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Why we yawn
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Follow a simple explanation with reasons and examples.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
Audio and answer checking: https://joy-english.com/listening-lessons/why-we-yawn
Words to know
- yawn
- To open your mouth wide and breathe in, usually when tired.
- contagious
- Easily passed from one person to another.
- theory
- An idea that tries to explain something.
Answer key
- Everyone yawns, but scientists are still not sure why.Listen for every word in “are still not sure”; “not” is stressed.
- One theory says that yawning helps to cool the brain.Write one as a word or a digit. The s of “helps” joins “to”.
- When the brain gets too warm, it works less well.The t of “gets” joins “too”.
- Yawning is also contagious, and dogs can even catch it from people.“Catch it from” links: “cat-chit-from”. To catch a yawn means to start yawning too.
- Just reading about it may make you yawn right now.“Reading about it” links: “reading-a-bou-tit”.