The Reading / Listening - Level 1

People who fly a long way hate jet lag. It lasts for three or four days. Traveling across time zones upsets your body clock. You can be awake at 3.00am and sleepy after lunch. That might soon be over. Researchers are making a drug for jet lag. It can help people change to a new time zone in 24 hours. The researchers have found the body's "reset button". This helps us after our sleep pattern changes. New drugs could "press" the reset button and end jet lag.

The jet-lag drug could also help people who work at night. Airline pilots and cabin crew could benefit. They would not get stressed from not sleeping. The drug could also help people with insomnia (sleeplessness). Jet lag usually happens after changing three time zones or more. Some people get it with one time zone difference. It usually takes one day to recover from one time zone. Jet lag is not so old. It happened after people started flying in jet airplanes.

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Sources
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/04/jet-lag-body-clock-adjust-time-zones_n_4042918.html
  • http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/a-cure-for-jetlag-scientists-discover-body-clock-reset-button-8858326.html
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_lag


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The Activities

MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

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People who fly

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making a drug

2.

It lasts

b.

your body clock

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Traveling across time zones upsets

c.

a long way

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You can be awake

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for three or four days

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Researchers are

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in 24 hours

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change to a new time zone

f.

button and end jet lag

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after our sleep

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at 3.00am

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"press" the reset

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pattern changes


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PARAGRAPH TWO:

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The jet-lag drug could also help people

a.

benefit

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cabin crew could

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changing three time zones

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get stressed

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who work at night

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help people with insomnia

d.

airplanes

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Jet lag usually happens after

e.

to recover

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It usually takes one day

f.

started flying

7.

It happened after people

g.

from not sleeping

8.

jet

h.

(sleeplessness)

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

People who (1) ___________________ hate jet lag. It lasts for three or four days. Traveling (2) ___________________ upsets your body clock. You can be awake at 3.00am and sleepy after lunch. That (3) ___________________. Researchers are making a drug for jet lag. It can help (4) ___________________ a new time zone in 24 hours. The researchers have found the body's "reset button". This (5) ___________________ our sleep pattern changes. New drugs could "press" (6) ___________________ and end jet lag.

The jet-lag drug could also help people (7) ___________________. Airline pilots and cabin crew could benefit. They would (8) ___________________ from not sleeping. The drug could also (9) ___________________ insomnia (sleeplessness). Jet lag (10) ___________________ changing three time zones or more. Some people get it with one time zone difference. It usually (11) ___________________ to recover from one time zone. Jet lag (12) ___________________. It happened after people started flying in jet airplanes.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Peoplewhoflyalongwayhatejetlag.Itlastsforthreeorfourdays.Trav
elingacrosstimezonesupsetsyourbodyclock.Youcanbeawakeat3.0
0amandsleepyafterlunch.Thatmightsoonbeover.Researchersare
makingadrugforjetlag.Itcanhelppeoplechangetoanewtimezonein
24hours.Theresearchershavefoundthebody's"resetbutton".Thish
elpsusafteroursleeppatternchanges.Newdrugscould"press"theres
etbuttonandendjetlag.Thejet-lagdrugcouldalsohelppeoplewhowo
rkatnight.Airlinepilotsandcabincrewcouldbenefit.Theywouldnotge
tstressedfromnotsleeping.Thedrugcouldalsohelppeoplewithinso
mnia(sleeplessness).Jetlagusuallyhappensafterchangingthreeti
mezonesormore.Somepeoplegetitwithonetimezonedifference.Itu
suallytakesonedaytorecoverfromonetimezone.Jetlagisnotsoold.It
happenedafterpeoplestartedflyinginjetairplanes.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

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WRITING

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