Are you a morning or an evening person?
Do you naturally wake up early or go to bed late? You might be biologically aligned to a different time zone. This week Dan and Kate discuss sleeping patterns and why some people are naturally early risers – larks – and some people are much better late at night – owls.
This week's question:
On average, how many hours do adults sleep each night?
a) six and a half hours
b) seven and a half hours
c) eight and a half hours
Listen out for the answer in the programme!
Listen to the programme
Larks and owls
Vocabulary from the programme
- lark
a famously early-rising bird. People who wake up early in the morning are sometimes known as 'larks'
- owl
a type of bird that tends to come out at night. People who stay up late are sometimes known as 'owls' or 'night-owls'
- body clock
a person's natural rhythm of sleep
- dawn
when the sun rises
- dusk
when the sun goes down
- internal
located inside
- external
located outside
- jet lag
the tiredness you feel after you've been on a flight
- synchronised
happening at the same rate or speed
- out of sync
happening at the wrong pace
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