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Hey everyone, Dr. Michael Bruce, the sleep doctor here.

I figured out since I wrote a book about chronotypes, I might as well explain to you exactly what they are.

A chronotype is your genetic predetermined sleep schedule.

Many people have heard of this concept, but not actually heard the term chronotype.

What we're talking about here is if anybody out there has ever been called an early bird or a night owl.

So why would this be important?

If you understand what your chronotype is, then you know what your hormone schedule is,

which becomes critically important for any and all activities that you do throughout the day.

As an example, it turns out there's a perfect time of day to do just about everything based on your chronotype.

And yes, I'm talking about everything from intimacy, to drinking a cup of coffee, to even working out.

You can do all of them better if you know your chronotype.

What are the four chronotypes?

First, we have lions.

They replace early birds.

These are the folks that make a list every single day and go from step one to step two to step three.

High energy people, very interested in exercise and fitness, and again, early risers.

Unfortunately, socially, they don't do so well.

I mean, let's be honest, dinner and a movie is kind of out for a lion because they've been up since 5 .30 in the morning.

So pros and cons in either direction.

Next come the bears.

That represents the people in between the early birds and the night owls.

Believe it or not, they make up almost 55 % of the population.

Honestly, I wish I was a bear.

The nine to five work schedule works perfect for a bear.

A lot of my bears have a tendency to be the people that get the work done.

Sometimes they're extroverted, sometimes they're introverted.

They're always fun to be around and usually a great friend.

Next are the night owls, and I call them wolves.

I personally am a night owl, hardly ever go to bed before 11 .30 or 12, and that's very characteristic of wolfish characteristics.

One of the things we know about people who fall into this category is these have a tendency to be my creatives,

my artists, my actors, my authors, people of that nature.

I mean, let's be honest, when you meet somebody who's really creative and you say, when did you get your inspiration?

They usually say two o 'clock in the morning.

The final category, which is the new category, which I discovered is called the dolphin.

Dolphins actually represent people with very erratic genetic sleep schedules.

So these people actually come to me oftentimes, and that's really who I wrote the book for,

with a schedule where they look like a lion wanting to wake up early and meet the day,

but unfortunately they get such poor sleep at night, it's incredibly, incredibly difficult.

Now, you might be saying, okay, well, I've listened to what you said, Dr. Bruce, but how do I know what my personal chronotype is?

You can learn your chronotype by visiting thesleepdoctor .com and take my chronotype quiz.

Now, another question people say is, well, once I took the quiz, I learned I was a lion.

Can I change my chronotype?

Well, to be honest with you, no, it's genetic.

However, there's something out there called chronolongevity, which I think is pretty interesting.

Believe it or not, we all go through all of the different chronotypes.

So when we're an itty -bitty baby, we're a lion, waking up early and going to bed early.

Once the children hit that toddler through middle school phase,

you're a bear going to bed and waking up right around the time that the sun comes up.

Then what happens?

You go into adolescence, and then you become a wolf.

I mean, remember when you were 14, 15 years old, all you wanted to do was stay up late and sleep late.

When you hit about 20, 22 years old, your body sets for about 30 to 40 years, And then something else happens.

You actually start to go backwards.

You ever notice how your grandparents want to eat dinner at 4 .30 in the afternoon?

That's because their phase is moving backwards because of that change in melatonin.

So actually, you actually get a second chance to be a lion if you ever wanted to be.

Now, what if I just don't feel like I fit inside one chronotype?

This is something that's pretty common, and we oftentimes think these people are the dolphin or the insomnia chronotype.

But if you want to get a better sense for your chronotype, try following a consistent schedule for two weeks, then retake the quiz.

What do I mean by consistent schedule?

I want you eating at the right times, which means stopping food by about two hours before bed, avoiding caffeine after 2 p .m.,

and following a consistent wake -up schedule.

The thing that affects your circadian rhythm the most turns out to be the hormone melatonin.

To learn more about melatonin and whether it's right for you, check out our video.

This is Dr. Michael Bruce, the sleep doctor, wishing you...

Sweet dream.

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Diese Sprechübung basiert auf dem Video „How to sleep better by knowing your chronotype“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: chronotype, schedule, lion, sleep, bear. Dieses Video enthält 66 Sätze und 872 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 4:22. Der Sprecher spricht schnell, etwa 200 Wörter pro Minute – rechne mit verbundenen und verkürzten Lauten. 82 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.

Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

Wort	Aussprache	Bedeutung
lion Substantiv	/ˈlaɪən/	Löwe, Leu
consistent Adjektiv	/kənˈsɪs.tənt/	beständig, beharrlich
genetic Adjektiv	/d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/	genetisch
quiz Substantiv	/kwɪz/	Ratespiel, Fragespiel
dolphin Substantiv	/ˈdɑlf.ɪn/	Delphin, Delfin
incredibly Adverb	/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/	unglaublich
wolf Substantiv	/wʊlf/	Wolf, Meister Graubein
characteristic Substantiv	/ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/	Merkmal, Eigenschaft
tendency Substantiv	/ˈtɛn.dən.si/	Tendenz
owl Substantiv	/aʊ(ə)l/	Eule, Uhu
hormone Substantiv	/ˈhoɹmoʊn/	Hormon
backward Adjektiv	/ˈbækwɚd/	zurück, nach hinten
clock Substantiv	/klɑk/	Tacho, Tachometer
inspiration Substantiv	/ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/	Einatmung, Einatmen
discover Verb	/dɪˈskʌvə/	entdecken

Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst

Wort	Aussprache	Bedeutung
wake up Verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	aufwachen, erwachen
check out Verb		überprüfen
come up Verb		erscheinen
figure out Verb		herausfinden
make up Verb	/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/	wiedergutmachen, kompensieren
stay up Verb		aufbleiben, durchmachen
turn out Verb		sich herausstellen als/dass, sich erweisen als
work out Verb	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	ausrechnen

Sätze zum Wiederholen

Kurze, vollständige Sätze aus dem Video, die du im Alltag wiederverwenden kannst:

Bruce, but how do I know what my personal chronotype is?
Can I change my chronotype?
What do I mean by consistent schedule?

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

Struktur	Im Video
Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist	have heard · has ever been called · they've been
Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sache	people who fall · category, which is · times, which means
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut	been called · is called

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

Der Sprecher verwendet 12 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel they're, we're, don't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.

Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, socially /ˈsoʊʃəli/, wolfish /ˈwʊlfiʃ/
Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, critically /ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kə.li/, intimacy /ˈɪn.tɪ.mə.si/

Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:

/w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): quiz /kwɪz/, wolf /wʊlf/, backward /ˈbækwɚd/, wolfish /ˈwʊlfiʃ/
Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: quiz /kwɪz/, backward /ˈbækwɚd/, oftentimes /ˈɔf.ənˌtaɪmz/, extroverted /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹtɪd/, introverted /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/
/æ/ — offener als „ä“: characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, backward /ˈbækwɚd/, caffeine /ˈkæfiːn/, adolescence /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/, erratic /ɪˈɹætɪk/

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