Shelly Nielsen sees students fall asleep in
class at least twice a week. “When I see teens asleep in my class, I wonder if
I am really that boring”, said Nielsen, a teacher. “I also wonder why they are
so tired.” Neilson first tried to wake up sleeping students quietly. If the
snoozing (呼嚕聲)
continues, she may call a student’s parents to find out how much sleep the
students is getting at night and why.
According to a research, teens need at
least nine hours of sleep to function properly during the day. And more than 90
percent of teens say they are sleeping less than that each night.
Forgetting homework, yawning in class,
losing concentration --- these are the signs of a sleep-deprived (被剝奪睡眠的)student, said Dr. Carl
Lawyer, a specialist. “The big problem is the social demand for homework, video
games and friends. Teens don’t understand how important sleep is.”
Rebecca Lucas, another teacher agrees.
“Teens are busy,” she said, noting many activities most teens are involved in
during the day force them to get home pretty late.” When I see teens sleeping
in my class, I feel sad, like they are not sleeping enough,” she said. “I also
feel frustrated because I have so much to teach in such a short amount of time
and teens sleeping in the class slows me down.”
Not sleeping the needed number of hours can
affect your day very much. The effect is on school, work and driving and is
very frustrating to teachers when students don’t do their best because of being
so tired, Lawyer said.
Al Taylor, a teacher says sleeping is not
allowed in his class. “When I see a teen sleeping in my class, I feel bad that
they didn’t get enough sleep but they need to correct the issue at home,”
Taylor said. “I’ve raised teenage boys myself. Teenagers like to wait to the
last minute to do their homework so they often stay up late trying to finish
it.”
72. What does Shelly first do when she
finds students sleeping in class?
A. She wakes them up with no punishment.
B. She blames herself for giving a boring
lesson.
C. She asks them to stand outside.
D. She reports it to their parents.
73. Students always feel tired and sleep in
class because they __________.
A. have to stay up late to do their
homework.
B. are attracted by many activities.
C. are not interested in the lessons
D. are too busy to have enough sleep
74. From the last paragraph, we can infer
that Al Taylor __________.
A. can easily lose his temper
B. was a father of teenage boys
C. has no sympathy for sleeping students
D. finds a good way of giving teens more
sleep
75. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Why sleep is important
B. Why teens are so tired
C. How students get enough sleep
D. How teachers manage sleeping students
