Why Our Bodies Prefer Winter Time
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In Spain, people change the clock two times every year.
This happens in spring and in autumn.
A doctor named Miguel Ángel Saiz talks about this change.
He is a specialist in sleep medicine.
He says our body's natural rhythm is 24.6 hours.
This is why we adapt better to winter time.
Winter time gives us one more hour.
But Saiz says more time does not mean more sleep.
He says having 60 extra minutes does not mean we sleep more.
Many people think the time change is easy in winter.
The doctor explains why this is true for our bodies.
Spain changes time in spring and autumn every year.
Vocabulary15 words
- sleep medicine
- the study of how people sleep
- rhythm
- a pattern that repeats regularly
- specialist
- a person who knows a lot about one subject
- adapt
- to change so you fit a new situation
- clock change
- when people move clocks forward or back
- winter time
- the time used in the cold months
- extra
- more than usual
- natural
- not made by people; from nature
- cycle
- something that happens again and again
- wake
- to stop sleeping
- body clock
- the internal system that controls sleep and waking
- autumn
- the season between summer and winter
- spring
- the season between winter and summer
- explain
- to make something clear
- doctor
- a person who helps sick people
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Answer key
1. Two times 2. 24.6 hours 3. False
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In Spain, people change the _____ two times every year.
This happens in _____ and in autumn.
A doctor named Miguel Ángel Saiz talks about this _____.
He is a _____ in sleep medicine.
He says our body's natural _____ is 24.6 hours.
This is why we _____ better to winter time.
Winter time gives us one more _____.
But Saiz says more time does not mean more _____.
He says having 60 _____ minutes does not mean we sleep more.
The doctor _____ why this is true for our bodies.
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