A Perfect Day? 完美的一天？
  A couch potato 终日懒散在家看电视的人—沙发土豆
  When I wake up I don’t get up immediately.“早上醒来,我不马上起床. I turn on the television and watch the children’s programs and old movies until about half-past ten。我总是先打开电视,看看儿童节目,看看老片子，一直看到十点半。 Then I get up， go downstairs and switch on the TV in the living room。然后起床,下楼，打开起居室的电视。 For lunch, I have biscuits and a glass of milk, and I watch the news。午餐时,我边吃饼干、喝牛奶，边看新闻. In the afternoon, I often watch another old film – they're showing some good ones at the moment。下午，我常看另一部老影片—眼下电视里正播放非常好看的老电影. In the evenings, I often watch TV series or sport and the news again. 晚上我要么看连续剧,要么看体育节目，接着再看新闻。I like the main news at six o’clock.我喜欢看六点的重要新闻. At nine thirty, if there is a good play on BBC 2， I switch over and watch it.九点半，如果英国广播公司二频道有好看的电视剧，我会调过去看看。 Then at night, I watch more films and I usually switch off the TV at about two o'clock. I never watch TV at night.夜里，我接着看看电影,通常看到凌晨两点才关电视.我从不通宵看电视。
  I watch TV for sixteen or seventeen hours a day. 我一天要看十六七个小时电视. I also do some exercise every day. I take Tina, the dog, for a walk every afternoon. 每天也会出去活动活动。下午我带着小狗蒂娜散步.I don’t go far, of course。 I walk to the wall outside my house. 当然，我不会走远，只走到我家房子外的墙边。I always take my portable TV and I sit on the stone wall while the dog walks round in a circle。这时，我总是随身携带手提电视，坐在石头墙上看,小狗则在我身边绕圈。
  Of course， I couldn’t live this lifestyle without a good wife。 当然，没有一个好妻子，我是不可能过上这种妙不可言的生活的.She’s not here now because she’s working, but she always makes my meals. 她在工作，所以现在不在家。她天天给我做饭。We haven't got much money， you know, but we’re happy。 你知道，我们虽然钱不过，但活得很快活。Sit down and watch TV. Here’s the remote control。 You’ve got the world at your feet。 And in your hand. Great！想想看,坐在家里，看着电视,手握遥控器，世界就在你脚下！也在你手中!这感觉真棒！
A workaholic工作狂
  I normally wake up about five minutes before my alarm clock goes off。 As soon as I hear my alarm clock， I jump out of my bed. It takes me less than fifteen minutes to wash， get changed, have breakfast, leave home and get on a bus. 我一般在闹钟响前5分钟就醒了。闹钟一响，我立刻跳下床，从洗漱、穿衣、吃早饭、离家到坐上公共汽车只用15分钟。
  I am always the first person to get to the office. The mornings are always very busy and the afternoons are even busier！ Meetings and phone calls take up a large part of the day. Every minute of the day is filled with urgent matters. 我总是第一个到办公室.每天早晨都很忙，下午更忙.整天会议、电话不断。一天中几乎每一分钟都充斥着急待处理的事情。By around eight o'clock, I usually find some time to do my own paperwork and answer some personal e-mails.  通常大约晚8点我才有时间处理自己的事：写写东西，回复些等.
  When I get home at about ten, I look at some documents that I bring back from the office so that I can be ready for the next day’s work. I get to bed around midnight when my wife
and children are already asleep.  晚上10点我才能到家。到家后还要浏览带回的文件，为第二天的工作做准备。我一般半夜才上床睡觉。那是妻子和孩子们都早已进入梦乡。
  I seldom have time for fun and other activities with my family. My family complains about it。 But I try to work hard so that I can make more money for them。 我很少有时间娱乐或家人一起活动.妻子和孩子们总是抱怨，但我得拼命工作，好为他们赚更多的钱。Besides, I get bored if there's nothing to do。 Ilike being busy.而且，要是没事可做我会觉得非常无聊。我真的喜欢忙忙碌碌。
Lifestyles
  City and Country城市和农村
  Debbie is an accountant in a large company in the centre of London。 (黛比是伦敦一家大公司的会计.)
  I need to be in my office by nine o’clock so I usually get up  at seven o'clock。 I travel to work on “the tube"。 That’s what  people call the underground in London。 我通常每天7
点起床，9点钟前赶到办公室。我乘地铁上班。（the tube 就是人们通常所陈的伦敦地下铁路系统。）It takes about fifty minutes。 Usually， it’s so crowded that I can’t find anywhere to  sit. I just stand. I’m always tired before I arrive at work。 I don’t  like the underground!乘地铁大约需要15分钟。通常地铁很拥挤，很难到座位,我只好站着。这样每天到办公室前，我就已感到很疲倦。我一点儿都不喜欢乘地铁!
  I spend all morning checking numbers。 Lunch is always simple.每天上午我要计算数字，核对账目。 I often get a sandwich in a nearby sandwich shop or I just have some biscuits and a cup of coffee。 Then in the afternoon， I return to the paperwork in the office。午饭总是很简单，我常在附近的三明治店买个三明治，或吃些饼干,喝杯咖啡.下午我在办公室处理文字资料。
  On Monday nights， I have dance classes, and on Wednesday nights, I go to the gym. I need to do that because I don’t get enough exercise otherwise. On Tuesday and Thursday nights， I have French classes。 星期一晚上我上舞蹈课。星期三晚上我去健身房。我需要运动，因为每天运动量不够。星期二和星期四晚上我去上法语课.I work for a Fr
ench company so I think studying French will help me in my job。我在为一家法国公司工作，所以我认为学法语对我的工作有益。
高中英语课文  I go to the cinema almost every weekend。 Sometimes, if the weather forecast is good, my friends and I drive to the countryside for a weekend break。 几乎每个周末我都去看电影，朋友们称我为影迷.有时，如果预报天气好的话,我会和朋友们开车去乡下度周末。We like to visit nice, quiet places far away from the city and go walking where there are no shops， crowds or the tube。 That fresh air is so good for my lungs。 I love it.我喜欢去那些远离城市、幽静、风光秀丽的地方，在没有商店、人、地铁的地方漫步.那里的新鲜空气对肺部有好处，我喜欢新鲜的空气。