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[ana(효정)]

<TOPIC 1> I Finally Did It!

Last week, a 16-year-old Dutch girl named Laura Dekker made history. She became the youngest person to sail alone around the world! The amazing girl started her journey in 2009 at the age of 14. It took her 518 days to complete her journey.

During her trip by she went surfing, scuba diving, and cliff diving. Laura also celebrated her 16th birthday during the trip by eating doughnuts for breakfast. She even took up a new hobby of playing the flute. “The flute was easier to play than the guitar in bad weather,” she said.

No matter how brave and independent she is, sailing alone was not an easy task for her. She had to sleep on a wet, salty bed. She also had to deal with various weather conditions and other problems. Many people worried about her safety. However, she completed her long journey safely.

In fact, sailing has been a part of her life since she was born. Laura was born aboard a yacht off the coast of New Zealand. She first sailed solo at the age of six. She began dreaming about crossing the globe when she was 10 years old. At last, her dreams came true! Congratulations, Laura!

< Questions >

1. The age of 14 is very young especially in Korean standards. If you are Laura’s parent, would you allow her to sail alone? Why or why not? 
2. What was your dream or goal in your life when you were a teenager ?

3. Are you an adventurous person? What kind of adventures are worth taking? Explain.

4. Where have you travelled within Korean? How about outside your country? Describe the experience.

5. Why do people want to travel? Give and explain at least three reasons.

<Topic 2> The power of sleep

Many of us want to sleep as little as possible?or feel like we have to. There are so many things that seem more interesting or important than getting a few more hours of sleep. But just as exercise and nutrition are essential for optimal health and happiness, so is sleep. The quality of your sleep directly affects the quality of your waking life, including your mental sharpness, productivity, emotional balance, creativity, physical vitality, and even your weight. No other activity delivers so many benefits with so little effort!

Myths and Facts about Sleep

Myth 1: Getting just 1 hour less sleep per night won’t effect your daytime functioning. You may not be noticeably sleepy during the day. But even slightly less sleep can affect your ability to think properly and respond quickly, and compromise your cardiovascular health, energy balance, and ability to fight infections.

Myth 2: Your body adjusts quickly to different sleep schedules. Most people can reset their biological clock, but only by appropriately timed cues-and even then, by 1-2 hours per day at best. Consequently, it can take more than a week to adjust after traveling across several time zones or switching to the night shift.

Myth 3: Extra sleep at night can cure you of problems with excessive daytime fatigue. Not only is the quantity of sleep important but also the qualityof sleep. Some people sleep 8 or 9 hours a night but don’t feel well rested when they wake up because the quality of their sleep is poor.

Myth 4: You can make up for lost sleep during the week by sleeping more on the weekends. Although this sleeping pattern will help relieve part of a sleep debt, it will not completely make up for the lack of sleep. Furthermore, sleeping later on the weekends can affect your biological clock so that it is much harder to go to sleep at the right time on Sunday nights and get up early on Monday mornings.

<Questions>

1. How many hours do you usually sleep ?

2. What time do you usually get up and go to bed ?

3. What do you usually do before going to bed and after getting up ?

4. How many hours sleep is necessary/enough for you/human being?

    What happen if you couldn’t sleep well ?

5. Have you ever been late for your office or school due to oversleeping ?

6. Have you ever suffered from insomnia? Do you know any good way to overcome insomnia ?

7. Do you sometimes take a nap? Do you refresh after napping or.... ?

8. Do you have any sleeping habits ?

[honeybee74]

앗쏴!! 일뜽^^

[Bosun(보선)]

I will be there~! See u soon everybody~!

[Teddy(두희)]

good job ana~~ let's study with tdrian~! ^^

[대형면허]

지참입니다.. 저도 언젠가는 꼭 정참 해보고 싶어요. 일 때문에 당분간은 불가능하지만요...

[Gina(진아)]

지각이라도 항상 참가하려고 노력하는 당신 멋집니다^^
참,ㅎㅎ 까페닉네임을 바꾸시면 더욱 서로 알아보기 편리하겠네요^^

[Bill Lee]

바꿨습니다. 그나저나 이제 3월부터는 참가 못하게 돼서 슬퍼요...방학때나 다시 할수 있을 거에요..ㅜㅜ

[Gina(진아)]

방학때 새로운 기분으로 다시 봐요^^ 열공!! 화이팅!!

[kaiㆀ]

토픽 하시느라 수고 하셨습니다 ^^*

[Timothy(연호)]

첫번째 토픽 해석완료!!ㅋㅋ
토픽 땡수!!

[쪼꼬]

가입후 처음 참가합니다. 잘부탁드려요..

[Teddy(두희)]

환영합니다~ 못찾겠으면 운영진에게 메세지 주세요~ ^^

[sujiQ]

참석 하고 싶어요/ 2차는 pass (전날이 직장회식이라)/ ready to have a good time?

[Teddy(두희)]

짐 열심히 회식중이시겠네요~ 조절하시고 모임때 뵈요~ ^^

[seon(써니^ㅁ^)]

want to participate !/ also will take part in second round/ How are you doing everyone ? spring is coming :)

[Teddy(두희)]

want to meet you~ doing well and u? sunny is coming :D

[Kate (채선영)]

민준이랑 같이갈께용~^^ ㅋㅋ

[Teddy(두희)]

요즘 모범생이네 ㅎㅎ

[다리아]

참석예정이요

[Teddy(두희)]

열공 해요~ ^^

[김민준]

네 민준이도 같이 갈께요~

[Teddy(두희)]

어서 오나라~ ㅎㅎ

[까미]

thanks~~ I'll be there ^^

[Teddy(두희)]

WOW~ Have you got over your cold?

[violet]

김진아, 바욜렛 정참이에요~

[Teddy(두희)]

일타 이피~ ㅎㅎㅎ 열공합셍~ :)

[네오]

정참합니다.

[jaguar]

스터디에서 봐용..^^

[jaguar]

정시 참석/ second round 가능/ 또 영어를 하는 날이구나 너무 설레인다..^^

[대박인생]

정참할게요. 처음이라 긴장돼요 ;;;

[Teddy(두희)]

아이린님? 제시카님? 진솔님? 누구셨는지요? ^^ 닉네임을 영어ID로 하시면 티디가족들이 좀 더 잘 알수있을꺼 같아요~ ^^