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From morning to night VOCABULARY daily routine 4,7 Listen to the sounds and number the phrases 1-6. get dressed 1 wake up have breakfast have a shower {90 to work / school have a coffee / tea What order do you do these things in the morning? Tell your partner. (First wake up, then ©p.156 Vocabulary Bank Daily routine PRONUNCIATION linking Busy P Connected speech Remember, when people speak they usually link words together. Sometimes three linked words sound like one word, e.g. | getupat sev 4.9 Listen and write five sentences. 1 (6 words) 2 (words) 3 (words) 4 (6 words) 5 (6 words) 4.10 Listen and repeat the sentences. Try to link the words with. | get_up. at seven. have_a shower. , | go to work. have_a sandwich for lunch. get home. at make the dinner. | goto bed. at ten What_a 3 READING & LISTENING a Read the article. Use the glossary to help you. How do you think Marjan feels at the end of a typical day? Choose from the adjectives in the list. bored happy relaxed sad stressed tired MOTHER. lives Marjan Jahangiri, originally from Iran, is one of the only ‘women professors of cardiac surgery in Europe. She does more than 300 operations a year. She lives in London with her husband and their 17-year-old son, Darius. can you describe your daily routine? I get up between 6.00 and 630 a.m, [get to work at 7.00, and my meetings usually startat730. After that, [don’t have a break. Thave lunch at my desk often do two operations a day, and Lalso have lectures and more meetings. At home, [have dinner with my son. Between 9 30 and 1130 p.m. Ido research and Iwatch the news on TV. One or two nights a week Im con call, so probably need to do operations during the night. loften ‘work at weekends, too. But that's OK—Ithink! have a fantasticlife because Ilove my work How do you balance work with your family life? I spend alot oftime with my son. |wanthim tolearn about hard work ‘and good values, and I want tobe an example for hirn. My husband is away alot, but we speak on the phone every day. Ithink one reason ‘why Iam successful in my professional ife is because he ist at home all the time! ‘What do you do to relax? play the piano for an hour every day, late at night. I think it helps ‘me with my operations —it's technical in the same way. 1also go to the hairdresser twice a week. Ido alot of my research there! ‘They turn the music off for me and luse the time to readall my academic papers, Glossary cardiac surgery an oparation to repairsb'sheart lecture a talk a group of people to teach thom about sth, 6g. at university be on call be available for workif necessary shpress do research study sth o lear more aboutit b Read the article agai questions from memory. 1 ei 3 4 5 6 7 8 What time does Marjan get up? Where does she have lunch? Is her job a 9-5 job? Why (not)? Does she see her family a lot? How does she relax? Does she like her job? Pron 17.30 He gets up. In pairs, answer the What does she do when she's at work? What does she do in the evening? He has breakfast and then he goes to school by Tube. 320 He ‘to school 9.00 Lessons start. 3Hehas lessons before lunch. ero Hehaslunch at 4 He starts lessons again. He finishes school. He doesn't ® then. He studies in the library or plays ‘music. On Tuesdays, he” choir and on ® he? percussion in the school orchestra. He gets home. He a andthen has dinner. After dinner, he does homework for or hours. He goes toed. in the school Glossary ‘the Tube the London Underground chole a group of people who sing together percussion musical Instruments, e.g. drums Alevels exams that UK students tae in the final year of school @4.11 Listen to Darius, Marjan’s 17-year-old son, talking about his day. Complete gaps 1-12 ‘What do Marjan and Darius have in common? ‘Who do you think is more tired in the evening? GRAMMAR prepositions of time and place Look at some sentences from Darius's day. Complete them with at, in, on, or to. 1 getup 730. | usually go school by Tube. Ihave lunch school. | usually have two or three lessons ___ the afternoon. Ising in the school choir __ Tuesdays. 4.12 Listen and check. 2 3 4 5 ©p.130 Grammar Bank 48 @4.15 Listen and say the time phrases with the correct preposition. 1/9) the weekend ( atthe weekend SPEAKING & WRITING Look at the questions to ask your partner. What two words are missing? What time / get up? have breakfast in the morning? What / have? How / go to work or school? What time / start work or school? What time / have lunch? Where? Thave a long lunch break? How long? What time / finish work or school? What / do after work or school? / go out during the week? Where / go? relax in the evening? What / do? When / do English homework? What time / go to bed? How / feel atthe end of the day? Work in pairs. Interview your partner about a typical weekday with the questions. What do you have in common? (We both ge up at 00, ©p.114 Writing An article Write about your favourite day of the week

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