To get up early to study or to stay up late to study?That is the question that puzzles most English learners.
A recent study by Dr.David Johnson discovered that late bedtimes led to lower grades.“Late bedtimes during weekdays and weekends,catch-up sleep on wekends and more daytime sleepiness badly influence students’ English study performance.They forget the new words more easily and have difficulty talking about their thoughts in English clearly.”
However,another study by Dr.Ali on Biocenter.com showed there is no connection between a student’s sleep habit and his study performance.“We found that different sleeping habits do not influence the performance of students in their English study,”Ali said.
Emily Jane,a college student,said she prefers to study differently depending on when the English test is.Normally,she only gets up early to study if she has an exam in the morning.She’ll arrive at school around 6:30 a.m.and study for her exam.If the test is a few days away,Jane said she will stay up later.
“Personally,I think that creativity or projects come at night,”Kyle said.Kyle does quite well in English.During the week,he will usually get up early to read texts aloud around 6 a.m.and be at school by 7 a.m.After that,he will stay up to do English reading until 1 or 2 a.m.On the weekends,he will sleep until about 1 p.m.
It is impossible to know for sure if it is better to stay up late and study or to wake up early to do so.But doctors advised students to avoid all-nighters because they won’t help as much as students think.
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The question that puzzles most English learners | 1.1.. | |
The discovery of Dr.David Johnson’s study | 2.2.. | |
The website to see Dr.Ali’s study | 3.3.. | |
The time Emily arrives at school when she has an exam in the morning. | 4.4.. | |
The number of students who gave their opinions in this passage | 5.5.. |
If you asked more people for an example of a high paid job,perhaps they would say a lawyer,a doctor or a Wall Street banker.These are certainly well paid jobs but there are other more unusual jobs out there where people make much money for doing something not common but a little dangerous too.
If you can speak good Arabic(阿拉伯语) and English and you don’t mind working in Iraq,you could find a very well paid job as an Arabic translator.They are required to help army officials communicate with people in that country.A translator can make 150,000 dollars a year,but the good pay also means the danger in this job.Translators have to travel a lot and work in unpleasant and dangerous situations as the country is now at war.
Alaskan crab(螃蟹) fishermen are some of the highest paid workers in the world,making as much as 50,000 dollars for 3 to 5 days’ work.However,the work is seasonal and it’s also very dangerous as you sail deep into the sea.If you run into trouble,you are on your own.The working conditions are also hard with most fishermen only sleeping for a couple of hours every day.
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The people that translators in Iraq help | 2.2.. | |
The reason why situations in Iraq are unpleasant and dangerous | 3.3.. | |
The pay a crab fisherman gets for 3 to 5 days’ work | 4.4.. | |
The everyday sleeping time of most crab fishermen | 5.5.. |