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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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Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “How to sleep better by knowing your chronotype”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: chronotype, schedule, lion, sleep, bear. Deze video bevat 66 zinnen en 872 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:22. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 200 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
lion zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈlaɪən/	leeuw
consistent bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/kənˈsɪs.tənt/	veel voorkomend, consequent
genetic bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/	genetisch
quiz zelfstandig naamwoord	/kwɪz/	kwis, quiz
dolphin zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈdɑlf.ɪn/	dolfijn
wolf zelfstandig naamwoord	/wʊlf/	wolf
characteristic zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/	trekje, karakteristiek
tendency zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈtɛn.dən.si/	neiging
owl zelfstandig naamwoord	/aʊ(ə)l/	uil
hormone zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈhoɹmoʊn/	hormoon
backward bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈbækwɚd/	achteruit, naar achteren
clock zelfstandig naamwoord	/klɑk/	teller, kilometerteller
inspiration zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/	inademing, inademen
discover werkwoord	/dɪˈskʌvə/	ontdekken
con werkwoord	/kɑn/	bedriegen

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
wake up werkwoord	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	wakker worden, ontwaken
check out werkwoord		onderzoeken
figure out werkwoord		uitvogelen, er achter komen
stay up werkwoord		opblijven
turn out werkwoord		uitvallen, resulteren
work out werkwoord	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	uitrekenen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

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

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	have heard · has ever been called · they've been
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	people who fall · category, which is · times, which means
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	been called · is called

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 12 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals they're, we're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, socially /ˈsoʊʃəli/, wolfish /ˈwʊlfiʃ/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, critically /ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kə.li/, intimacy /ˈɪn.tɪ.mə.si/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: quiz /kwɪz/, backward /ˈbækwɚd/, oftentimes /ˈɔf.ənˌtaɪmz/, extroverted /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹtɪd/, introverted /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, backward /ˈbækwɚd/, caffeine /ˈkæfiːn/, adolescence /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/, erratic /ɪˈɹætɪk/
/w/ — met ronde lippen: quiz /kwɪz/, wolf /wʊlf/, backward /ˈbækwɚd/, wolfish /ˈwʊlfiʃ/

Zo oefen je met deze video

Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als lion, consistent, genetic.

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