6 Minute English / Why you need a good night's sleep

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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Georgie, and we're ready to start, Phil Phil?!

Oh, sorry, Georgie, I was er, just, catching forty winks you know, getting some shut-eye, dozing, taking a nap... I was sleeping!

Sleeping at work! Phil, how could you?

I know, I know. Sorry, I I didn t sleep well last night.

I'll forgive you this time, but make sure you go to bed early tonight because getting a good night's sleep is incredibly important. For example, did you know that people who get enough sleep live about five years longer than people who don't?

Wow, so a good night's sleep can lengthen your life. In this programme, we'll be finding out more about the benefits of sleep, and, as usual, learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

But first, now that you've woken up, I have a question for you. Do you know how much of the average person's life is spent asleep? Is it:

a) a half?b) a quarter? or,c) a third?

Hmm, I think we spend about a third of our lives sleeping.