I. Watch the video above and learn some new words from it doing the exercise below
Russian | English |
Practice the active words by entering the English translation in the gaps |
червяк | Show/Hide translation | a |
Кто рано встает, тому бог подает | Show/Hide translation | The |
иметь преимущество над... | Show/Hide translation | to ... |
"сова" | Show/Hide translation | a |
to have an oppotunity to express your preferences in smth= | Show/Hide translation | to in |
генетически детерминированный | Show/Hide translation | geneticallyfrom |
полностью=totally=completely= | Show/Hide translation | |
Скорее всего =Probably= | Show/Hide translation | are |
передавшийся от предка | Show/Hide translation | from an |
с эволюционной точки зрения | Show/Hide translation | from an |
быть оправданным, быть рациональным, иметь смысл | Show/Hide translation | to |
неоднородные графики сна | Show/Hide translation | sleeping |
обеспечивать защиту | Show/Hide translation | tofor |
осознающий угрозы | Show/Hide translation | of |
хищник | Show/Hide translation | a |
общественные виды деятельности | Show/Hide translation | activities |
быть поставленным в невыгодное положение | Show/Hide translation | to be put |
расхождение между биологическими внутренними часами ("хронотипом") и вынужденным социальным регулированием жизни | Show/Hide translation | social |
проявлять положительные черты характера | Show/Hide translation | to positive social |
склонный к дурным пристрастиям | Show/Hide translation | to |
белое вещество [мозга] | Show/Hide translation | the white |
пути для гормонов хорошего самочувствия | Show/Hide translation | |
способности к познанию | Show/Hide translation | abilities |
испытывать нехватку | Show/Hide translation | to |
восполнять | Show/Hide translation | to |
усиливать рискованное поведение | Show/Hide translation | to to risk-taking |
доходы,прибыль | Show/Hide translation | |
терять силы, выдыхаться | Show/Hide translation | to lose |
приводить к | Show/Hide translation | to in |
слабеть, уменьшаться | Show/Hide translation | to |
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II. Prepare answer to these questions:
1. What is the famous proverb about early birds?
2. How is this true about them?
3. What is the main problem that night owls face today?
4. Why do both chronotypes exist? How has it been pre-determined by evolution?
5. What are the strengths of a night owl?
6. What do these strengths lead to?
7. How are the 2 chronotypes displayed in the brain?
8. Is it pre-given genetically what chronotype we have?
9. How is an hour-lag in time coded in the DNA?
10. What is the purpose of the video? to encourage night owls? to inform theviewers on the strong and weak points of the 2 chronotypes? To put down early birds?
11. What do you consider yourself?
12. Have you ever suffered from social jet lag? How does it impact your life?
13. How do you try to improve your sleeping pattern?