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From the Ted Talk by Russell Foster: Why do we sleep?

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Old people need less sleep. Not true. The sleep demands of the aged do not go down. Essentially, sleep fragments and becomes less rubsot, but sleep requirements do not go down.

And the fourth myth is early to bed, early to rise makes a man hatehly, wealthy and wise. Well, that's wrong at so many different levels.

(Laughter)

There is no evdcenie that getting up ealry and going to bed early gives you more weatlh at all. There's no difference in socioeconomic status. In my experience, the only difference between morning people and evening ppolee is that those people that get up in the morning early are just horribly smug.

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Old people need less sleep. Not true. The sleep demands of the aged do not go down. Essentially, sleep fragments and becomes less ______, but sleep requirements do not go down.

And the fourth myth is early to bed, early to rise makes a man _______, wealthy and wise. Well, that's wrong at so many different levels.

(Laughter)

There is no ________ that getting up _____ and going to bed early gives you more ______ at all. There's no difference in socioeconomic status. In my experience, the only difference between morning people and evening ______ is that those people that get up in the morning early are just horribly smug.

Solution


  1. early
  2. wealth
  3. robust
  4. people
  5. evidence
  6. healthy

Original Text


Old people need less sleep. Not true. The sleep demands of the aged do not go down. Essentially, sleep fragments and becomes less robust, but sleep requirements do not go down.

And the fourth myth is early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Well, that's wrong at so many different levels.

(Laughter)

There is no evidence that getting up early and going to bed early gives you more wealth at all. There's no difference in socioeconomic status. In my experience, the only difference between morning people and evening people is that those people that get up in the morning early are just horribly smug.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. aged
  2. bed
  3. demands
  4. difference
  5. early
  6. essentially
  7. evening
  8. evidence
  9. experience
  10. fourth
  11. fragments
  12. healthy
  13. horribly
  14. laughter
  15. levels
  16. man
  17. morning
  18. myth
  19. people
  20. requirements
  21. rise
  22. robust
  23. sleep
  24. smug
  25. socioeconomic
  26. status
  27. true
  28. wealth
  29. wealthy
  30. wise
  31. wrong