My Working Day Read and translate the text and speak on your own working day When do you get up and when do you go to bed?

Marion, Ireland

Well, usually on a work day, I get up at half past six in the morning because I start work at eight o'clock. On the weekends I usually wake up at about 9 or 10, sometimes 11, depending on how tired I am. Usually I go to bed quite late, which isn't very good but maybe about midnight, sometimes later. I find it difficult to go to sleep early.

Jeff, Canada

What time do I get up and what time do I go to bed? I go to bed late and I try to get up early. I like to get up early but getting up is a difficult thing to do, so I try to go the bed early. I try to go to bed early, 11 o'clock, 11:30, before midnight, and I try to get up early, 6:30, 7, before 7:30, but it doesn't always work.

Barbara, Australia

So, what time do I usually get up? Well, I usually wake up, maybe 5 or 6 in the morning, but I don't get up straight away. I stay in bed for a while and get used the idea that the day is starting, maybe read a book or something, check my phone messages and I get up at maybe 7:30, 8. If it's a day off, I get up at nine or ten, and in the evening I usually go to bed around, oh, 10, 11, sometimes 12.

Akane, Canada

What time do you usually get up and what time do you usually go to bed? I usually get up in the morning about 6:30, but that's only because I have to go to work. If I had a choice I would sleep in because I really hate mornings. I try to go to bed at around 10 p.m. so that I can get enough rest that I can get up in the morning for work, but I'd really rather stay up late, because I'm a night person.

Read the article and complete the sentences

In a lifetime, an average American spends ...:

a. _______ hours at work;

b. _______ years on the telephone;

c _______ years in bed;

d. _______ years in front of the TV.

CPC 14

Travelling

Read and translate this text and put three questions to it:

Travelling has now become a highly organized business. There are cars and splendid roads, express trains, huge ships and jet air­liners, all of which provide us with comforts and security. This sounds wonderful. But there are difficulties. If you want to go abroad, you need a passport and a vise, tickets, luggage, and a hun­dred and one other things. If you lose any of them, your journey may be ruined.

People travelling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go by land, sea or air. Hardly anyone can posi­tively enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours. Train com­partments soon get cramped and stuffy. It is almost impossible to take your mind off the journey. Reading is only a partial solution, for the monotonous rhythm of the wheels clicking on the rails soon lulls you to sleep. During the day, sleep comes in snatches. At night, when you really wish to go to sleep, you rarely manage to do so. In­evitably you arrive at your destination almost exhausted. Long car journeys are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read. On motorways you can, at least, travel fairly safely at high speeds, but more often than not, the greater part of the journey is spent on narrow, bumpy roads which are crowded with traffic. By compari­son, trips by sea offer a great variety of civilized comforts. You can stretch your legs on the spacious decks, play games, swim, meet in­teresting people and enjoy good food — always assuming, of course, that the sea is calm. If it is not, and you are likely to get sea-sick, no form of transport could be worse. Even if you travel in ideal weath­er, sea journeys take a long time. Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice up to a third of their holidays for the pleasure of travel­ling on a ship.

Airplanes have the reputation of being dangerous and even hard­ened travelers are intimidated by them. They also have the grave disadvantage of being the most expensive form of transport. But nothing can match them for speed and comfort. Travelling at a height of 30.000 feet, far above the clouds, an exhilarating experience. You do not have to devise ways of tak­ing your mind off the journey, for an airplane gets you to your des­tination rapidly. For a few hours, you settle back in a deep armchair to enjoy the flight. An airplane offers you an unusual and breath­taking view of the world. You soar effortlessly over high mountains and deep valleys. You really see the shape of the land. If the land­scape is hidden from view, you can enjoy the extraordinary sight of unbroken cloud plains that stretch out for miles before you, while the sun shines brilliantly in a clear sky.

The journey is so smooth that there is nothing to prevent you from reading or sleeping. However you decide to spend your time, one thing is certain: you will arrive at your destination fresh and uncoupled. You will not have to spend the next day recovering from a long ar­duous journey.