8A It´s no use trying to go to sleep. HEALTH

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1. SPEAKING AND READING

👉 Think about these questions:

In a typical day, how many hours do you spend on these activities?

-eating  -finess  -sleeping  -travelling   -entertainment  - household tasks  -studying   -working

-other not mentioned

How much does this pattern differ from two years ago?
How much do you expect it to change in the future?

a.b.  Answer the questions before you listen to the radio interview to check your answers.

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If you have doubts, read the script on page 185 to confirm your answers.

c. Look at the headings and match them with tips A-D.

key: Compile a playlist, Acknowledge distraction,  Everybody out   It´s as it is.

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2. GRAMMAR: Gerunds and infinitives



                                           
                 
ADVANCED EXPLANATION 



After watching the explanation, please do some online exercises on the link below and finally take the quiz.
Exercises
Take this quiz

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4. LISTENING AND VOCABULARY: (page 94)

Do age or gender or anything else make you more likely to wake up at night?

a. You will hear four people talk about waking up at night. Look at the words in the speech bubbles in your book. What do you think each person is going to say?

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b. Listen twice to the radio programme in the link above and check if your ideas in 4a were correct. Check with the help of the script on page 185.

c.  Look at the expressions in the box from the recording. Which are about...?

1.Sleeping well or too long
2.Not sleeping or not sleeping well
3.Falling asleep.
4.Having a short sleep.

Key
Oral mediation in groups: Segmented sleep

READING AND LISTENING: SEGMENTED SLEEP_______________________________________________

IDIOMS WITH SIMILES.

There are a few similes with the same pattern as SLEEP LIKE A LOG ( verb + like + noun). 
Can you complete them?
Eat like a_____
Sing like a______
Sink like a_____
Watch something like a ______
Have a face like_____
            
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👉f. Optional speaking task. Talk about your sleeping habits using expressions from 4c. Answer the questions in the exercise.
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Choose one of the activities below and send it to my e-mail. You can do both if you have the time.

👉Oral mediation task
👉Written mediation

USEFUL LANGUAGE TO MEDIATE AN ORAL OR WRITTEN TEXT