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考研英语核心词汇速成胜经Unit 2 一、真题文章 Sleep is divided into periods of so-called REM sleep, characterizedby rapid eye movements and dreaming, and longer periods of non-REM sleep. Neither kind of sleep is at all well-understood , but REM sleep is assumed to serve some restorative functionof the brain. The purpose of non-REM sleep is even more mysterious .The new experiments, such as these described for the first time at a recent meeting of the Society for Sleep Research in Minneapolis, suggest fascinating explanations for the purpose of non-REM sleep . For example, it has long been known that total sleep deprivation is 100 percent fatal to rats, yet , upon examination of the dead bodies , the animals look completely normal . A researcher has now cast light on the mystery of why the animals die. The rats develop bacterialinfections of the blood , as if their immunesystems--the self-protecting mechanism against disease--had crashed. 二、译文 睡眠通常被分为所谓的REM睡眠阶段（REM=rapid eye movement眼睛快速运动）和较长非REM睡眠阶段，前者特点为眼球快速转动并做梦。我们对两种形式的睡眠了解都不多，但是人们认为REM睡眠对大脑起某种康复功能的作用。非REM睡眠的作用更加神秘。最近睡眠研究协会在明尼阿波利斯举行的会议上，专家们首次描述的一些新实验，对非REM睡眠的作用的阐释令人兴奋。 例如，人们早已了解到，完全剥夺其睡眠对老鼠具有100%的致命性，然而，在检查老鼠尸体时，这些动物看上去完全正常。一研究人员已阐明这些动物死亡原因的奥秘。老鼠患血液细菌感染，似乎他们的免疫系统（抵抗疾病的自我保护机制）已崩溃。 三、考研核心词汇 characterize / 5kArIktEraIz / vt. 表现...的特色,刻画的...性格 [例] This kind of behavior characterizes the criminal mind. 这种举止是罪犯的心理特征。 [同义] depict, describe, distinguish, picture, portray, represent [派生] characterization / 7kAriktErai5zeiFEn / n. 描述,人物之创造 assume / E5sju:m / vt. 假定,设想,采取,呈现 [例] The queen assumed a velvet robe. 王后穿了一件天鹅绒长袍 [同义] adopt, believe, presume. put on, suppose, suspect [反义] conclude / kEn5klu:d / v. 结束,终止,决定,作出结论 vt. 推断,断定,缔结,议定 [派生] assumed / E5sju:md / adj. 假定的,假装的,装的 restorative / ri5stC:rEtiv / adj. 有助于复元的 n. 滋补剂 [例] a restorative tonic 有恢复作用的滋补品 [派生] restore / ris5tC: / vt.恢复,使回复,归还,交还,修复,重建 function / 5fQNkFEn / n. 官能,功能,作用,职责,典礼,仪式, [数]函数 vi. (器官等)活动,运行,行使职责 [例] Growth is a function of nutrition .长身体是由营养决