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Lesson 4

SLEEP

 Read aloud this conversation:

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Husband: Oh, I feel so tired this morning.
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Wife: You kept me awake all night with your tossing and turning.
Husband: It must have been something I ate.
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Wife: But what could it be? You just had the usual food, didn’t
 you?
Husband: I guess so. Maybe it just wasn’t cooked well.
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Wife: I think it is stress. Is everything okay at work?
 Husband: Yes, nothing different.
Wife: Then what can the matter be?
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Husband: I don’t know. It’s probably just nerves. I’m sure I’ll be
 okay tonight.
Wife: I sure hope so. We both need plenty of beauty sleep!

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 New words:
tossing and turning (n) tɔːsɪŋ ænd ˈtɜːrnɪŋ : trằn trọc không yên
probably (adv) ˈprɑːbəbli : có thể
nerves (n) nɜːrvz : sự lo lắng

 Note: Useful expressions of making a surprise:

Do you know what? Strangely enough…

Believe it or not… Surprisingly…
It may sound strange, but… You may not believe this, but…
Guess what! Do you realize that…

 Read aloud this passage:

It is commonly believed that everybody should get at least

eight hours of sleep a day. But a lot of people try to get by on less,
thinking that sleeping is just a waste of their time. Even 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.

Dreams and their interpretation are other interesting

phenomena associated with sleeping. Throughout history, seers
have tried to use them as a guide to the future. Today,
psychologists are apt to see them as the acting out of the anxieties
and fantasies we cannot express during waking hours.

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 New words:
get by on (v) ɡet baɪ ɑːn : đối phó
count (v) kaʊnt : có giá trị
interpretation (n) ɪnˌtɜːrprəˈteɪʃn : sự giải thích
phenomenon (n) fəˈnɑːmɪnən : hiện tượng
associated (adj) əˈsoʊʃieɪtɪd : liên quan
seer (n) sɪr : nhà tiên tri
psychologist (n) saɪˈkɑːlədʒɪst : nhà tâm lý
apt (adj) æpt : có khuynh hướng
acting out (n) ˈæktɪŋ aʊt : phản ứng
anxiety (n) æŋˈzaɪəti : sự lo lắng
fantasy (n) ˈfæntəsi : sự tưởng tượng
express (v) ɪkˈspres : diễn tả

  Discussion:
1. How many hours do you sleep every day?
2. Do you feel okay with three or four hours’ sleep?
3. How often and when do you dream?
4. Do you think your dreams have something significant to tell
you? Can you give an example?
5. What do you think about working at night?
6. What can you do to have a good sleep?