I used to stop for hitch-hikers'till the day I picked up that maniac.
自从有一天搭了一个精神病人以后,我碰到搭顺风车的人就不再停下来了。
If it is not a question of resting the body, then perhaps it is the brain that needs resting? This might be a plausible hypothesis were it not for two factors.
如果睡眠的功能不是在于使身体得到休息,那么也许是让大脑得以休息?若不是下面两点,这种假使似乎是有道理的。