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How much sleep do we need? The answers are different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep for an average of seven to eight hours a night. After age fifty, the average sleep hours go down to 6.5 hours a night.
Most people will have a bad night when they can't fall asleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can't fall asleep. The name of this problem is called insomnia.
This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had their own ways to sleep well. Benjamin Franklin(富兰克林), the famous inventor, had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Louis XIV(路易十四国王) of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain(马克吐温), the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed.
Notes:
1. average adj. 平均 2. fall asleep 入睡
3. insomnia n. 失眠症 4. lie on one's side 側卧
小试牛刀
1. Most Americans usually sleep about_____
hours a night.
A. 3 B. 5～6 C. 10 D. 7～8
2. As people grow older, they need_____
at night.
A. less sleeping time
B. more sleeping time
C. the same amount of sleeping time
D. a fixed time to sleep
3. Franklin tried to go
to sleep by_____.
A. moving from one
bed to another ofhis 413 beds
B. moving from one bed to another of his
4 beds
C. inventing a bed for himself
D. lying in bed in an unusual way
Key: 1.D 2.A 3.B
How much sleep do we need? The answers are different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep for an average of seven to eight hours a night. After age fifty, the average sleep hours go down to 6.5 hours a night.
Most people will have a bad night when they can't fall asleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can't fall asleep. The name of this problem is called insomnia.
This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had their own ways to sleep well. Benjamin Franklin(富兰克林), the famous inventor, had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Louis XIV(路易十四国王) of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain(马克吐温), the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed.
Notes:
1. average adj. 平均 2. fall asleep 入睡
3. insomnia n. 失眠症 4. lie on one's side 側卧
小试牛刀
1. Most Americans usually sleep about_____
hours a night.
A. 3 B. 5～6 C. 10 D. 7～8
2. As people grow older, they need_____
at night.
A. less sleeping time
B. more sleeping time
C. the same amount of sleeping time
D. a fixed time to sleep
3. Franklin tried to go
to sleep by_____.
A. moving from one
bed to another ofhis 413 beds
B. moving from one bed to another of his
4 beds
C. inventing a bed for himself
D. lying in bed in an unusual way
Key: 1.D 2.A 3.B