跟读练习: Naps: Good for your brain? BBC News Review - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Could a short sleep during the day protect your brain?
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Could a short sleep during the day protect your brain?
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This is News Review from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Beth.
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And I'm Phil.
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Make sure you watch to the end to learn all the vocabulary that you need to talk about this story.
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And don't forget to subscribe to our channel,
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like this video and try the quiz on our website.
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Now today's story.
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Our brains get smaller as we get older.
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But this doesn't happen as fast in people who take regular short sleeps during the day.
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That's according to a new study.
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Researchers suggest that these naps might reduce the risk of developing conditions like Alzheimer's in later life.
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You've been looking at the headlines.
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What's the vocabulary?
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We have power nap, sharp and hinder.
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This is News Review from BBC Learning English.
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Let's have a look at our first headline.
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This is from iNews.
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Power naps link to greater brain capacity, scientists say.
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So brain capacity is about brain size,
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and this headline says
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that it's linked to something called power naps now we're going to look at this phrase power naps
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but Phil the word nap isn't that a short sleep
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that babies have well anyone can have a nap
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but we're looking at power naps now these are short sleeps
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usually during the working day in order to be able to do your job better
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and in fact maybe I should have a power nap after recording this well
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that might be good for your brain that's what this headline is saying
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but there are other types of nap aren't there yes you might have heard of a cat nap
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which is kind of similar but it's not associated with work
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and we have other words to talk about sleep like snooze or to nod off and many others.
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Okay, well before our audience nods off,
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let's look at that again.
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Let's have our next headline.
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Yeah, this one is from The Times.
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Taking more naps could help you to stay sharp in later life.
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Now again, we're talking about naps and this article refers to another study
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which suggested that having naps can help our brains perform better.
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The word we're looking at is sharp.
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Now, Phil, I know a sharp knife,
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but what is a sharp brain?
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Well, you've probably guessed that it's a metaphor.
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If you describe someone as sharp,
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it means that they're alert and they can think quickly.
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Think about when you've had a good rest and you're feeling good,
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everything just seems to be a bit easier.
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Yeah, and we use it to talk about people that always have a quick answer for something.
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We can say that they are sharp or that they have a sharp mind.
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Yes, and it's being used here to say that regular naps will keep your brain performing well.
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Yes, just like how practising your English every day will keep your language skills sharp.
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OK, let's look at that again.
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OK, next headline please.
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This one is from the Daily Express.
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Naps could help or hinder your health depending on their length, study suggests.
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Now this is actually referring to a different study and it says that long naps can be associated with obesity,
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while shorter naps can reduce the risk of high blood pressure.
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We are looking at the word hinder and this is often used with the word help, isn't it?
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It is, but it means the opposite.
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To hinder means to make things harder or worse.
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Now, here we're looking at health.
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So the headline is saying that some naps,
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shorter ones, are helpful while others, longer ones, are unhelpful.
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That's right.
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And hinder is not that common in spoken English,
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but it is often used with the word help.
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And that's because of those two H's, hinder and help.
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So, for example, if something turns out to be less useful than you expected it to be,
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it might actually hinder rather than help you.
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I could also say that having to work hinders me being able to take naps regularly.
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That's right.
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OK, let's look at that again.
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We've had power nap, a short sleep during the day.
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Sharp, alert and quick thinking.
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Hinder, to make something difficult or worse.
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Now, there's more about sleep in this video where we ask,
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are late nights bad for your health?
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And don't forget to subscribe here so you never miss a chance to learn more English.
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Thanks for joining us.
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Bye.
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在本课中，我们将重点讨论一项新研究，探讨小睡对大脑健康的影响。视频内容涵盖了不同类型的午睡，包括"power nap"和"cat nap"，以及如何通过短暂的休息保持大脑的清晰度。在本课程中，学习者将练习相关的词汇、语法模式，并在口语场景中运用这些知识，尤其是在讨论健康生活方式时的英语口语练习。
重要词汇和短语
- power nap - 短暂的午睡，通常在工作期间以提升工作效率。
- sharp - 聪明、灵活，形容思维敏捷。
- hinder - 妨碍，使事情变得更困难或糟糕。
- cat nap - 小睡，通常不与工作相关。
- snooze - 打盹，表示短时间的睡眠。
- nod off - 打瞌睡，表示因为疲倦而不自觉地入睡。
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