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Naps

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Naps
小睡

Date: Oct 08 2010

Themes: Work

Grammar: Zero Conditional

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Basketball superstar LeBron James recently said that he takes a nap every day. And if he does it, shouldn’t everybody?

In some cultures, it’s common to lie down and rest or even sleep in the middle of the day. But in the U.S., not many people take naps during the work week, except for children. A quick nap can be a good way to refresh oneself after a late night. But people who nap all the time are usually seen as lazy. Find out if Amy and Devan like to catch some zzz’s in the middle of the day.

篮球超级明星勒布朗·詹姆斯最近说他每天都会小睡一会。如果篮球超级明星都这么做,难道不该人人如此吗?
在一些文化习俗中,白天躺下休息或睡觉是很常见的。但是在美国,除了孩子们外,很少有人会在工作日中小睡。事实上,适当的小睡一会是熬夜过后恢复自己体力的好方法。但是,人们通常认为有小睡习惯的人是懒惰的。让我们来看看艾米(Amy)和德凡(Devan)是否喜欢在白天小睡一会呢?

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Amy

Amy

Devan

Devan

Amy:  I wish that I were a person who could take naps. It seems like such a nice thing to do and such a good way to refresh yourself if you’re, you know…if you didn’t sleep well or if you’re having a hard day.

Devan:  So why don’t you take naps?

Amy:  I just can’t do it. I just can’t go to sleep in the daytime. I don’t know. I try, and I just end up lying there, you know, for hours, potentially, just staring at the ceiling. Do you take naps?

Devan:  Sometimes I’ll take like a power nap, like right after I get off work I’ll take a quick 20 minute nap. But I can’t take a nap longer than that, because if I fall asleep for hours in the middle of the day, then when I wake up I feel really awful. Like I just need a really quick power nap to get me re-energized, but if I sleep too long then I’m gonna want to sleep all night and then I’ll wake up again at three o’clock in the morning. But you know, in a lot of cultures it’s very common to have like a siesta or a nap in the middle of the day, and I wonder why in the United States that hasn’t really become a common practice.

Amy:  Sometimes I’ll just take it easy in the middle of the day, if I’m feeling tired and I need to have a little break, just watch TV for a half an hour or do something mindless to relax. But I just…I kind of feel the same way you do, like if I really lay down and tried to take a nap in the middle of the day, it would be really hard to get up and go back to work. I don’t know how people do it.

 

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Amy doesn’t take naps, because she finds it difficult to fall asleep in the middle of the day. But sometimes she wishes she could take naps, because it seems like a good way to refresh oneself in the middle of the day.

Devan sometimes likes to take short naps after work, but she doesn’t like to sleep for a long time when she takes a nap. If she takes a long nap, she has a hard time getting up and doing anything productive afterward.

Is it common to take a nap in the afternoon in your country? Do you enjoy taking naps?

 

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doris kang

doris kang

China

Yes,hav a nap in the middle of day(after lunch) is very common in our country.

You will feel more energetic after having siesta, also i think it's a good way for late sleep in the last night, for me, if i don't take a nap, i will feel tired during work in the whole afternoon. 

Do you have the same experience as me?

07:43 AM Oct 08 2010 |

trailo_hathanh

Viet Nam

Yes, It is common to have a nap in the middle of the day in my country. It is power nap actually. It takes around 20 minutes. 

It make people re-energized and make them more productive in the afternoon. But some people does not take nap any more. And some people believe that taking nap is lazy and affect to the society less development.

 How do you think about that ideal? Embarassed

03:48 AM Oct 08 2010 |

Nurzohre

China

 i like naps ,if i fell tired ,then i take a half hour nap then i fell very energetic .it is verey suefull for me .

03:44 AM Oct 08 2010 |

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