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If you’re like many people, shortly after lunch your head begins buzzing, your concentration plummets, your eyes droop and the top of your desk begins to look as cozy as a feather mattress. Here are 13 ways to stay awake at work:
如果你像许多人一样，午饭后不久你的脑袋就开始嗡嗡叫，你的注意力直线下降，你的眼睛低垂，你的办公桌面开始看起来和一床羽绒床垫一样舒适。那这里有13种在工作中保持清醒的方法：
1. Head outside and sit in the daylight for 10 minutes. Better still, have your lunch outside and divide your break between eating and a walk. It will help reset your chronological clock, keep down the amount of melatonin (the sleep hormone) your body produces during this circadian dip and give you a valuable boost of beneficial vitamin D, reducing your risk of osteoporosis as well as various cancers.
到外面去，在阳光下坐10分钟。还要更好的是，在外面吃午饭，把你的休息时间划分为吃饭和散步。这将有助于重置你的生物钟，抑制你的身体在这个周期性衰退中产生的褪黑激素（睡眠激素）的数量，并且大大地增强有益的维生素D，减少患骨质疏松症以及各种癌症的风险。
2. Choose activating protein not energy-sapping carbs. So a tuna salad without the bread is a better choice than a tuna sandwich. A green salad sprinkled with low-fat cheese, a hardboiled egg and some sliced turkey wins over a pasta salad. The change can really make a difference.
选择有活力的蛋白质，而不是消耗能量的碳水化合物。所以没有面包的金枪鱼沙拉比起金枪鱼三明治是个更好的选择。撒有低脂奶酪的绿色沙拉、一个煮熟的鸡蛋和几片火鸡胜于通心粉沙拉。这种改变真的可以起作用。
3. Enjoy teatime. Get into the routine of a mid-afternoon cup. It’s a good step towards beating the afternoon doldrums thanks to that little bit of a caffeine burst and the few quiet minutes it entails. Keep a selection of exotic flavored teas (preferably caffeinated) in your office and an aesthetically pleasing cup just for tea.
享受喝茶时间。养成下午三点左右喝杯茶的习惯。感谢那一丁点咖啡因的突然增加以及随之而来的几分钟宁静时间，这是驱走午后无精打采的一个好方法。在办公室里存放精选的风味奇异的茶（含咖啡因的更好）和一个只用来喝茶的赏心悦目的茶杯。
4. Clean your desk and clear out your email inbox. Both are relatively mindless tasks that don’t require great amounts of concentration or clear thinking, and both will leave you feeling more energized because you’ll have accomplished something visible as well as having reduced energy-sapping clutter.
清理你的办公桌并清空电子邮件收件箱。两者都是相对来说不用脑子的任务，不需要大量的注意力及清晰的思考，而且两者都会使你感到更有精力，因为你不仅完成了一些看得见的事还减少了耗费精力的杂务。
