In many surveys of the average sleeping time of different nationalities, the Japanese are the most sleep-deprived. A common sight in Japan is to see people sleeping on trains; however, trains are not the only means of transport that people use for catching up on lost sleep.
Sleep deprivation in Japan
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Upper-Intermediate: B2Advanced: C1
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Teaching time 90 mins
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DiscussionListeningMatchingMultiple-choiceReadingSentence completionTrue or false
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