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f.-ffi,8ffi#j5;.fl Worl< in pairs. Describe the photos. Then ask and
answer these questions.
tet.,er*6ping teenagers Iie
1 What time do you usually go to bed?
2 Do you have a computer or a W in your bedroom? .,, 1l',!ry,]r-y,.A,i1.,!hat, m!n11 teena$ers,have the energy to play
3 Do you go straight to sleep? If not, what do you do? ::: :,:.C.o,tll1puteigiames.,i;ntillate at: night bui canlt find the energy to
4 Do you ever lie in at weekends? Until what time? ,ir:,.r,i.,rge-lr.oql,iolbed.int:limerfor,schoo,!? Ac-cording to a new report,
r tl,,:,:,,toda.yl,q.:1generatitjn,of children are'in danger o1 getting so IittIe
2 Read the text. Which explanation for teenagers not getting
. 1.r::1::Sl6dp: th*, they: are puttin g thei r mentai and physical health
enough sleep does the writer favour?
:::r:,,ratiiSL:Arduiti can easily survive on seven to eight hours'
1 Teenagers think they catch up with sleep at weekends.
,,'-:r.::slaop 6'nil$ht, whereas teenagers require nine or ten hours.
2 Teenagers'bodies do not produce a hormone that makes
i,l:it::'rlAcaording io medical experts, one in five youngsters gets
them sleepy untiI the early hours of the morning.
::,',;:::r'i€rhything beiween two and five hours' sleep a night less than
3 Teenagers engage in tate-night activities such as ptaying ro
their parents did at their age.
computer games and watching TV instead of going
straight to sleep. , ti,.:i : :T,his,{ai5es seliouq questiqns rabout whether lack of sleep
.. l.':.r..isr;ft€cting te h:ilqr.en:S. abilitlr to iconcentrate at schoo l.
3 Answer the questions. .,:.,ir,,,'r:Thgionr:leClion, b6tween sleep dspl'ivation and lapses in
1 ln what two ways can lack of steep affect teenagers? ,,,r r :rr llleIllorVt:impaired,feaqtiqn, tirne and poor Concentration is
i, r1!,'wqlf'gstabiished,,'Fleseal'ch
2 Why do some experts believe that activities such as has ihown that losi n g as l ittle
ptaying computer games before bed are more likely to as'half an hour's'sleep a nighti can have profound effects on
prevent teenagers from sleeping than reading a book? how children perform the next day. A good night's sleep is
3 What evidence does the writer produce to support his/ also crucial for teenagers because it is while they are asleep
her view that it is normaI for teenagers to go to sleep later that they release a hormone that is essential for their 'growth
than adults? 20 spurt' (ihe period during teenage years when the body grows

4 Scan the text and underline all the examples of the noun r,:rrr:rr'ralr:arrapid.lrqtd; ltls,true,thal lhey'Canrto some extent catch
;:,,. :,:tJpl,OA,SleePr'ait,iweeken.i{ ;rbut that won't help them when they
sleep. Lool< at the words s/eep collocates with in the text.
:rr'r,r,,'91.e:giat ing:off1o:sfeeplin class on a Friday afternoon.
How many of the collocations can you find in the extract from
th e Oxfo rd Co llo coti o n s D i cti o n a ry? .1..,; '..So,ri.ny;aren.itlleeh-agefo, Selting eno u g h sleep ? So m e ex p erts
,,,il,,,suSQest fhe. Fresence of teleyiiions,,computers and mobile
slesp ,run r,'r:',. pho:nesr in:childfen:ri bedr:ooms, may be, to blame. lnstead of
"l condition nf rest
rr,tr',r, reading a book at,bedtime;,children are going to their rooms
nnJ. deep I light I much-neededol'm offtobed-forsome
muclrneeded -. I adequate I REM ' and playing computer gam€s;'Surfing the web, texting and
lrnE 1 lLrrp drift into, drift oif to, drop off to, fall back to '
messaging, or waiching,leletision, As these new childhood
tAmE), gel to, go to a She turtrc(l oler ond v,ent back to -. I
cry you rsel, to i catch, get, snat€h o Clo.re l.?ur ey€J ond 8et
{ pre-sleep activities, have,become-more widespread, so more
some - nolr o I snatche{l a few hours' - it1 the ofternoon. I
need i survive on o fhey seenr to suryive o, oig, a yu* :, ,:
hours'- a night. i induce, promote o 'Ihey use drugs to traditional ones sUchrasireadingrhave declined. Dr Luci
irduce -. I lull sb to, send sb to + Thc quier mlr.sic.roon .scnt :i, i' r,,Wigg!r a,researqh
her to ... I drilt in and oui of o,L{e drifr;d in and out of - all lellow a! Oxford University's Section of
rri3/'t. . lose oltett lisuralie o tton't'io;e . ov.r it rleJlsori ,i, r, i-ichild and Adolescent Psychiatry
eter;!hng ott in tht nrrr1il4g i disrupt. disturb, interrupt
cat(h up on / rrred scnri da-r ta .qr.h up ,n my - . r feign said; 'One of the problems
o 1 fe[ened - wlLen the nursc carne aronnd.
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with these pre-sleep
tL{!P.. Ya(; come o Sleep come to her in snotc/ies. I
overcome sb. overtake sb o Sleep/inally overtoak me,
activities is that they
!t..lP - IoL* cycle, pattern, schedule {rsp Arnfl i
deprivation, loss I disorder I apnoea/apnea { aid/e-sa
are unstructured, i,e.
lml a lltL /,onofl. mosl rorr"nrly prcicrib(d ai(l
",'i " during - . o d,crea,ed luort ..ure,luring in your -
o lle ofLcn ryclks cnu lqlks ii I tE they do not have
rrkAt:! a lack of * + I was slgfering from s lack of -_ i a clearly defined start
wink of - o l won't get a wtnk of - with that noise
dow/Lrtairs. ao and end times.' She
2 period oi sleep
werit on, 'This is
rtJ. long i little, short I dead, deep, heavy, sound i
uninterrupted i good, restlul I light I disturbed, the,first generation
exhausted, fitful, restless, troubled, uneasy o I lroke up
I of children lo face
eatb, after a disturbed .'. dreamless, peacelul i drunken I
beauty o Sofly, but I need nry beauty -. i such a.plethora of
', rq* - sirrr need I have o Oid- you hi,e a good -? I be in o I
v,as in a deep - w|rc11 the phane rang. I drilt into, fall into, 1! altefnatiVes to going
sinl into ./ intmcdio!?ly fetl inLo a dcod awake (sb)
from, awaken (sb) from, wake (sb) lrom o He woke yorn a to sleep and the tong-
i.tftil - with a hestlnche.
;:rE1rr! a good, poor, etc. night's - o you'LlJeel better after
i good night s .-.
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