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Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Sam.
And I'm Neil.
Sleep.
We all need it.
Some more than others.
I can usually get by with around seven hours a night, but I do like to have an app, a short sleep in the afternoon when I'm not working,
of course.
How about you, Neil?
I'm always tired, and as soon as my head hits the pillow, I'm out like a light,
meaning I go to sleep very quickly.
Well, Neil, you might not survive in South Korea then.
Apparently, it's one of the most stressed and tired nations on Earth, a place where people work and study longer hours and get less than anywhere else.
We'll find out more later and teach some sleep related vocabulary.
But before we do, you need to give me a question to keep me awake and alert.
Of course I do.
And here it is.
In the 1960s, American man, Randy Gardner, set the world record for staying awake for the longest period.