Pre-reading questions:
- Have you experienced sleeping for a few hours?
- What was the longest sleep you’ve had?
A recent study shows that sleeping habits of most people are at worst nowadays – sleeping between five to seven hours. One third of these individuals are having insomnia rooted from stress. It is now harder to doze off for eight full hours as anxiety and stress levels of each person increase. One can actually experience how insomnia can affect his or her body.
Aside from anxiety increasing, a sleep-deprived person would either slump all afternoon or get hyper all night, munch carbs more than the norm, and crave for more caffeine.They get agitated easily and look haggard even if the day is still young. Most of them also have slow cognitive function, which can be a risk to work-based or vehicular accidents.
Vocabulary:
worst – bad; terrible
root – the cause or source of something
doze off – to fall asleep
sleep-deprived – suffering from lack of sleep
munch – eat something
Comprehension Questions:
- What does the study show about the sleeping habits of most people recently?
- What does the one-third of these individuals have?
- Why is it harder to get a good sleep nowadays?
- What will a sleep-deprived person most likely do?
- Why is sleep deprivation at risk to accidents?
Express Your Opinion:
- Do you agree that sleeping for a short time is bad for one’s health? Please explain your answer.
- People tend to look older than their age when they lack sleep. Do you agree on this? Please explain your answer.
- Milk can help relax the body to give anyone a good night sleep.
- Most people who lack sleep are prone to work-related stress and accidents.
- Keeping one’s body healthy also contributes to a good night sleep.