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Part One. Daily Routine Reading and Speaking Practice

Introductory Text

Kate describes her daily routine at university. Do you do the same things every day? What time do you do them? How long do they take you?

I’m in the first year at the university, where I’m studying English and hotel management. My elder sister, Betty, is studying public relations at the same university. Betty can organise her time wisely, whereas I do not know what order I should do things in. I find it hard to get up on time, and usually I do not get enough sleep. I have to wind up two alarm clocks to make sure I do not oversleep.

My sister, an early riser, is awake by 7 o’clock, refreshed and full of energy. While I’m wandering round the kitchen, fighting the urge to go back to bed, my sister manages to have a quick shower, make her bed, put on make up, eat a full breakfast and set off to the university. It takes me an hour and a half to get ready. I have a hasty bite and rush out of the house. Even if I catch a bus at once, I still arrive at the university 15 minutes late, which always makes me feel guilty.

My studies keep me busy all day long. I have 10 hours of English a week. I also have lectures and seminars. At lunchtime I meet up with my sister and we have a snack at the university café. After classes I make myself go to the library where I spend about six hours a week reading for my seminars.

My sister and I come home tired. I always find excuses to put off my homework. Unlike me, my sister manages to do the housework and get down to homework. I like the idea of going to bed early, but quite often I have to sit up late, brushing up on my grammar and vocabulary, though I feel sleepy. My sister says that keeping late hours ruins one’s health. Of course, I agree.

As my sister and I do not get any time off during the week, we try to relax at the weekends. One of my greatest pleasures is to lie in bed and read my favourite books. My sister is a sporty person. To keep herself fit, Betty goes for a run in the park; from time to time she works out in the gym.

I hate staying in, and sometimes on Saturday night my sister takes me out to a concert or a play. Sometimes we go to a party or to a disco. But more often than not I end up catching up on my studies and my sister goes out. I wonder how I manage to spoil my leisure time.

Every Monday when I awaken I think I should start a new life. I honestly think that I must become well-organised and correct my daily routine. I make plans to go to keep-fit classes, to go shopping with my sister, to do the cleaning and a hundred other good things. But then I remember that I have to call on my school friend in the evening, and I put off my plans till next Monday. It is always better to start a new life in a week.

Exercises after the text

1. Did you understand everything in Kate’s story?

What’s the Russian for the following:

An early riser; to have a hasty bite; to put off one’s homework; to brush up on one’s grammar; to keep late hours; to go to keep-fit classes; to catch up on one’s studies.

What’s the English for the following:

Заниматься физическими упражнениями в гимнастическом зале; вставать точно в назначенное время; съедать полный завтрак; готовиться к семинарам; расслабиться в выходные; делать покупки.

2. Answer the following questions about Kate’s day.

3. What did she do yesterday, do you think? What will she do tomorrow?

4. Write out the things Kate does a) in the morning; b) in the afternoon; c) in the evening. Add the things which you do during the day, but Kate doesn’t. Compare Kate’s usual day with yours.

5. Is Kate a well-organised person? What makes you think so?

6. What about you? Are you a very organized person or not? Prove it.

7. Would you like to change your daily routine? What would you like to do about it?

Describing a working day

Look at Jenny Treece’s time diary.

TIME

ACTIVITY

6.00

Wake up, switch on radio, stay in bed (have a lie-in)

6.15

Get up, make bed, have shower, brush teeth, make up

6.45

Have breakfast

8.00

Get dressed, take Spot for a walk

8.30

Feed Fluffy, leave for work

9.00

Arrive at work, cup of coffee, John comes in, talk about film we watched last night

9.15

Go to have a word with Fred about tomorrow’s meeting. He isn’t there. Walk back to the office, tea and sandwich

9.35

Read morning’s post, call Fred, he’s out

10.00

Decide to start work, can’t find the right folder

10.15

Anna phones. She’s just passed her driving test, chat

10.30

Coffee break

10.50

Star work, computer isn’t working. Phone engineer to explain fault

11.15

Look for type-writer. There’s none. Go to the computer laboratory in the next building

11.40

All the computers in the lab are being used. Wait twenty minutes

12.00

Return to the office. Computer engineer has arrived. He explains the problem but doesn’t do anything else, no time

12.15

Start writing letters

12.30

Lunch time

1. Answer the following questions.

  • What’s Jenny’s job?

  • What did she do last Monday morning?

  • How much time did Jenny spend doing each thing?

  • Complete the analysis of Jenny’s morning and draw you conclusion.

