Sleep disorders

"I feel sleepy the whole day and I can't sleep well at night." This is something that we quite often hear these days. Why is that? Is it due to the spring time?  Am I getting old?

Here are some interesting articles about sleep disorders:

• Are you getting enough sleep? (BBC)

• Can’t sleep? Perhaps you’re overtired (The Guardian)

• I used to be tired all the time too. 'Segmented sleep' solved that (The Guardian)

• Welsh teens' lost sleep and no breakfast (BBC)

• A hard night's sleep (BBC)

TED TALK: What causes insomnia?  

 

And now let's do this listening exercise: What to do when you can't sleep (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English).

Click on this label: sleep deprivation  for further information on the topic.

The English We Speak: What does couch surfing mean?   (previous post:  Couchsurfing is no picnic  )  

 

Another interesting kind of accomodation, especially good for foreign students, is living with a host family (here's a good website to visit: HOMESTAY)

 

STOP SAYING "Congratulations" - Improve Your English Vocabulary!

 

 

 

David Ferrer Retirement Ceremony & Emotional Speech | Madrid 2019

 

 

Couchsurfing is no picnic

Again it is getting hotter and hotter, but we are getting tired of going to the beach!!! First, this post would like to present these two expressions you can find in the section The English We Speak (BBC Learning English):

 

• No picnic   >>>  What does it mean in Spanish?

• Wet weekend   >>>>  Was last weekend a wet weekend for you?

And here's the solution for those who haven't got much money and feel bored of doing the same things all over again  >>>   COUCH SURFING (Listening exercise, 6 Minute English, BBC Learning English).

Some related articles:

• Couch surfing reaches one million! 

• Best of the net: Couchsurfing - the reality (The Guardian) 

• Why I'd rather take a free couchsurfer than make money from Airbnb  (The Guardian)

 

By the way, do you know what Airbnb is? It comes from two concepts: 'airbed' and 'bed & breakfast'.

Solutions to exercises 83 & 84 in the previous post
Ex 83  >>>  1. Shall I buy you a coke? / I'll pay you a coke or anything you like.   2. I'm so sorry. I got stuck in a terrible traffic jam.   3. Why don't we order a pizza? / How about ordering a pizza? / Let's order a pizza.
Ex 84   >>>>   1. ...if you like.    2. ....if I had studied more regularly.   3. ..., he would train with Rafa Nadal every day.

REVISION EXERCISES for the September exam  >>>>

85. Fill in the gaps with the comparative forms of superiority or the superlatives  of the adjectives given in brackets:

1. Traffic in Granada is getting (heavy) ______________ and _________________ these days.

2. Karl Malone is (famous) ______________ player .......... the NBA, but I think he is not so (good) ____________ ............. Michael Jordan was.

3. This is (bad) _______________ football match I've ever watched.

4. Your (old) _______________ brother told me you were at  school

86. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. ¡Dejad de hablar y permitidme que acabe la historia!

2. Mi novia quiere que la lleve al cine.

3. Tengo la misma edad que tú.

4. Yo en tu lugar, no iría.

5. ¡ Qué examen tan fácil!

6. Se cree que ella trabaja para el gobierno.

Solutions in the next post