eye; have forty winks. There is a lot of research into just what kind of nap is best for us. We all know about the traditional cat-nap. We put our head down and have a little sleep during our lunch hour. But then there is the power-nap. This is a short sleep which ends just before we fall into deep sleep. It quickly refreshes you and stops you from feeling drowsy and groggy. Another variety is the caffeine nap. This is when you have a power nap after a cup of coffee. It takes about 20 minutes for the caffeine to take effect, so when you wake up you feel doubly energized. Whatever nap you take, you can rest assured it will be good for your health.

　　如果缺觉，最好的方式就是小憩；合一会儿眼；眨40次眼。人们就对身体益处最大的小憩形式进行了许多调查。我们都对传统的打瞌睡有所了解。午后时间我们会把头低下，进行小憩。之后又有了大睡特睡。我们会在进入深度睡眠之前经历短暂的睡眠。小憩会迅速让我们精神焕发，困意全无。另一种小憩叫作“咖啡因小憩”。意思是你会在小憩之前喝下一杯咖啡。咖啡因会在20分钟产生作用，醒来以后你会倍感充沛。不管采用什么方式的小憩方法，小憩对身体百利而无一害，放心睡吧。

　　1.daylight savings time 夏令时

　　例句：Japan hasn't used daylight savings time since it emerged from U.S. occupation after World War II.

　　二战结束美军占领日本以后，日本就从未实行过夏令时。

　　2.suffer from 遭受

　　例句：How long have you been suffering from a headache?

　　你头痛有多久了?

　　3.take effect 生效

　　例句：After you decide which of the three available trace levels you wish to implement, the next thing to consider is when and where you want the tracing to take effect.

　　在您决定三个要实现可用跟踪等级中的哪一个等级以后，下一件要考虑的事情就是您需要跟踪在何时以及何地生效。

　　4.heart attack 心脏病

　　例句：Your advisers all say that this will give you a heart attack: not immediately, but in the next decade or so.

　　你的顾问都表示，这会使你心脏病发作：不会马上发作，但是会在今后十余年内发作。