“In four hours Jenny really did only … things: ________. I can’t say she ________.

In order to do her job well, she has to be a more organized person.”

  • What advice would you give Jenny to manage her time better?

E.g. You will save a lot of time if you don’t drink so much coffee every morning.

  • Describe Jenny’s morning.

2. Compare Kate, her sister and Jenny. Are they alike or different? Have you got anything in common with them?

3. Work out an ideal daily routine for a first-year student who wants to manage everything and have enough time for studies and entertainment.

4. Read these extracts from people’s interviews about their everyday life routines.

Thomas H.:

My daily routine has never really fitted into a regular pattern. I’ve never been the sort of person who has a job which starts at 9 o’clock every morning and finishes at 5 o’clock every evening, comes home, watches television, eats and then falls asleep, like my father and other members of my family. I like to find time in the day for things which are really important to me. The first of these is playing music, practising my violin or my flute or playing together with me girlfriend, learning new tunes to play in concerts or for a new group, or just playing for its sake. I try to find work which I can do when I want to, but some things have to be done at a certain time, and so I always give these priority in my timetable.

I love going to the cinema, to concerts, and also to the swimming pool, but I don’t have special times for doing these things, I just do them when I can make time for them, or when I feel like it, or when a friend calls me and says, “hey, do you want to come out to the cinema?” or something like this.

Maria C., Thomas’s girlfriend:

I have more of a weekly routine than Thomas, because of my school. I have to get up very early on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, to go to lessons. I have two piano lessons every week, on Monday and Thursday afternoons. I lay the cello, and I have a lesson for this once a week. I also play many concerts with my orchestra, which plays mediaeval and renaissance music. Besides, I have a lot of friends and family commitments. My mum says I do an admirable job of managing my time and fitting all of these things into my week. I also like to go to a fitness centre with my sister, and try to do this every week, and me and Thomas like to swim together, but for some reason we can’t often make enough time for it.

One thing is regular in our lives, and that’s breakfast time. Every morning, while I am preparing for school or for going out to one of my music lessons, Thomas gets up and makes hot porridge and chocolate milk for breakfast. In this way, we always try to have a little time together before the day begins.

Judy S., Maria and Thomas’s friend:

Now that I work freelance, I tend to work ay home a lot, or to go out and do interviews and then come home and type them up. If I want to use a computer, I go to a friend’s house. She doesn’t live very far away and I have a key to her flat, so I can use her computer and her fax machine, which is really useful as I can send off articles to newspapers. If I stay quite late at work, my flat mate does some shopping on the way back from university to get some food for the evening, and cooks a meal. She actually enjoys cooking and finds it really relaxing. After thinking all day, she says, it’s nice to just chop up vegetables and think of something really mindless, and not have to concentrate too hard.

After dinner, I usually watch the news in English on television. I brought a guitar with me from England and sometimes I play that, which is quite a good way of relaxing. Quite often on weekdays I’m too tired to go out, but, if I do, maybe I go to the cinema with my flat mate or friends, or I go out to dine at other people’s houses. Where I go also depends on how much money I have. Sometimes I go out to a restaurant or go for a pizza.

Which of the speakers

  • tend(s) to stay at home than go out in the daytime?

  • follow(s) the same routine pattern as most of his family?

  • give(s) the most important things priority in their timetable?

  • play(s) music most of the day?

  • start(s) the day at 9 o’clock?

  • love(s) going to the cinema?

  • have(has) music lessons every week?

  • eat(s) a regular breakfast of porridge and milk?

  • get(s) up very early on weekdays?

  • go(s) to concerts when they can make time for them?

  • try(tries) to keep fit?

  • manage(s) their time perfectly?

  • do(does) some shopping on the way back home?

  • work(s) freelance?

  • use(s) the computer quite often?

  • enjoy(s) cooking after a hard day’s work?

  • watch(es) television after dinner?

  • have(has) a job which finishes at 5 o’clock every evening?

  • can do what they want during the day/week?

Interview one of the people above. Ask at least 20 questions to get to know more about their everyday life.

Analyse the everyday life patterns you have read about. Discuss them with a partner. Fill in B’s lines and complete the dialogue.

A: Let’s compare the three people’s lives, shall we?

B: …

A: I think Maria’s life is a good example of a very busy weekly routine. To begin with, she gets up very early most of the days and finds time for everything.

B. Well, I’m not at all sure. …

A: But they try to have a little bit of time together in the morning, don’t they?

