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1. A DAY IN MY LIFE
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VOCABULARY PRACTICE
afternoon breakfast dinner evening finish get up
go to bed go to work / school lunch midday morning
night early weekend late
READING PRACTICE
1.You’re going to read a magazine article about Sonya Philips, who is a presenter on
breakfast television in Britain. What time do you think her day starts and finishes?
MY WORKING DAY
My working day starts very early. From Monday to Friday I get up at half past three
and I have a shower and a cup of coffee. I usually leave the house at ten past four because
the car always arrives a few minutes early. I get to the studio at about five o’clock and
start work. Good Morning Britain starts at seven o’clock and finishes at nine o’clock.
2. Read the following text about a busy American teenager. What does she do on
week days? And on week-ends?
Sandy is a very busy teenager. She never has enough time for all she wants to do.
Like many other American teenagers, she spends hours on the telephone, talking to her
friends. She goes out on dates on week-ends, and she baby-sits for other
families‘children. And, of course, during the school year she has lots of homework to do.
During the football season, Sandy is busier than ever. She and several other pretty
girls are cheerleaders for the high school football games. They lead the crowd in cheering
for the school’s team. The girls jump up and down, cheering when the team has played
well. When the team is not playing so well, the cheerleaders try to encourage the players.
The cheers are usually not long, but it takes a long time to practice shouting them
together.
3. Look at the following activities. Which ones do you always, usually or sometimes
do? At what time do you do them? Which ones do you never do?
go to a club; go to a party; do some work / homework; get up; play music; have
breakfast; go out on a date; have lunch; go to bed; have dinner in a restaurant; go to a
9. Complete the following description with for, during, by, until, at, in, or on.
Eleanor is a nurse who works the night shift
How does she manage?
`Well I finish work (1) ...6.34 a.m. Then I go home, have a bath and try to be in bed
(2) ... half past eight.(3) ... the same time as I'm getting ready for bed, Jeffrey, my
husband, and our five-year-old daughter, Elaine, are getting up. Jeffrey takes her to
1. An actress and her secretary are trying to fit an appointment into a busy
schedule. Listen to their dialogue, and fill in the times of the appointments.
Cross out appointments that are being changed and write in the new ones.