- irritability, grumpiness REM & Non-REM REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement. the time we dream, when we • That’s sort out all the memories, thoughts and feelings in our head. Non-REM is often called Deep Sleep without REM people become forgetful, irritable and less able to • concentrate. deep sleep provides us with physical and mental recovery • Things not to do in bed (according to sleep experts): eat • read • watch television • work • drink caffeine • smoke cigarettes • have alcohol (It interferes with REM sleep. It can make you tired and • irritable the morning after the night before.) Canadian sleep researcher Harvey Modofsky, at the Toronto Western Hospital took blood from sleeping people and he found that sleeping bodies were fighting infection better than those that were awake and in a recent study of 9,000 adults in the UK, those who slept between six and a half and eight and a half hours a night were more healthy than those who slept less. a) What level do you think it might be suitable for? b) What kind of comprehension tasks could you do with it?
- irritability, grumpiness REM & Non-REM • REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement. That’s the time we dream, when we sort out all the memories, thoughts and feelings in our head. Non-REM is often called Deep Sleep • without REM people become forgetful, irritable and less able to concentrate. • deep sleep provides us with physical and mental recovery Things not to do in bed (according to sleep experts): • eat • read • watch television • work • drink caffeine • smoke cigarettes • have alcohol (It interferes with REM sleep. It can make you tired and irritable the morning after the night before.) Canadian sleep researcher Harvey Modofsky, at the Toronto Western Hospital took blood from sleeping people and he found that sleeping bodies were fighting infection better than those that were awake and in a recent study of 9,000 adults in the UK, those who slept between six and a half and eight and a half hours a night were more healthy than those who slept less. a) What level do you think it might be suitable for? b) What kind of comprehension tasks could you do with it?
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