talking about SLEEP

We start out with a lesson on our (well, at least for most of us) favourite activity which is good old fashined SLEEP:-)

WARM-UP

How many words can you think of connected to sleep? 

VOCABULARY

Match the idioms to their definitions.

hit the sack * not sleep a wink * recharge batteries

* sleep like a log * toss and turn

________________________ go to bed

________________________ be constantly moving in bed, unable to sleep

________________________ regain energy be sleeping or resting

________________________ not sleep at all

________________________ sleep soundly        

Fill in the blanks with the missing idioms in their correct forms.

a.  We spent all Sunday outdoors: we swam, rode a motorboat and went on a three-hour hike around the lake. My daughter _________________ that night.

b.  With itchy mosquito bites all over his body, he _________________ all night.

c.   There was power in the building, so we decided to _________________ early.

d.  We left for the airport at midnight. The plane took off at 2:30 a.m. and landed at 5:00 a.m. There was a crying baby and snoring man beside me on the plane. I could _________________ last night!

e.  I need to  _________________ after the sleepless night.

Answer the questions.

§  Are you a light sleeper or do you sleep like a log?

§  How long does it take you to recharge your batteries after a week at work?

§  What time do you usually hit the sack?

§  Do you sometimes toss and turn at night?

§  What would keep you wide awake at night?

§  Are you able to have a nap on a bus or subway?

VIDEO

Watch the video and write the missing words in the sentences you hear. In your opinion, what do the bolded words mean?
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/sleep-whisperer-sleep-22674182

…What if there was a simple way to drift off to ¹_____________ and for free.

…If just hearing her ²_____________ makes you suddenly to have a strong desire to doze off,  Ilse Blansert won’t be offended.  

…They tap, brush, ³_____________, and mostly whisper all to low people to sleep.

…Her videos have generated nearly 16 million ⁴_____________  and hers are among thousands of ASMR options.

…When Hansen saw her first ASMR video she found it ⁵_____________  to keep her eyes open.

…My brain relaxes so much that I just fall asleep. I ⁶_____________, I just conk out.

…It is quite believable to me that somebody’s saying that this works better than sleeping ⁷_____________ for me.

…Millions of people now rely on the Internet equivalent of ⁸ _____________  sheep.

_____________  - to drift off
_____________  - to doze off
_____________  - to keep your eyes open.

_____________  - to conk out.

READING

Read the short statements and match the missing sentences to the blanks.

1.    Sleeping well is so important.

2.    Then when I go upstairs to bed I find I can’t sleep and I usually listen to the radio for hours and hours during the night. 

3.    They always involve people I know in boats or aeroplanes!

4.    I can’t remember the last time I had a whole night’s sleep.

PHILIP – I have a strange habit of falling asleep when I watch the television and it usually happens when I am watching something I am really interested in! The television seems to hypnotise me and I doze off really easily.___

RACHEL – I love sleeping and really need to have about 9 hours sleep a night. I know some people survive on 4 or 5 but if I only have that much I am in a bad mood all day! ___I think most people don’t realise how important it is to being happy.

TONY – I usually sleep well but recently I’ve been having very strange dreams and they’re beginning to disturb me. ___ I didn’t mind travelling before but now it makes me nervous. 

DISCUSSION POINTS

• Do you always get enough sleep? How many hours per night do you usually sleep?
• Have you ever fallen asleep in a lesson or at work?
• Do you snore in your sleep? What can you do to stop it?
• Do you every talk in your sleep or sleepwalk? Do you know anyone who does?
• Do you like to read or watch TV in bed? Does this help you to sleep or keep you awake?
• Do you ever take naps during the day?
• Do you think sleep is a waste of time?
• What do you do if you cannot get to sleep?
• Where is the strangest place you have ever slept?
• Do you prefer to go to sleep late or wake up early?
• How do you feel if you don’t get your regular amount of sleep?
• What do you think causes insomnia?
• Is it possible to sleep too much?
• What do you do to prepare yourself for sleep?
• Why do you think your body needs sleep?