Lily can lose months at a time due to a rare disorder.

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A student has revealed how she has missed birthdays and university exams -- because she has been fast asleep, the Daily Mail reported.

Lily Clarke, 21, has a rare condition called Kleine-Levin syndrome, which makes her nod off for a month at a time. She wakes only to eat and drink before returning to slumber.

Her mother said the condition first came on when the family, from Halsemere, Surrey, in the UK, went ice skating in November, 2007.

"Lily was uncharacteristically quiet and kept saying: 'My head feels strange -- I don't feel well.' I just thought she was coming down with a cold." After the skating they went to a restaurant and Lily fell asleep through the whole meal.

Lily refused to get out of bed for the next 25 days, barely eating or drinking. She slept for 23 hours a day and couldn't bear noise or light. Then just before Christmas Lily "woke up." She could not remember much about the time she was ill.

A month later Lily was due to take some mock exams but suffered a further three-week episode before making a similar "miraculous" recovery.

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英国“睡美人”能瞌睡整月

       据英国《每日邮报》报道，英国一名女生常常一睡不醒，因此错过了生日和大学考试。

       21岁的莉莉·克拉克患有克莱恩-莱文综合症，是一种罕见的病症，常常一次就能昏睡一个月。每次醒来只是为了吃饭和喝水。

       莉莉全家住在英国萨里郡黑索米尔镇。她的母亲回忆说，克拉克首次发病是在2007年11月。发病那天，全家人一起外出溜冰然后吃饭。

       “莉莉安静得有点不同寻常，还一直说：‘头部感觉很奇怪——我感觉不舒服。’我还以为她得了感冒。”滑完冰他们去餐馆吃饭，饭桌上莉莉就睡着了。

       接下来的25天，莉莉很少起床，几乎是不吃不喝。一天中23个小时都在睡觉，她受不了灯光和噪声。那年圣诞节前，莉莉“醒了过来”，却对自己病中的情形毫无印象。

       在奇迹睡醒后的一个月之后，她再次陷入长达3周的睡眠状态，错过了模拟考试。

(China.org.cn August 22, 2011)