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All animals sleep and humans sleep a lot.
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By the time you turn 18 you will have spent about 40 % of your life asleep.
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But we don't always want to go to bed.
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Why is sleep so important?
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Why is sleep important?
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Sleep is really important for our bodies and brains to function at peak condition.
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You may think your body just shuts down when you close your eyes, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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Your body temperature drops while you're asleep, and you don't require as much energy as you do while you're awake, but that period of rest is
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when your immune system gets a chance to fight off the bad germs you might have encountered at school
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or out in the world.
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So sleep helps keep you healthy, and it keeps you mentally fit too.
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Sleep helps you remember what you've learned.
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You take in information while you're awake, but it sets in your brain while you're sleeping.
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So if you're studying for a vocabulary or math test,
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one of the best things you can do is get a good night's sleep before you take that test.
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It will also help you remember that funny joke your friend told you that you just can't wait to tell someone else.
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When you're a little kid, the areas around language and vision in your brain are really active while you're sleeping.
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As you get older, the parts of your brain that start learning all the different things like math and reading,
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those parts get a workout at night.
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And teenagers' brains are working on strengthening the parts involved in decision -making and moods.
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And here's something else.
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Growth hormone is released while you're sleeping, so you literally grow in your sleep.
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I knew I felt taller this morning.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這節口語課以影片“Why is sleep important?”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:sleep, brain, sleeping, parts。 這段影片共有 24 個句子、316 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 1:52。 說話人語速自然,每分鐘約 169 個詞,接近日常對話。 90% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞,詞彙容易理解。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中 12 個值得學習的單詞,附發音和釋義:

單詞發音釋義
asleep 形容詞/əˈsliːp/睡著的, 睡著的
mathematics 名詞/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/數學 /數學, 算學 /算學
awake 動詞/əˈweɪk/醒, 醒來 /醒來
mood 名詞/muːd/心情, 情緒 /情緒
encounter 動詞/ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/遇到, 遇見 /遇見
mentally 副詞/ˈmɛntəli/心理上, 精神上
teenager 名詞/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/少年, 青少年
strengthen 動詞/ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/加強 /加強
workout 名詞/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/鍛煉 /鍛鍊 or 鍛鍊 /鍛鍊
hormone 名詞/ˈhoɹmoʊn/激素, 荷爾蒙 /荷爾蒙
vocabulary 名詞/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/詞匯 /詞彙, 語匯 /語彙
germ 名詞/d͡ʒɝm/胚芽

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞釋義
find out 動詞找出, 查明

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
用 “might / may” 表可能 might/may + 動詞 — 有可能但不確定的事may think · might have
現在進行時 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在發生的事you're sleeping · you're studying · are working
“will” 表將來 will + 動詞 — 決定、承諾或預測will have · will also help

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 12 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 you're, don't, can't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

  • “th” 音: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
  • 長單詞——注意重音位置: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音:

  • 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: asleep /əˈsliːp/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, awake /əˈweɪk/, mood /muːd/, workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/
  • /æ/ — 嘴張大,不要讀成 /e/: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

如何用這段影片練習

  1. 先完整聽一遍影片,不要開口,記下不認識的單詞。
  2. 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀,熟練之後再回到正常速度。
  3. 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比,特別注意 asleep, mathematics, awake 這類單詞。

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