Snoring: What's Behind All the Noise?
10/10/2020 8:11:00 PM
Do you know?
- Snoring is often called a sound when tissues in the back of the throat start to vibrate during sleep.
- Snoring is more common in men: About 40 percent of them are habitual snorers compared to 24 percent of women.
Let's explore more about this phenomenon!
Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
- According to the audio, when does our whole body relax?
- Why do we NOT need to worry about snoring?
- when we eat
- when we play
- when we sleep
- Because it is easy to cure.
- Because it doesn't affect anyone.
- Because it's not dangerous.
Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.
Snoring: What's Behind All the Noise?
Written by Luann Sessions
What's that loud sound? It sounds like somebody is sawing a log. Is it a train? Is it a broken washing machine? No, it's just your dad asleep in his chair.
Snoring can be funny. It can also be if someone snores so loudly that you can't sleep at all. What happens when we ?
When we sleep, our whole body relaxes. All our muscles relax. One of those muscles is in the back of our throat. When we are awake, this muscle helps us swallow food and water. When people snore, this muscle can sag into our airways as it relaxes. The flesh of the muscle rumbles as the air squeezes through. The might even close all the way. That would cause us to snort and wake up.
Snoring only happens to some people. Some people never snore. Other people snore every night! Scientists aren't sure why some of us snore and others don't.
There is no for snoring, but don't worry—it's not dangerous. The worst that can happen is that you keep your family awake with your loud snoring. Luckily, there are always !
Read and answer the following questions.
Snoring: What's Behind All the Noise?
Written by Luann Sessions
What's that loud sound? It sounds like somebody is sawing a log. Is it a train? Is it a broken washing machine? No, it's just your dad asleep in his chair.
Snoring can be funny. It can also be annoying if someone snores so loudly that you can't sleep at all. What happens when we snore?
When we sleep, our whole body relaxes. All our muscles relax. One of those muscles is in the back of our throat. When we are awake, this muscle helps us swallow food and gargle water. When people snore, this muscle can sag into our airways as it relaxes. The flesh of the muscle rumbles as the air squeezes through. The airway might even close all the way. That would cause us to snort and wake up.
Snoring only happens to some people. Some people never snore. Other people snore every night! Scientists aren't sure why some of us snore and others don't.
There is no cure for snoring, but don't worry—it's not dangerous. The worst that can happen is that you keep your family awake with your loud snoring. Luckily, there are always earplugs!
Source: Mobymax Reading Stories G2.0-2.3
- the barking sound of a dog
- the ringing sound of a telephone
- the singing sound of a singer
- the sawing sound of a saw
- The sound of snoring is louder than that of a broken washing machine.
- There is a muscle that can change its position when we snore.
- We might have trouble swallowing food without a muscle in our throat.
- Earplugs might help you sleep well even when someone is snoring right next to you.
- the part of our stomach that fills with air
- the inside of our mouth, not including our teeth
- the hairs that some people have in their nose
- the tube in our throats that we breathe through
The main purpose of this passage is to _____.
- to provide information about snoring
- to list things that help to prevent snoring
- to give people who snore some advice
- to warn the readers of the snoring's dangers
Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.
- There is no for snoring, but don't worry—it's not dangerous.
- Snoring can be funny. It can also be if someone snores so loudly that you can't sleep at all.
- When we are awake, this muscle helps us swallow food and water.
- What happens when we ?
- The might even close all the way.
- Luckily, there are always !
Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for the words in the text.
- Reduce the time you spend in places where there is very loud music - or wear .
- Prevent the tongue from falling back and obstructing the .
- Her most habit was eating with her mouth open.
- with salt water if your throat is sore.
- Researchers are working to find a for the disease.
- Sometimes my husband so loudly, it keeps me awake at night.