Pre-reading questions:
I will read each question. Then, please answer them.
講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。
- Are you a morning person of a night owl?
- When was the last time you slept late?
Vocabulary:
I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me.
単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。
- typical /TIP-i-kuhl/
- recent /REE-suhnt /
- publish /PUHB-lish/
- Briton /BRIT-n/
- experience /ik-SPEER-ee-uhns /
[adjective] – showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things
This painting is typical of his work.
[adjective] – happening or starting from a short time ago
Could you please attach a recent photograph to your application form?
[verb] – happening or starting from a short time ago
Next month they will publish his books.
[noun] – a person from Britain
He’s the first Briton to climb Everest.
[verb] – if you experience something, it happens to you, or you feel it
I have experienced visiting Italy in 2000.
Article reading:
Please read the whole article. Then, I will check your pronunciation and intonation.
記事を音読しましょう。講師はあなたの発音とイントネーションを確認します。
Do you get out of bed early in the morning, refreshed and ready to take on the day’s challenges? Or do you slap the snooze alarm till the very last minute and drag your tired body to work? If you’re a morning person, be joyful: your circadian cycles, or natural sleep patterns, correspond to typical work schedules and school dismissal hours.
According to a recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry on June 7, 2021, being a night owl is inconvenient because you perform better in the afternoon and evening and remain up late. The researchers used sleep data from wrist activity trackers worn by over 85,000 UK Biobank Study participants, which has detailed genetic and health information on over half a million Britons. Researchers linked sleep data to mood self-reports and discovered that persons who have a disrupted sleep cycle are more likely to experience depression and anxiety. The health problems associated with being a night owl are likely the result of being one living in a morning person’s world, which disrupts their body’s circadian rhythms, according to Kirsten Knutson, an associate professor of neurology and preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Meanwhile, Dr. Jessica Tyrrell, a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School in the United Kingdom, discovered that having a higher misalignment was associated with a greater risk of depression.
Finally, there’s the chicken-and-egg problem, which is common in research that can only demonstrate a correlation rather than a causal link. Depressed persons are also more likely to have abnormal sleep cycles, which will require further research in the future.
According to a recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry on June 7, 2021, being a night owl is inconvenient because you perform better in the afternoon and evening and remain up late. The researchers used sleep data from wrist activity trackers worn by over 85,000 UK Biobank Study participants, which has detailed genetic and health information on over half a million Britons. Researchers linked sleep data to mood self-reports and discovered that persons who have a disrupted sleep cycle are more likely to experience depression and anxiety. The health problems associated with being a night owl are likely the result of being one living in a morning person’s world, which disrupts their body’s circadian rhythms, according to Kirsten Knutson, an associate professor of neurology and preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Meanwhile, Dr. Jessica Tyrrell, a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School in the United Kingdom, discovered that having a higher misalignment was associated with a greater risk of depression.
Finally, there’s the chicken-and-egg problem, which is common in research that can only demonstrate a correlation rather than a causal link. Depressed persons are also more likely to have abnormal sleep cycles, which will require further research in the future.
True or False:
Read the sentences and identify if they are true or false based on the article.
文章を読んで、記事に基づいて正誤を答えましょう。
- A morning person’s natural sleep patterns correspond to typical work schedules.
- A night owl performs better in the afternoon.
- The researchers used sleep data from wrist activity trackers worn by over 85,000 UK Biobank Study participants.
- Persons who have a disrupted sleep cycle are more likely to experience depression and anxiety.
- Dr. Jessica Tyrrell is a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School in the United States.
Fill in the blanks:
Choose the correct word from the table then fill in the blanks.
適切な言葉を選んで空欄を埋めましょう。
| typical | recent | publish | Briton | experience |
- __________ lived in England before the Romans came.
- I look like a __________ tourist because of my shorts and my camera.
- Many buildings were destroyed by the __________ typhoon.
- We __________ a quarterly journal at school.
- He has __________ difficulty when he became independent.