It was clear that his changes in mood weren’t caused by the vacation blues, but by something else. The problem turned out to be a disruption in his circadian rhythm(生物钟). He didn’t need drugs; he needed the right doses of sleep and sunlight at the right time.

显然，导致其情绪发生变化的并不是假日忧伤，而是别的什么因素。原来，他的生物钟被打乱才是问题所在。他无需用药；他需要适度的睡眠，还有就是在恰当的时间晒晒太阳。

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*turn out to be 结果是；原来是；证实是

*disruption /dɪs’rʌpʃn/ n.分裂；破裂；毁坏

备注：（blue除了表示蓝色的，也可以表示忧郁的～）

It turns out that that prescription could treat much of what ails(使…苦恼) us.

事实证明，这一处方有助于我们摆脱很多困扰。

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*prescription /prɪ’skrɪpʃn/ n.处方；药方；对策

（拓展：prescribe /prɪ’skraɪb/ v.开处方；规定 ）

Clinicians have long known that there is a strong link between sleep, sunlight and mood. Problems sleeping are often a warning sign or a cause of impending（即将发生的；迫在眉睫的）depression, and can make people with bipolar disorder manic. Some 15 years ago, Dr. Francesco Benedetti, a psychiatrist in Milan, and colleagues noticed that hospitalized（住院的） bipolar patients who were assigned to rooms with views of the east were discharged earlier than those with rooms facing the west — presumably because the early morning light had an antidepressant effect.

临床医生早就知道，睡眠、阳光和心情之间有着很强的关联度。睡眠出问题常常是抑郁症即将发作的一个警告信号或原因，会让患有躁郁症的人处于躁狂状态。大约15年前，米兰的精神科医生弗朗西斯科·贝内德蒂(Francesco Benedetti)博士及其同事注意到，在入院治疗的躁郁症患者中，被分派住进东向房间的那些人，会比住进西向房间的人早出院——很可能是因为清晨的阳光有抗抑郁作用。

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clinician /klɪ’nɪʃn/ n.临床医生

*disorder /dɪs’ɔːdə(r)/ n.混乱；不适；失调

*colleague /‘kɒliːɡ/ n.同事

*assign /ə’saɪn/ v.分配；指派

*discharge /disˈtʃɑ:dʒ/ v.释放；出院；卸货

*presumably /prɪ’zjuːməbli/ adv.大概；据推测；可能