Do you get enough sleep?
March is National Bed Month! Getting enough sleep is vitally important for our overall health and well-being. Surprisingly though, many of us don't get anywhere near the recommended eight hours and two thirds of us say we get less sleep than we did a few years ago. Join Kate and Rebecca as they find out how we are affected by not getting enough rest.
This week's question:
Listen to the programme
A good night's rest
What is the longest time someone has managed to go without sleep?
a) 20 days
b) 11 days
c) 3 days
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!
Vocabulary from the programme
- sleep deprivation
- the condition of not having enough sleep
- to sleep in
- to sleep longer than usual
- tempers are very frayed
- get easily angry
- tetchy
- to be irritable, easily angered or upset
- concentration
- the ability to think clearly and carefully
- vigilance
- to pay attention and to notice things, especially possible danger
- hostile
- to be unfriendly and likely to be disagreeable
- obesity
- the condition of being very overweight or fat
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