How to Sleep Better

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How to Sleep Better
(YouTube / WWLP-22 News, 2013)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6qqzQ8TFIs&feature=youtu.be
Daylight-savings time begins this weekend when we turn our clocks ahead an hour. 22 News is working
for you on tips on how to sleep better no matter what the time or the season.
Feeling tired, crabby and just plain worn out? Well, perhaps the problem was a lousy night’s sleep.
Getting enough sleep was the talk at Holyoak Medical Center tonight at a forum on just how much sleep
you need to stay healthy, and the signs and treatment of common sleep disorders.
If sleep apnea is not diagnosed or if it is not treated, then it can lead to other problems.
A chronic lack of sleep can increase the risk for obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses. And
if you’re struggling to get enough sleep, here are some tips to help you get your zzzs, and although it
might be tough, try to stick to a sleep schedule.
Go to bed and get up at the same time every day, even on weekends. This reinforces your body’s
sleep/wake cycle.
Try not to drink anything with caffeine or alcohol too close to bedtime. This may also disrupt your sleep.
Consider starting a relaxing bedtime routine, such as taking a warm bath or shower, reading a book or
listening to soothing music. And if you nap during the day, try to limit it to no more than thirty minutes
or you may have trouble falling asleep later that evening.
And regular exercise can help you (to) fall asleep faster and may promote deeper sleep. Plus, try to
manage your stress so (that) you can wind down at the end of the day.
If your trouble sleeping isn’t just an occasional occurrence, you really should consider seeing your doctor.
Vocabulary
01. daylight-savings time
02. when we turn our clocks ahead
03. on tips
04. no matter
05. crabby
06. just plain worn out
07. a lousy night’s sleep
08. getting enough sleep
09. the talk
10. common sleep disorders
11. sleep apnea
12. heart disease
13. to struggle to get enough sleep
14. get your zzzs
15. tough
l’heure d’été
lorsque nous avançons nos montres
avec des conseils
peu importe, quelle que soit
grognon, ronchon
tout simplement épuisé, usé
une très mauvaise nuit de sommeil
(une nuit ‘pourrie’)
dormir suffisamment
(ici) la présentation
troubles courants du sommeil
apnée du sommeil
maladie cardiaque
peiner à dormir suffisamment
(expression) = get enough sleep
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16. try to stick to a sleep schedule
essayer de vous en tenir à une routine
de sommeil
couchez-vous et levez-vous
le cycle de sommeil / réveil
trop proche de l’heure du coucher
perturber
comme, tel que prendre un bain chaud
de la musique apaisante
si vous faites une sieste
vous pourriez avoir des difficultés à
vous endormir
aider à dormir plus profondément
de plus
essayer de gérer votre stress
pour que vous puissiez vous déstresser/
détendre
si votre problème pour dormir
si ça arrive occasionnellement
(littéralement : an occurrence = un
événement)
17. go to bed and get up
18. sleep/wake cycle
19. too close to bedtime
20. disrupt
21. such as taking a warm bath
22. soothing music
23. if you nap
24. you may have trouble falling asleep
25. promote deeper sleep
26. plus
27. try to manage your stress
28. so (that) you can wind down
29. if your trouble sleeping
30. an occasional occurrence
How to Sleep Better
(YouTube / WWLP-22 News, 2013)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
_D__________-s__________t________ begins this weekend when we _t______our c________a_______
L’heure d’été
avançons nos montres
an hour. 22 News is working for you on _t_________ on how to sleep better _n_____m______________
conseils
peu importe/quelle que soit
what the time or the season.
Feeling tired, _c______________ and _j_______p________ _w_________o_______? Well, perhaps the
grincheux, ronchon
tout simplement
épuisé, usé
problem was a _l___________n____________s__________. _G__________e___________s_________
une nuit de sommeil ‘pourrie’/ une très mauvaise nuit
Dormir suffisamment
was the talk at Holyoak Medical Center tonight at a forum on just how much sleep you need to stay
healthy, and the signs and treatment of _c_____________s__________d______________.
des troubles courants du sommeil
If _s__________a___________ is not diagnosed or if it is not treated, then it can lead to other problems.
l’apnée du sommeil
A chronic lack of sleep can increase the risk for obesity, diabetes, _h__________d____________ and
maladie cardiaque
other illnesses. And if you are_s_________________to get enough sleep, here are some tips to help you
peiner / lutter
_g_______y______z_______ and although it might be _t_______________, try to _s_________t____
dormir suffisamment
a sleep schedule.
dur
(vous) en tenir à
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_G______t____b_______ and _g_______u______ at the same time every day, even on weekends. This
Couchez-vous
réveillez-vous
reinforces your body’s _s_________/_w_________c________________.
cycle de sommeil / réveil
Try not to drink anything with caffeine or alcohol _t_______c__________ to _b_______________. This
trop proche
(de)
l’heure du coucher
may also _d__________ your sleep.
perturber
Consider starting a relaxing bedtime routine, _s_______a______taking a warm bath or shower, reading a
comme / tel que
book or listening to _s_____________ music. And if you _n__________ during the day, try to limit
apaisante
faites une sieste
it to no more than thirty minutes or you may have trouble _f___________a___________ later that
(à vous) endormir
evening.
And regular exercise can help you (to) fall asleep faster and may promote deeper sleep.
Plus, try to _m___________ your stress _s____t_____ you can _w_______d________at the end of the
gérer
pour que
(vous) déstresser / détendre
day.
If your _t____________s_______________ isn’t just an _o______________o________________, you
problème pour dormir
really should consider seeing your doctor.
un événement occasionnel