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t- Vocabulary sleep; gradable and
VOCABULARY strong adjectives; adverbs

2C AND SKILLS Sleepless nights Skills Listening: a TV interview;
Reading: a newspaper article

QUICK REVIEW Food and ways of cooking a &
Write four ways of cooking (boil, etc.) and 13 Listen to a TV interview with a sleep scientist.
Check your answers to 3 .
two types of food you can cook for each verb
(potatoes, noodles, etc.). Work in pairs. Take b Listen again. Answer these questions.
turns to say two types of food. Your partner 1 How many British people have serious insomnia?
guesses the verb: A Potatoes and noodles. 2 How were sleeping habits different 100 years ago?
B You can boil them. A Yes, that's right. 3 Who needs the least amount of sleep?
4 What happened when a British school started lessons
an hour later?
Vocabulary and Speaking Sleep 5 What do our brains do when we're asleep?

Work in pairs. Which of these words/phrases do • HELP WITH LISTENING Weak forms (1)
you know? Then check new words/phrases in •
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• • In sentences we say many small words with a schwa / ;J/
ijeltf!1:lllij;kfl• p129. •
• sound. These are called weak forms .
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fall asleep wake up get (back) to sleep a & 14 Listen to the strong and weak forms of these
be wide awake be fast asle·ep snore words. Do we usually say these words in their strong or
have trouble sle.eping have insomnia weak forms?
take a sle•eping pill have a dream
have a nightmare be a light/heavy sle.eper strong weak strong weak
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have a nap do / du:/ / d;)/ of / DV/ / ;)V/
you /ju:/ /j;)/ and / rend/ / ;)Il/
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a Choose five words/phrases from 1 that are at /ret/ /;)t/ to / tu:/ / t;)/
connected to you, or people you know. /fa:/ / fa/ / kren/ / k;)Il/
for
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b Work in groups. Take turns to talk about the
b Look at these sentences from the beginning of the
words/phrases you chose. Ask follow-up questions
interview. Which words do we hear as weak forms?
if possible.
How many people@~know who have trouble sleeping
at night? For many of us insomnia's part of life, and not
Listening being able to get to sleep isn't just annoying, it can also be
very dangerous.
Work in pairs. Look at these sentences about •
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sleep. Try to choose the correct words or numbers. • c & 13 Listen and check. Are weak forms stressed?
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• d Look at Audio Script B
® • 13 p157. Listen to the
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• interview again. Notice the weak forms and sentence stress .
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• Which other words do we often hear as weak forms?

Reading, Vocabulary and Speaking

a Work in pairs. Think of at least five things people can do
to help them get to sleep.

1 Tiredness causes more/less than half of all road b Read the article. Why does Kevin have insomnia? What
accidents in the USA. has he tried to do to get a good night's sleep?
2 10%130% of people in the UK have problems c Read the article again. Answer these questions.
getting to sleep or staying asleep.
1 How much sleep did Kevin get last night?
3 Nowadays people are sleeping 30190 minutes less
2 What happens on a typical night?
than they did 100 years ago.
3 When does he sleep well?
4 Teenagers need more/less sleep than adults.
4 What does he find stressful about his job?
5 Teenagers naturally wake up two/three hours later
than adults. 5 Which cure for insomnia hasn't he tried? Why not?
6 We use less/the same amount of energy when d Work in pairs. Compare answers. What advice would
we're asleep compared to when we're resting. you give Kevin?
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