32.High School English Reading Listening

It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about AI Herpin. AI Herpin, it was said, never slept, Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
　　AI Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised . Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping , In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
　　The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injurted(伤害)several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.
　　Herpin died at the age of 94.
译文：
一个人什么时候睡、睡多少并不重要，但每个人都需要一些休息来维持生命。这是所有医生的想法，直到他们听说了AI Herpin的事。据说，AI Herpin从不睡觉，这可能是真的吗？医生们决定亲自去看看这个奇怪的人。
　　当医生们来到艾尔-赫平位于新泽西的家中时，他已经90岁了。他们认为，他肯定会有一些睡眠。所以他们一直陪着他，观察他的每一个动作。但他们感到惊讶。尽管他们一小时一小时地观察他，一天又一天地观察他，但他们从未看到赫平睡觉，事实上，他甚至没有一张床。他从不需要床。
　　赫平有时得到的唯一休息是坐在一张舒适的椅子上看报纸。医生们对这种奇怪的持续失眠感到疑惑。他们只找到一个可能解释他病情的答案。赫平记得有一些关于他母亲在他出生前几天受了伤的说法。但这就是全部。这就是真正的原因吗？没有人可以确定。
　　赫平在94岁的时候去世。
重点词汇：
how much 多少钱？ ; 多少
years old 岁 ; 年龄 ; 当我八岁时
home in 将注意力集中 ; 对…寻的，导向
New Jersey 新泽西州 ; 新泽西（美国东部一州，略作N. J.）
for sure 当然可以 ; 确实
every movement 一举一动
hour after hour 长时间地;不停地
day after day 日复一日 ; 日复一日;一天又一天