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A good night's sleep

A young man sleeping in bed

Listen to the radio interview and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

Instructions

Do the preparation exercise before you listen. Then do the other exercises to check your understanding.

Preparation

Audio file

Transcript

Host: At exam time it is important to sleep well. Today we have Doctor Baker with us in the studio and he is going to give us five top tips for getting a good night’s sleep. Welcome to the show, Doctor Baker. 

Dr Baker: Thank you. It’s great to be here. Let’s start with tip one. Don’t go to bed with the television on. Some people think they can sleep well with the TV on, but the noise and lights mean you don’t really sleep well, so turn it off!

Tip two: Don’t think too much before bedtime. Do your hardest homework earlier in the evening. Do easier homework later. If your brain is too busy and full of ideas it takes longer to get to sleep.

Tip three: Don’t play video games for an hour before you go to sleep. They also make your brain too busy and active. 

Tip four: Turn off your cell phone when you go to bed. What is so important that it can’t wait until the morning? If possible, leave your phone in another room. 

Tip five: Play music if you like. But don’t play it too loud. Turn the sound down low.

Host: Thank you, Doctor. That is very useful advice for our young listeners.

Worksheets and downloads

A good night's sleep - exercises260.98 KB
A good night's sleep - answers238.29 KB
A good night's sleep - transcript238.71 KB
Discussion

Do you sleep well? How many hours do you sleep a night?

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A1 Elementary
Topics
sleep
study skills
health
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Submitted by Javohir2006 on Fri, 10/11/2024 - 14:47

This is very good a topic

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Submitted by Tina - Coordinator on Tue, 10/15/2024 - 09:56

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Submitted by Captain Striker SS on Mon, 11/11/2024 - 04:01

Today by today we've felt down in error celphones and technologies got us in a wrong life
Dr Baker says the right words to get better our lifes so we have to sleep well and dont up load de volumen and turn of the tv and Radio or use a low volumen

Submitted by letu on Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:10

Summary:
Top Five Tips for the Best Sleep
1. Don't watch television before bedtime.
2. Don't think too much before bedtime.
3. Don't use your mobile phone before bedtime. If possible, keep it in another room.
4. Don't play games before bedtime.
5. You should listen to music at a low volume.

Submitted by Its_hayley2024 on Thu, 08/15/2024 - 02:29

very good advice

Submitted by meloie_rnes on Mon, 07/29/2024 - 08:26

Done ✓

Submitted by Its_hayley2024 on Thu, 07/25/2024 - 02:14

this information was nice to learn

Submitted by MrsAlwaysWright on Thu, 07/25/2024 - 02:14

I loved this information

Submitted by _Emma on Thu, 07/11/2024 - 03:13

Yes, I can sleep well. A good night's sleep depends on stress of mine. I usually sleep about 7 hours in a night. Sometimes, I can't sleep well.So, I take the help of medicine. A good sleep is a prize for me.

Submitted by king_V on Thu, 07/04/2024 - 17:49

Yes, I sleep well, but late every night, because I spend most of my time playing video games. I know it's a bad habit and i will do my best to change.

Submitted by jmfalca on Tue, 06/25/2024 - 22:27

Hi, we are Agus, Cris And Abraham from Villalonga in Argentina. Our teacher gave us this listening and we learned a lot. it is a very useful information. we sleep eight hours everyday. We turn off our cell phones before bedtime. Anyone from Argentina?

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Submitted by sia_devil on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:24

Thanks a lot for your tips. I’m not good with mu sleeping time. I spend my time with mobile phone at night. I will try to change my habit with your tips

Submitted by Dwiani Kartikasari on Mon, 05/06/2024 - 00:20

Particularly I dont have any significant problem about sleep. I can sleep easily everyday. Usually I sleep 7-8 hours every night.

Submitted by Hapi on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 15:49

No, I don't. I go to bed late night and didn't sleep well. I always watch movie before sleep. I know this is bad habit and I'm trying to sleep early and don't think too much before sleep.

Submitted by Myo Myo Myat on Wed, 03/06/2024 - 06:30

Yes, I sleep well.
I sleep 8 hours a night. I go to bed 11:30 p.m and I wake up 7:30.

Submitted by adham.elsum on Sun, 02/18/2024 - 23:56

Yes, I do. I sleep from 6 to 9 hours.

Submitted by noelysx on Tue, 02/06/2024 - 09:38

No, I don`t sleep well. I usually go to bed very late. Because of it I sleep about 4 hours a day.

