Sleep
It's clear that everyone needs to sleep. Most people rarely think about how and why they sleep, however. We know that if we sleep well, we feel rested. If we don't sleep enough, we often feel tired and irritable. It seems there are two purposes of sleep: physical rest and emotional or psychological rest. We need to rest our bodies and our minds. Both are important in order for us to be healthy. Each night we alternate between two kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep. The passive sleep gives our body the rest that's needed and prepares us for active sleep, in which dreaming occurs.
Throughout the night, people alternate between passive and active sleep. The brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. The cycle is repeated: the brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. This cycle is repeated several times throughout the night. During eight hours of sleep, people dream for a total of one and half hours on the average.
Lesson Four
Section One
Task 1: Weather Forecast
A. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements. (1) The weather reporter for today is ____________. a. Marsha b. Peter c. Margaret
(2) The weather report covers the weather activity of ____________. a. the United States b. Canada
c. the United States and Canada
B. Fill in the following chart British Columbia down to northern California Seattle Southern California San Diego Mildwest Oklahoma City Houston Miami New York City Montreal Toronto Weather Description Raining Sunny Clear but windy Sunny with strong winds Cloudy Cloudy, windy Heavy rains and high winds Snow flurries sunny Temperature 50 degrees Warmer temperature 78 degrees 65 degrees 69 degrees 64 degrees 35 degrees 28 degrees 30 degrees
Task 2: The 5 O’Clock News A. Fill in the following chart. Title News anchor Name Charles Mckay Summary of the Report Delta has been declared a health hazard. Consumer reporter Sarah Cooper a. Drinking beer moderately is good for hearth. b. The war against cigarette smoking is heating up. Sports snnouncer
B. Give brief answers to the following questions based on the news report. 1. What happended to Delta yesterday?
Answer: It was closed down by government authorities. 2. Why did that happen?
Answer: Testing confirmed that the town had been poisoned by the dumping of toxic
chemicals in town dumps.‘
3. When were suspicious first aroused? Answer: three weeks ago
4. How many people telephoned the hospital? Answer: two hundred 5. What did they complain of?
Answer: headaches, stomachaches, faintness and dizziness 6. What did the investigation reveal?
Answer: Toxic wastes had leaked into the ground and comtaminated the water supply. 7. What have government authorities ordered?
Answer: All the residents should leave the area, until the chemical company responsible for
the toxic waste can determine whether the town can be cleaned up and made safe again.
C. True or False Questions (based on the consumer report).
(1) (F)A recent study of 70,000 Canadians shows that drinking beer moderately is better than drinking no beer at all.
(2) (T)Researchers haven't yet discovered why drinking beer moderately is good for health. (3) (T)According to the study, drinking a little beer every day is better than drinking a lot at
one time.
(4) (F)Legislation was introduced today to make it illegal to produce cigarettes, cigars, or any
other tobacco products.
(5) (F)The legislation would also prevent tobacco manufacturers to sponsor any kind of public
events.
(6) (T)Cigarette manufacturers insist that the legislation would be useless, and this had
already been proved in parts of the country.
Jerry Ryan Results of some soccer games
D. Fill in the following blanks (based on the sports report)
Teams Playing Result
(1) Mexico — (France) (7 : 6) (2) (Canada) — Argentina (3 : 3) (3) (Italy) — Haiti (2 : 1)
(with 30 minutes left to go)
Section Two
Task 1: What Do You Like for Entertainment? A. Fill in the following blanks. Reporter: Deborah Tyler
Interviewee: Students of the (Brooklyn Acadamy of Dramatic Arts) Major: Benny Gross —(piano) Kimberley Martins —(modern dance)
B. Fill in the following chart about how often Benny and Kimberley go to the eight forms of artistic entainment. (1) Art gallery (2) Ballet (3) Classic concerts (4) Exhibition (5) Folk concert (6) Opera (7) Pop concert (8) Theatre
C. Re-arrange the forms of artistic entertainment that Benny and Kimberley like, beginning with the form that each one likes best. Benny: (3) —(1) — (4) — (6) — (2) — (8) Kimberley: (2) — (4) —(1) — (7) — (3) — (8)
Benny Lots of time A few times Many times Photographic ones Never Two or three times Never Once or twice Kimberley Lots of times Almost every night Sometimes Those about famous people Never Never Madonna once yes Task 2: Are You a Heavy Smoker? A. True or False Questions.
(1) (T) The conversation probably takes place at the cigarettes counter in a large supermarket. (2) (F) Mrs. Bradley has bought ten packets of cigarettes for herself.
(3) (T) The interviewer asks Mrs. Bradley questions for a survey on smokers' habits. (4) (T) Though Mrs. Bradley is in a hurry, she finally agrees to answer the questions. (5) (F) Mrs. Bradley says that she smokes because she wants to be relaxed. (6) (T) The interviewer himself is a smoker, too.
2. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements. (1) A Silk Cut costs ____________. a. one pound forty-four b. twenty-six pence c. forty-eight pence (2) Mrs. Bradley gives the salesgirl ____________. a. four pounds b. five pounds c. six pounds
(3) Mrs. Bradley smokes___________ a week. a. three cigarettes b. twenty cigarettes c. sixty cigarettes (4) Mrs. Bradley will describe her husband as ___________. a. a chain smoker b. a heavy smoker c. a light smoker
(5) Mr. Bradley has never smoked _____________. a. a pipe b. a cigar c. a cigarette
(6) Mrs. Bradley has___________. a. no children b. a daughter c. a son