Sleep and brain health

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And then I wake up feeling a lot less functional in my brain.

4:15

What about you?

4:17

Yeah, I agree, I think sleep is massively important.

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If I haven't slept well,

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then it's very hard to use my brain effectively the next day.

4:27

Yeah, and that's quite common for you, unfortunately, isn't it...?!

4:31

Hey. That's life!

4:40

OK. Let's recap the language we heard during the conversation.

4:43

We talked about our 'memories'.

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Your memory is your ability to remember things.

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Yes. And Georgie mentioned 'short' and 'long-term' memory.

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'Short-term memory' is for things that happened recently.

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And 'long-term memory' is for things that happened a long time ago,

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even when you were a child.

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We also heard 'sharp',

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which is an adjective used to describe someone who thinks quickly.

5:08

We heard 'on the tip of your tongue', which is an expression which means

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that something is there that you want to say,

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but you can't say it quickly enough.

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We also heard 'screen time',

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so this is the amount of time someone spends looking at their screen –

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so, your phone, a tablet, a computer.

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That's it for this episode of Real Easy English.

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Why not try the worksheet on our website to test what you've learned?

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That's bbclearningenglish.com.

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See you then.

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Goodbye!