2. Huh? What did you say? I’m sorry, a heavy lunch like the one we just ate always makes me ______.

dormant       drowsy       snap out of it       caught napping

3. Unless we change our prices, we won’t be able to cover our overheads next month. Now that we know, we can act so we won’t be ______.

lulled       a pipe dream       caught napping       sleep on it

4. For the peasants living in the middle ages, the idea of owning property or gold was just ______. It would never happen for them.

the land of nod       hypnagogic       snap out of it       a pipe dream

5. John, what’s going on with you today? You are usually much quicker than this. Will you ______?

doze off       dopey       snap out of it       sleep on it

答案 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。

1. How much of our lives do we spend asleep on average?

If the average night’s sleep is eight hours, or a third of a day, then it means we spend around one third of our lives in this dormant state. 

2. True or false: Everybody falls asleep in the same way.

False. People exhibit a variety of behaviour within this time. For some, going to sleep is a smooth, quick journey, while others have more difficulty.

3. What is the aim of this research?

The aim of the research is to find out how this pre-sleep phase could be linked to accidents and dangerous mistakes.

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