B: That’s true. …

A: And Maria’s mother says so, too, doesn’t she?

B: So she does. …

A: Judy works less than Maria, of course, and has a lot more time to relax. As a matter of fact, Judy’s way of life seems the most attractive to me. Don’t you think so?

B: I wouldn’t say she has much free time. She says she stays quite late at work very often. Besides, …

A: Are there any of the views on life you would share? I, personally, agree that we must give priority to things which are really important, like university studies, for example.

B. Don’t forget that there are a lot more things to be done besides learning. I have to do ….

A: So do I. So do we all. Anyway, routines can be very useful if you want to fit a lot of things into one day or week. Why don’t we change anything about our daily programme to make it more regular?

B: A good idea! Would you like to get up at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning and join me for a run in the park?

A: … .

B: How about walking to University?

A: …

B: Let’s have an early night, shall we?

A: …

B: What do you think of giving up using your mobile phone for a while?

A:…

Speak about your plans for next week (10 sentences). If you already have plans, say: I’m/’We’re going to … If you are not sure, say: Perhaps I/we’ll … or I don’t know. I/We’ll probably … or If I get up early, I’ll

5. Read the text about Linda McCartney’s life. What do you like about the way her life is organised? Compare her working day with your mother’s usual working day.

«We live in a two-bedroom house, so as soon as James (2) starts calling «Mummy, Mummy», around seven every morning, he wakes everyone up. Being his mother I like to be the first to greet him, so up I get.

I take him downstairs and start getting breakfast ready. Before long the other kids - Heather (almost 17), Mary (10) and Stella (8) - are also down. If Paul is recording or we are touring I try to make sure he’s not disturbed. But if he isn’t working he gets up at the same time and joins the kids at breakfast. He’s an excellent father, very involved and protective towards them.

It seems mad to have moved from a large house in London to a small place on the South Coast, but it’s so much cosier. Paul and I are in the kind of business where we can be totally detached from our kids and hardly see them grow up. If you have enough money to live in a big house, one kid could be up in the attic and another could be in the west wing and you’d hardly see them.

The kids travel everywhere with us. When touring abroad we usually rent a house and make it our base so we can return to the kids each night.

We’re all vegetarian, so breakfast is eggs laid by our own hens, home-grown tomatoes fried, vegetarian sausages, cereals and wholewheat bread. During the bread strike Paul baked the most beautiful bread.

Quite often Paul comes with me when I drive the girls to school. Mary and Stella go to a local primary school and Heather attends a nearby art school. I drive a Mini because being American I’m used to wide roads, so with a small car I’ve no fear about scraping it.

I buy most of the kids’ clothes at Mothercare. I look at their catalogue or go into the shop and pick out things that are made from natural fibres. I myself feel most comfortable in jeans and T-shirt. I don’t really spend that much - even though Paul pays all the bills! Because we live locally I’m regarded as just another mother who takes her children to school and has a house to keep. I try to keep my life close to what it was before we married.

Because we have a big breakfast and a big dinner about six we don’t have lunch. So about that time I am doing jobs around the house. Paul never helps me. He likes tidiness but is not too tidy himself! If I’m working or going out I have a woman in to do the cleaning. But I always do the cooking because I enjoy it. I cook for six every day.

For dinner I make things like quiche Lorraine without bacon - aubergines, spaghetti, salads and Paul’s favourites which are pea soup or cream of tomato soup made from home-grown potatoes and onions. I also make coffee milkshakes which I love. I’m a real baby that way!

If I’m lucky during the day I go for a ride on my stallion called Lucky Spot. He’s got a lovely temperament. Horse riding is a marvellous form of exercise, both physically and spiritually.

One interest we share closely is football. We rarely get to see matches but we always watch it on television. Paul is a great Liverpool fan, so we support Liverpool.

Because we live in the country we don’t socialize that much. We think that’s also partly because we’re too lazy. There’s so much I’d like to do, especially in the photographic field, but I hate to leave the life I lead in the country unless I absolutely have to.

I get various offers to take photographs, and sometimes I may find one particularly attractive. But when it comes down to it I just can’t bring myself to leave the kids and go to take pictures. So I stay at home and take pictures of them instead.

Most of our evenings are spent in front of the television. I watch «Dallas», «Top of the Pops», «Old Grey Whistle Test» and some quiz shows.

Before I turn in for the night I always go to the kid’s bedroom and give them each a kiss. Trouble is, James often wakes up and doesn’t want to go back to sleep.»

Part Two. Leisure

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