Sleep
It is commonly believed that everybody should get at least eight hours of sleep a day. But a lot of people get by on less, thinking that sleeping is just a waste of thire time. Event some experts claim that it is the quality of sleep that counts rather than the quantity, and that we could live healthy lives with only three or four hours of good sleep. To them , "good sleep" is characterized by REM (Rapid-Eye Movement). It is during this phase of sleep that we dream.
Dream and their interpretation are other interesting phenomena associated with sleeping. Throughout history,seers have tried to use them as a guid to the future. Today, psychologists are apt to see them as the acting out of anxieties and fantasies we cannot express during our wakign hours. For Sigmund Freud, they were symbolic expressions of our sexual desires.
--> seers = a person who can force or foretell events.
--> acting out = performing , behaving as though in a real situation but not actually doing the action..
--> get by = I can't get by on such a small income.
Comprehension
1. How many hours of sleep do we need every day?
2. When do we dream?
3. What purposes do dreams serve in human culture?
Express Yourself
1. How many hours do you sleep?
2. Do you feel okay with three or four hours' sleep?
3. If your spouse were snoring, what would you do?
4. Do you need a alarm clock to get up in the morning?
5. Do you like to sleep in a bed or on the floor?
6. Do you think your dreams have any significant to tell you?
7. How often, and when, do you dream?
8. Do you try to interpret what your dream means?
9. Do you believe that you would be lucky if you saw a pig in your dream? If so, would you buy a lottery ticket?
10. Do you enjoy a nap during the day time?
11. Do you think sleep helps relieve your stress?
12. Do you think it's okay to work at night?
Opinion Samples
1. Whenever I have a dream I try to interpret it in a Freudian manners. Most of my dreams relate to my everyday life, so understanding them helps me know more about myself. Since Freud was a pioneering genius in the field of psychology, any interpretation based on his ideal must be accurate.
2. Three or four hours' sleep! Doing that might save time, but I don't think most people could operate very effectively that way. I have try to get by with less sleep, many times, but I always felt tired and irritable, and would have to take a nap at work just to get me through the day. So now I make it a rule to get at least six hours of sleep, no matter what, and most nights I get seven or eight. So these days I feel refreshed and energetic, and I get a lot more done.
--> in a Freudian manners = by Sigmund Freud's doctrines.
--> pionnering = being the earliest in a field or study, activity,etc.
--> make it a rule = always try.
Useful Expressions
1. When the alarm clock rings, the best part of the day is over.
2. If you want your dream to come true, don't oversleep.
3. Do you realize how many mistakes you'd make if you didn't sleep away a third of your day?
4. The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep.
5. If you sleep in a chair you have nothing to lose, but a nap at the wheel is often a permanent snooze.
6. Most of us spend a lifetime going to sleep when we're not sleepy, and getting up when we are.
7. If you want your life to listen to what you say, talk in your sleep.
8. A real surprise is when the college voy comes home and discovers people sleep at night rather than in the daytime.
9. It's extremely difficult for a babysitter to wake up five or ten minutes before the parents return home.
10. Boasting and sleeping are the forerunners of failure.
--> snooze = a light nap.
--> forerunner = a person or thing that comes or goes before as in time.
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