EAP Reading Worksheet Week 2 - Sleep Matters
EAP Reading Worksheet Week 2 - Sleep Matters
EAP Reading Worksheet Week 2 - Sleep Matters
Read the passage. Find 10 new words/collocations. Write the definition and
example of each word.
6. sleep deprivation (n) - the situation or condition of suffering from a lack of sleep
Thiếu ngủ
Sleep deprivation is caused by consistent lack of sleep or reduced quality of
sleep
7. fast-paced (a) - moving, changing or happening very quickly
Nhịp độ nhanh
She enjoys working in a fast-paced enviroment
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10. investigation (n) - the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement carefully to disc
the truth
An investigation has been under way for several days into the disappearance
13-year-old boy.
The situation of Even if they recognize the value of sleep, some people do not have
No time to sleep enough time to sleep,for example: Americans
Following that, William Dement, a sleep expert at Stanford University,
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Sleep is essential for our health and function, and it may be time to wake up and change our
thoughts about it. 2
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PART 3: Summary
1. In spite of the considerable advances that medicine has Many communicable diseases have
Different made in the last sixty years, we still have not eliminated disappeared because of what has been
many communicable diseases. achieved in medicine in the last sixty years.
2. The World Health Organization has reduced the number By vaccinating enormous numbers of people
Same of cases of infectious diseases in developing countries in developing countries, the World Health
through mass immunizations. Organization has eliminated many infectious
diseases.
3. One of the obstacles to developing an effective response to People are reluctant to be honest about their
Different the HIV/AIDS epidemic is people’s unwillingness to be sexual behavior; this is one factor that makes it
honest about their sexual behavior. difficult to develop successful programs to fight
HIV/AIDS.
4. Scientists are cautiously optimistic that the next decade Scientists are reluctant to predict that genetic
Different will see the development of effective genetic treatments for medicine will be able to treat any fatal diseases
a number of fatal diseases. within the next ten years.
5. In a number of countries, providing adequate sanitation In some countries, contaminated water and a
Same and clean water is the top priority for the health care lack of access to adequate sanitation are the
systems. two most urgent problems the health care
systems must solve.
Practice 2: Write the main ideas/ summary of the main reading passage.
Main ideas, key words from Your main ideas/ Your summary
the original text.