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(旅遊) 制訂時差復原計劃

(Travel) Schedule Your Recovery from Jet Lag

一個新網站將盡可能順利地幫你適應新的時區。

A new website will help you adjust to a new time zone as smoothly as possible.

時差是個嚴重的問題，會影響幾乎所有搭飛機跨越多個時區的人。

Jet lag is a serious problem that affects almost everyone who takes flights across multiple time zones.

時差的發生是因為身體的生理時鐘習慣某一時區，所以無法輕易地適應另一時區。

It’s caused because the body’s internal clock is set to one zone and cannot easily adjust to another one.

專家同意，要解決問題，我們必須找尋或避免燈光。

Experts agree that to overcome the problem, we need to seek out or avoid light.

但就像時差專家羅素福斯特所指出的：「當你尋求或避免燈光時，規則很複雜，並取決於你是向東或西旅行，以及跨越多少時區。」

But, as jet lag expert Russell Foster points out: “The rules for when you should seek out or avoid light are complicated and depend on whether you travel east or west and how many time zones you are crossing.”

如果連專家都搞不懂這些規則，那普通的旅人要怎麼應付呢？

If the experts have problems with these rules, how are regular travelers supposed to cope?

現在，答案可能以「時差公雞」的形式出現，這是一個網站，它能提供何時該睡覺、何時該曬太陽的時間表。

The answer could now come in the form of Jet Lag Rooster, a website that will give you a schedule of when to sleep and when to get sunlight.

這種個人化的計算方式，是基於你目的地及起飛地，還有起飛與降落的時間。

The personalized calculations are based on where you’re flying to and from and what time you take off and land.

要這麼謹慎規劃行程表的原因是因為醫生說我們人體的生理時鐘只能小幅調整。

The need for such carefully planned schedules is that doctors say our body’s internal clocks can only adjust in small steps.

此研究的結果，時差公雞協助人們在幾天的時間適應新的時區──是個據說會讓你感覺好很多的過程。

As a result of such findings, Jet Lag Rooster encourages people to adjust to new time zones over several days – a process which it claims will leave you feeling much better.