4.8 Daily routines
ASleep
During the week i usually wake up at 6.30 a.m. I sometimes lie in bed for five minutes but then I have to get up (= get out of bed and get dressed). Most evenings, I go to bed at abou 11.30 p.m. I'm usually very tired, so I go to sleep / fall asleep very quickly. Occasionally though, I can't get to sleep (= succeed in sleeping). When that happens, I sometimes manage to fall asleep about 3 a.m., then I oversleep (= sleep too long) in the morning. If I have a late night (= go to bed very late; # an carly night), I try to have a nan (= a short sleep, eg 20-25 minutes) in the afternoon. The weekends are different. On Saturday and Sunday In have a lie-in. (= stay in bed until later, e. g. 8 a.m. or 8.30 a. m.)
B Food
In the week I have breakfast at 7.30 a. m., lunch at 1.00 p. m., and dinner around 7 p. m.I also have one or two snacks (= small amounts of food), e.g. cakes, biscuits or fruit, during the day at work. As I live alone / on my own / by myself (= without other people), I also have to make my own breakfast and dinner (= prepare breakfast and dinner for myself), bu during the week I don't bother (= make an effort) to cook very much. I also have to feed (= give food to) my two cats twice a day as well. Note: With breakfast, lunch or dinner in general, there is no definite article (the).
C Keeping clean
In the summer I have a shower in the morning, but in the winter I often have a bath instead (= in place of a shower). Sometimes I have a shave at the same time, or I shave when I have a wash and clean/brush my teeth after breakfast. I wash my hair two or three times a week. Note: In some contexts, it is more common in English to use have + noun than a single verb, e.g. I'm going to have a wash. [not I'm going to wash-]
F Work
In the morning I leave home about 8.15 a.m. and get to work (= arrive at work) by 9 a.m.I have a lunch break (= stop work for lunch) from l-2 p.m., and a couple of short breaks during the day. I leave work around 5.30 p. m. and get home about 6.15 p.m.
E Evenings
During the week I usually stay in (= stay at home) and have a rest (= relax and do nothing). But at the weekend I often go our (= leave the house for social reasons, e.g. go to the cinema or disco with friends), but quite often I also have friends for dinner (= invite friends to my house and cook dinner for them), or friends just come round (= visit me at the house) for a chat (infml) (= conversation) or we play cards, e.g. poker or bridge.
G Housework
I do the shopping (= buy the food) on Saturday. Fortunately (= luckily) I have a cleaner (= a person who cleans) and she does most of the housework: she does my washing (= washes the clothes), the washing-up (= washes the dishes) and does most of the ironing.
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English Vocobulary in Use (pre-intermediate & intermediate)
я вам перевела на но не ответила на вопросы
вопросы модуль 4 (в отпуске)
какими из праздничных мероприятий вы хотели бы заняться следующим летом? какие из праздничных мероприятий вы делали прошлым летом ? что вы обычно делаете / не делаете в отпуске? есть ли в россии национальные парки? какие достопримечательности есть в москве? с какими проблемами люди могут столкнуться во время каникул? были ли у вас какие-либо из этих проблем? вы когда - нибудь ходили в поход? тебе понравилось? как вы думаете, кто ответственный турист?the english like what they call "good plain food". usually they like steak, roast beef, yorkshire pudding, and fish and chips.
dinner is the most substantial meal of the whole day. it is usually eaten at 7 o'clock.
the first course may be soup (though the english don't like it very much).
the main course will often be fish or meat, perhaps the traditional roast beef of old england, and a lot of vegetables.
the, next course will be something sweet and often baked, such as a fruit pie. last of all there may be cheese, often with biscuits.
it is common knowledge that the english are very fond of tea. they like to have "a nice cup of tea" 6 or 8 times a day, sometimes even more.