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Submitted by Allofusaredeadfan on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 18:12

Most of the time i sleep at 8h p.m and i wake up at 6h30 a.m so i think i sleep like 11h?
i think is good for me !!

Submitted by Mohamed Saufwan on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 05:53

No, because at the night I sleep at 2am. The time I usually wake up at 6:30 a.m.

Submitted by Mister Iden on Wed, 12/27/2023 - 10:45

Night's sleep is very important for me, because I like feeling myself refreshed in the morning. Every day I try to go to bed before 10 p.m and to wake up at 5 a.m

Submitted by Булат on Sun, 12/24/2023 - 09:08

Yes, I usually sleep well. I sleep for 8-9 hours!

Submitted by Talok12 on Tue, 12/19/2023 - 15:12

I don't think so I sleep for 8 hours but it doesn't feel enough

Submitted by Summer on Wed, 11/08/2023 - 15:50

Yes, I do. It depends on the contexts. When I have lots of homework, I often study until late night. That days, I have about 6 hours to sleep. But in casually days, I always have 7 hours to sleep.

Submitted by Hassan_ Mohamed on Thu, 10/26/2023 - 10:12

I sleep well every day , usually i sleep at 11 o'clock , but lately i sleep at 1 AM

Submitted by Zuko on Mon, 09/25/2023 - 11:12

Yes, I sleep well.I sleep 8 hours.

Submitted by Hopper on Mon, 09/25/2023 - 11:09

i sleep 8 hours a day.

Submitted by Saw Min Khant on Mon, 09/25/2023 - 10:33

Yes,I do.But, sometimes i can't sleep very well because of the assignment. I usually sleeps eight hours a night .

Submitted by yılportmtal on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 10:49

I sleep well. I sleep 7 or 8 hours a day.

Submitted by thongch1124 on Sat, 09/09/2023 - 03:20

I found this video very helpful for improving my listening skills and sleeping well. Thank you

Submitted by kimy83 on Thu, 09/07/2023 - 11:22

No, I don’t sleep well. I usually watch a movie and play video game before bedtime. I think this is bad habit but it is difficult to change. I usually around 5-6 hours per day.

Submitted by stella0 on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 12:51

Yes. I sleep well. I usually sleep 6hours a night.

Submitted by tinywinybing on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 19:33

Yes, I sleep well. I usually sleep 9-10 hours

Submitted by catpuccinoxi on Thu, 06/29/2023 - 19:47

Yes, I sleep well. And I usually sleep 7 hours during the week, and on weekends up to 9 hours!

Submitted by Sethumli on Thu, 06/22/2023 - 07:39

Yeah,I sleep well & I usually sleep 6 hours.

Submitted by ha_la 9544 on Wed, 06/21/2023 - 18:30

good

Submitted by AnasA on Sat, 06/03/2023 - 13:40

I usually sleep eight hours

Submitted by victoriacortes on Mon, 05/29/2023 - 19:28

I sleep 8 hours or sometimes 10 hours

Submitted by ferdawsteens on Sun, 05/21/2023 - 21:20

A good’s night sleep is depend on livelihood level teens that which time sleep.
Tnx

Submitted by Kunsto on Mon, 05/15/2023 - 20:26

I sleep three hours last night

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Submitted by Princessagentf… on Tue, 05/09/2023 - 06:33

I sleep 8-10 a day

Submitted by thatskyling_ on Mon, 05/01/2023 - 01:49

I slept at least 6 hours everyday but my sleep quality is quite bad as I always uses my phone before going to bed.

Submitted by Engeveryjoy on Sat, 04/29/2023 - 09:46

Hello, I sleep 7-8 hours every night.I feel good in the morning. I always do my easy homework later in the evening but my hard homework I do early.

Submitted by lisa-alisa on Mon, 04/10/2023 - 17:06

Hello, I slept 8-9 hours today, I slept really bad

Submitted by Hazel_1704 on Fri, 03/31/2023 - 03:47

I sleep well and I sleep in between 5 and 7 hours every night. However, I don't rest that well.

Submitted by Diegalvar on Thu, 03/23/2023 - 15:55

I sleep very well, I usually sleep 9 hours a night.

Submitted by kamenriderlc123 on Thu, 03/23/2023 - 05:49

thank you, doctor, recently I sleep very well although I watch movie before went to bed :V

Submitted by Desiree34 on Tue, 03/07/2023 - 18:41

I always sleep well I just can sleep 8 hours every day

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