英语口语教学：缺乏睡眠让人们吃的更多

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英语口语教学：缺乏睡眠让人们吃的更多

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　　Have you ever wondered why you are hungrier than usual if you do not get a good night's sleep(你是不是曾经不解为什么晚上睡不好觉就比平常感觉要饿?)? Researchers from the University of Chicago say they have found one reason. Their study reveals that a lack of sleep makes people hungrier the following day(他们的'研究表明缺觉让人们第二天感觉更饿). Sleeplessness releases chemicals in the brain that enhance the pleasure derived from eating, which also makes us eat more(缺觉会让大脑释放某种化学物质让我们从吃东西获得更多的满足感，让我们吃的更多). We want to eat food that is high in calories. The researchers found that sleep-deprived people craved crisps, sweets and biscuits far more than healthier foods. The researchers also reported that people in the study who did not get enough sleep ate up to twice as much fat content as when they had slept for eight hours.

　　The study was conducted on 14 male and female volunteers in their twenties. They were observed by researchers in two different situations. In one, they spent 8.5 hours in bed each night and averaged 7.5 hours of sleep. In the other, they spent just 4.5 hours in bed and averaged 4.2 hours of sleep. The researchers noted that in the first situation, the subjects ate three meals a day, as normal. However, in the second situation, where they had been deprived of sleep, the volunteers were unable to resist what the researchers called "highly palatable, rewarding snacks". This happened just 90 minutes after they had eaten a meal that supplied them with 90 per cent of their required daily calories.

　　课前热身

　　1. THE MUNCHIES:Students walk around the class and talk to other students about the munchies. Change partners often and share your findings.

　　2. CHAT:In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

wonder / hungrier / a good night's sleep / brain / sleeplessness / calories / sweets / fat / study / situations / in bed / three meals a day / volunteers / rewarding / snacks

　　Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

　　3. EATING:How does it affect these things? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	How?	Why?
Sleeping
Relaxing
Sports
Social life
Body shape
Happiness

　　4. SNACKS:Students Astronglybelieve snacks are good for you; Students Bstronglybelieve they are not. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

　　5. SLEEP:Rank these with your partner. Put the best things to help you sleep at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• warm milk

• music

• studying grammar

• sleeping pills

• exercise

• counting sheep

• a hot bath

• total darkness

　　6. HUNGRY:Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "hungry". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

　　课后练习

　　1. TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	The University of Chicago found two reasons why we get hungry.	T / F
b.	Researchers said a lack of sleep creates hunger two days later.	T / F
c.	Sleeplessness produces a chemical in the brain that makes us hungrier.	T / F
d.	We eat up to twice as much fatty food if we don't sleep well.	T / F
e.	The study looked at the sleeping habits of 28 men and women.	T / F
f.	In one experiment, the volunteers slept an average of 4.2 hours.	T / F
g.	The volunteers could not say no to tasty snacks after insufficient sleep.	T / F
h.	Volunteers spent 90 minutes eating a meal that contained 90 calories.	T / F

　　2. SYNONYM MATCH:Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	wondered	a.	carried out
2.	reason	b.	increase
3.	reveals	c.	provided
4.	enhance	d.	cause
5.	far	e.	tasty
6.	conducted	f.	a lot
7.	noted	g.	necessary
8.	palatable	h.	asked yourself
9.	supplied	i.	observed
10.	required	j.	shows

　　3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	wondered why you are hungrier	a.	in their twenties
2.	get a good	b.	people hungrier
3.	a lack of sleep makes	c.	of sleep
4.	Sleeplessness releases	d.	crisps
5.	sleep-deprived people craved	e.	night's sleep
6.	female volunteers	f.	7.5 hours of sleep
7.	averaged	g.	chemicals in the brain
8.	the subjects ate three	h.	daily calories
9.	they had been deprived	i.	than usual
10.	90 per cent of their required	j.	meals a day

　　GAP FILL

Have you ever wondered why you are hungrier than (1) ____________ if you do not get a good night's sleep? Researchers from the University of Chicago say they have found one (2) ____________. Their study reveals that a lack of sleep makes people hungrier the (3) ____________ day. Sleeplessness releases chemicals in the brain that enhance the (4) ____________ derived from eating, which also makes us eat more. We want to eat food that is (5) ____________ in calories. The researchers found that sleep-deprived people (6) ____________ crisps, sweets and biscuits far more than (7) ____________ foods. The researchers also reported that people in the study who did not get enough sleep ate up to twice as much (8) ____________ content as when they had slept for eight hours.

pleasure
reason
usual
healthier
high
following
fat
craved

The study was conducted on 14 male and female (9) ____________ in their twenties. They were (10) ___________ by researchers in two different situations. In one, they spent 8.5 hours in bed each night and (11) ____________ 7.5 hours of sleep. In the other, they spent just 4.5 hours in bed and averaged 4.2 hours of sleep. The researchers noted that in the first (12) ____________, the subjects ate three meals a day, as (13) ____________. However, in the second situation, where they had been deprived of sleep, the volunteers were unable to (14) ____________ what the researchers called "highly palatable, rewarding (15) ____________ ". This happened just 90 minutes after they had eaten a meal that supplied them with 90 per cent of their required (16) ____________ calories.

situation
observed
normal
snacks
daily
averaged
volunteers
resist

　　COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	Which university did the research?
2.	How many reasons did the university find for being hungrier?
3.	What does sleeplessness release in the brain?
4.	What kind of food do we want to eat if we haven't had enough sleep?
5.	Who craved crisps?
6.	How many volunteers took part in the survey?
7.	On average, how long did people sleep if they spent 4.5 hours in bed?
8.	How many meals a day did volunteers eat in the first situation?
9.	What were sleep-deprived volunteers unable to resist?
10.	How long after a meal did sleep-deprived volunteers have snacks?

　　MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	Which university did the research?	6.	How many volunteers took part in the survey?
	a) Sydney b) Tokyo c) Chicago d) London		a) 12 b) 14 c) 22 d) 28
2.	How many reasons did the university find for being hungrier?	7.	On average, how long did people sleep if they spent 4.5 hours in bed?
	a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4		a) 4.2 hours b) 4.5 hours c) 4 hours d) 3.8 hours
3.	What does sleeplessness release in the brain?	8.	How many meals a day did volunteers eat in the first situation?
	a) chemicals b) calories c) electricity d) hungry		a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
4.	What kind of food do we want to eat if we haven't had enough sleep?	9.	What were sleep-deprived volunteers unable to resist?
	a) sushi b) high-calorie food c) baby food d) fruit		a) apples b) naps c) beds d) snacks
5.	Who craved crisps?	10.	How long after a meal did sleep-deprived volunteers have snacks?
	a) the over-60s b) crisp lovers c) teens d) sleep-deprived people		a) 1½ hours b) an hour c) two hours d) 2½ hours

　　答案

　　TRUE / FALSE

　　SYNONYM MATCH

1.	wondered	a.	asked yourself
2.	reason	b.	cause
3.	reveals	c.	shows
4.	enhance	d.	increase
5.	far	e.	a lot
6.	conducted	f.	carried out
7.	noted	g.	observed
8.	palatable	h.	tasty
9.	supplied	i.	provided
10.	required	j.	necessary

　　COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	The University of Chicago
2.	One
3.	Chemicals
4.	High calorie food
5.	Sleep-deprived people
6.	14
7.	4.2 hours
8.	Three
9.	Snacks
10.	90 minutes

　　MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

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