Escuela de Ciencias del Lenguaje Unit 1

Sección de EGP-EAP
Inglés con propósitos generales y académicos I
Teacher: Brenda Portilla Quintero

Routines
1. Read the following typical days and match them with the occupation you consider
it corresponds:

An Architect A Psychologist
____________________ ____________________
I usually wake up at 4:45 a.m. I do an hour of
I don’t need to wake up in the morning
meditation about 5-6 days a week. It helps to
because I’m already awake the whole night keep me centered and calm. At 6, I sit down on
finishing a work for my demanding client who the living room’s table and have breakfast while
thinks that you can do everything with a blink reading the New York times. At 8:45 I drive to
of an eye. Then, I take a quick shower work and start Psychotherapy. I work with many
because I’m already late for work. In the patients; I have worked with them for years so
office, I just stay in front of my computer they consider me their family psychologist. During
continuously working on the plans for the new the day I have more patients, meetings and I read
building project without noticing time passing and answer emails. In the evening I go back
home, eat dinner, read the newspaper and chat
by. After lunch I take a little nap and I leave
with my daughter. I usually go to bed around
the office at 5 o’clock so I can pick up my
10:30pm.
daughter at school.
A Nurse
____________________
Morning routine: at 5:15am my alarm clock goes off. Then, I take a shower, get dressed and
go to the kitchen to make my breakfast and my essential cup of coffee. At 7:30 I’m ready to
take report. I exchange the turn with the night nurses and once the report is finished, I walk
around to say hello to all the patients, at 7:50am and I’m signed onto a computer, reviewing
doctor’s notes, reviewing orders I need to execute. During the day I make constant rounds to
check there isn’t any emergency. At 3pm and I return from lunch. At 6:00 I say hello to the
night nurses and give report to them. Then I take the bus to go home and relax after a long but
successful day. Before going to bed, I make a list of the things I must do the next day so I
don’t forget anything.
Writer
____________________________________

When I’m in writing mode for a novel, I get up at 4:00 am and work for five to six hours. In the
afternoon, I run for 10km or swim for 1500m (or do both), then I read a bit and listen to some
music. I go to bed at 9:00 pm. I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition
itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a
deeper state of mind. But to hold to such repetition for so long — six months to a year —
requires a good amount of mental and physical strength. In that sense, writing a long novel is
like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity
 Escuela de Ciencias del Lenguaje Unit 1
Sección de EGP-EAP
Inglés con propósitos generales y académicos I
Teacher: Brenda Portilla Quintero

A nurse An architect Writer A psychologist

2. Write T for True and F for False to these statements about the previous biographies
and correct the false ones.

a. At 7:30 the nurse is ready to start working ( T)

b. The architect sometimes do meditation ( F)
c. The psychologist usually goes to bet at 10:30am T)
(
d. The architect usually takes a nap after lunch (T)
e. The nurse wakes up at around 5am . T)
(

3. Discuss the following questions with your class:

 Do you think the occupation influences in a person’s routine?

 In your opinion, which of the routines you read is successful?
 What makes a routine “successful”?

4. Underline the “good habits” you find in the routines from exercise 1. Then, compare with a
classmate create a list with the habits you consider an engineering student must have to
succeed in the university.
Organize your time. ...
Acquire more knowledge. ...
Identify the people who motivate
you. ...
Ask for help. ...
Work in team. ...
Look for useful apps. ...
Don't underestimate the
books. ...
Be part of a study group.