Practical tasks
Vocabulary and Listening.
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have a dream fall asleep wake up snore
get (back) to sleep be fast asleep be wide awake
have insomnia not sleep a wink have nightmares
be a light/heavy sleeper take a nap doze off
have a lie-in talk in your sleep
1 Tick the words/phrases you know. Then check new words/phrases.
▲2a) Choose six words/phrases from 1 that are connected to you, or people you know.
▲b) Work in groups. Take turns to talk about the words/phrases you chose. Ask follow – up questions if possible.
▲3a) Work in pairs. Look at these sentences about sleep. Choose the correct words/phrases.
Tiredness causes more/less than 50% of all road accidents in the USA.
10%/30% of people in the UK have problems getting to sleep or staying asleep.
Nowadays people are sleeping half an hour/one and a half hours less than they did 100 years ago.
Teenagers need more/less sleep than adults.
We use less/the same amount of energy when we’re asleep compared to when we’re resting.
A thirty – minute nap at work can improve people’s performance for an hour/ a few hours.
▲ b) R2.6 Listen to a TV interview with a sleep scientist. Check your answers to 3a).
▲c) Listen again. Answer these questions.
How many British people have serious insomnia?
How were sleeping habits different 100years ago?
Who needs the last amount of sleep?
What do our brains do when we’re asleep?
What is a siesta salon?
Help with Listening Weak forms(1)
♦ In sentences we say many small words with a schwa/ə/ sound. These are called weak forms.
▲ 4a) R2.6 Listen and check: Are weak forms ever stressed?
▲b) Look at R2.6. Listen to the interview again. Notice the weak forms and sentence stress.
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