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Welcome to Spotlight.
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I’m Colin Lowther.
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And I’m Liz Waid.
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Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
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It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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A man and a woman are in bed.
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The man is sleeping.
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He went to sleep as soon as he got into bed.
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He snores loudly.
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He has no difficulty falling asleep.
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And he always sleeps well all night.
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The woman lies next to him.
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But she is not sleeping.
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She feels tired but she cannot sleep.
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She lies on her back.
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She turns and lies on her side.
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Then she turns to her other side.
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Still she cannot sleep.
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And still he sleeps - and snores!
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He always sleeps well at night.
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And she always finds it difficult to go to sleep.
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Many people experience problems with sleep.
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Some people find it difficult to go to sleep.
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Some find that they are often awake in the middle of the night.
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Some people even take medicine to make them go to sleep.
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Sleep is important for everyone.
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And better sleep improves people’s minds and bodies.
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Today’s Spotlight is on a good night’s sleep.
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All humans have a basic need to sleep.
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And we normally sleep at night.
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Our bodies have a kind of clock in them that is linked to daylight.
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When it gets dark, our bodies prepare for sleep.
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And scientists have discovered that our bodies change during sleep.
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Our heart rate and body temperature both drop.
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Our brain waves change too.
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We experience about five different cycles or periods of sleep each night.
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Each cycle lasts about an hour and a half.
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In each sleep cycle we experience different sorts of sleep.
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Non REM and REM are the main sorts of sleep.
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REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement.
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In non REM sleep our eyes do not move much.
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But in REM sleep our eyes move quickly.
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We also dream most during REM sleep.
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But how much sleep do people need?
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An average adult needs about seven or eight hours of sleep every night.
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But everyone is a little different.
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Some people need more sleep.
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Some people need less.
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Scientists have discovered that our genes can affect how much we need to sleep.
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About ten percent of people need nine or ten hours of sleep.
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Other people are fine with three to six hours of sleep.
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If people do not get enough sleep they can suffer both physically and mentally.
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They may feel tired and angry or annoyed.
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They cannot remember things or solve problems as easily.
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They can make mistakes in their work.
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Sleep is also important for a person’s health.
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Lack of sleep can make people sick, and increase the risk of heart disease or stroke.
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In extreme cases people, can even die because of a total lack of sleep.
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Different cultures have different sleep traditions.
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In some cultures it is normal to sleep alone or with a husband or wife.
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But in other cultures people sleep with their family or even in big social or community groups.
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In Spain, people have a tradition of a siesta or short sleep in the afternoon.
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People in Egypt also have an afternoon sleep called Ta’assila.
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Some tribes in Botswana and Zaire sleep when they feel like it - at any time of the day or night.
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People who live in Japan sleep less at night than people in many other countries.
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But the Japanese have developed a tradition of sleeping at work.
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They take very short sleeps or naps called inemuri.
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History can also teach us about sleep traditions.
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Roger Ekirch is an historian at Virginia Tech in the United States.
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He researched how people slept in the past.
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He examined hundreds of old documents.
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And he discovered that people used to sleep in a different way from most people today.
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In the past, people slept in two separate periods during the night.
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They called the two periods of sleep ‘first sleep’ and ‘second sleep’.
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Between these two sleeps they were awake for one or two hours.
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Ekirch believes that this way of sleeping started to change when people began using street lights and lights in homes.
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Lights caused people to stay up late.
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They no longer had time for two sleeps.
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People forgot about ‘first sleep’ and ‘second sleep’.
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But some people still have a period of being awake in the middle of the night.
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They can think that they have a sleep problem.
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But experts like Ekirch think that this may just be a natural way to sleep.
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Ekirch told the Huffington post, ‘People who suffer from middle of the night sleeplessness should understand something.
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Seen from history, their sleep may well be completely normal.’ So it may be frustrating, but if you wake in the night you may not have a sleep problem!
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You may just sleep more like your ancestors.
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There are many other common sleep problems.
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Experts say that there are many reasons for poor sleep.
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But they also advise how to create good conditions for sleep.
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They say you should make sure that the place where you are sleeping is dark.
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Melatonin is a chemical produced by the body.
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This chemical helps control sleep.
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Melatonin reacts with light.
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That is why people find it much harder to go to sleep in a light room.
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The blue light from modern technology is a particular problem.
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Professor Charles Czeisler of Harvard told the BBC, ‘Light most powerfully influences your body clock.
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Being near light, especially short wave length blue-ish light at night, will reset our body clock to a later hour.
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This will delay the release of the sleep encouraging chemical melatonin.
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This will make it more difficult for us to get up in the morning.’ Experts also say you should make sure that where you sleep is not too hot or cold.
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Your body has a natural drop in temperature when you go to sleep.
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So if you move from a warm room to a cool room to sleep you will help that natural process.
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You should prepare for bedtime and create a calm atmosphere.
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With a good night’s sleep you can have a good day!
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Do you sleep well at night?
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Or do you have sleep problems?
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What do you do to help you get a good night’s sleep?
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Tell us about it.
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You can leave a comment on our website.
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Or email us at [email protected].
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You can also comment on Facebook at Facebook.com/spotlightradio.
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The writer of this programme was Katy Blake.
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The producer was Bruce Gulland.
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The voices you heard were from the United Kingdom and the United States.
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All quotes were adapted for this programme and voiced by Spotlight.
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You can listen to this programme again, and read it, on the internet at www.radioenglish.net.
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This programme is called ‘A Good Night’s Sleep.’ Look for our free listening app in the Google Play Store and in iTunes.
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We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight programme.
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Goodbye.
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這個影片適合誰？
無論你是剛開始學英語的新手，還是想提升口語流暢度的中級學者，這部影片都是不錯的選擇。它用簡單易懂的英語講述睡眠的話題，內容貼近生活，非常適合用來練習「看YouTube學英語」。如果你正在準備雅思口語練習，裡面關於睡眠的描述和科學知識也能成為你口語表達的素材庫，幫你在考試中更自然地展開話題。
值得學習的詞彙和短語
影片中有幾個實用表達值得記下來：snores loudly（打呼很響）、fall asleep（入睡）、sleep cycle（睡眠週期）、Rapid Eye Movement (REM)（快速眼動期）。比如「He snores loudly」這句，在描述他人睡眠習慣時很常用；而「Our bodies have a kind of clock in them」則用了生動的比喻，學會這類表達能讓你的英語更貼近母語者。
如何練好發音？
這部影片的播音員發音清晰，語速適中，很適合拿來做shadowing練習（影子跟讀）。建議你開啟影片，跟著播音員的語調和節奏重複每一句。重點注意「difficulty」這個詞的發音，其中的「ti」要發成輕聲的「ʃ」，而不是「tɪ」。另外，「REM」作為縮寫，每個字母都要發音清晰。如果覺得自己跟不上，可以用shadowing site或shadowspeak工具，反覆練習直到語調和節奏接近原版。堅持一段時間，你的口語流利度和發音準確度一定會有提升。
想要真正掌握這些內容，不妨每天花10分鐘，一邊看影片一邊做shadow speak練習。不僅能學到實用英語，還能瞭解睡眠知識，可謂一舉兩得。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | have discovered · have developed |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | is linked · were adapted · is called |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | People who live · People who suffer |
| 用 “should” 提建議 should + 動詞 — 表示應該做的事 | should understand · should make · should prepare |
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。