Pre-Reading Questions:
- Do you sleep 7-8 hours everyday?
- What time do you usually wake up in the morning?
Vocabulary:
- spend /spend/
- habit /HAB-it/
- might /mahyt/
- enough /ih-NUHF/
- unimportant /unim-PAWR-tnt/
[verb] to use time doing something or being somewhere
Tom spent three weeks in New York.
[noun] something that you do often and regularly
He has the habit of reading the newspaper while eating.
[modal verb] used to express the possibility that something will happen or be done
I might get lost on the road if I don’t have a map.
[adverb] as much as is necessary
Ben has enough time to study for his exams.
[adjective] not important
My mother told me not to buy unimportant things in the market.
As the lockdown started, people needed to spend most of their time at home, but it changed some of our everyday habits like getting up early.
A person might feel drowsy when he or she is groggy. Not sleeping for almost 8 hours or unable to sleep are some reasons a person may experience grogginess. Sleep inertia is the other term for grogginess, according to Dr. Natasha Bijlani, a psychiatrist at Priory Hospital Roehampton.
A neuroscience and psychology professor, Matthew Walker, illustrates a human brain as an old car that needs to warm up after starting it, just like a person’s brain after waking up. Aside from that, a sleep medicine professor, Colin Espie, studied that when a body doesn’t get enough sunlight could result in grogginess. He also added that lots of news about COVID-19 everyday cause people to feel panic which is energy-draining for them.
Things to do when you are groggy:
Practice doing your morning and evening routine. Always remember, we usually do better if we get enough sleep which is why it is important to maintain our daily sleep-wake routine.
You can create a relaxing environment by doing things like removing unimportant things from your bedroom and make sure it looks comfortable.
A person might feel drowsy when he or she is groggy. Not sleeping for almost 8 hours or unable to sleep are some reasons a person may experience grogginess. Sleep inertia is the other term for grogginess, according to Dr. Natasha Bijlani, a psychiatrist at Priory Hospital Roehampton.
A neuroscience and psychology professor, Matthew Walker, illustrates a human brain as an old car that needs to warm up after starting it, just like a person’s brain after waking up. Aside from that, a sleep medicine professor, Colin Espie, studied that when a body doesn’t get enough sunlight could result in grogginess. He also added that lots of news about COVID-19 everyday cause people to feel panic which is energy-draining for them.
Things to do when you are groggy:
Practice doing your morning and evening routine. Always remember, we usually do better if we get enough sleep which is why it is important to maintain our daily sleep-wake routine.
You can create a relaxing environment by doing things like removing unimportant things from your bedroom and make sure it looks comfortable.
True or False:
- Since the lockdown, most of the people spend most of their time outside.
- You might feel drowsy if you are groggy.
- According to Dr. Natasha Bijlani, sleep apnea is the medical term for grogginess.
- A person not sleeping for 8 hours may experience grogginess.
- We always do better if we get enough sleep.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| spend | habit | might | enough | unimportant |
- Throw away all the _____ things inside the boxes.
- I already have _____ food for one week.
- She _____ get the highest score if she will continue to review.
- He has the _____ of listening to music while doing his homework.
- I will _____ my one month vacation in our province.