Unit 1 Lifestyle 生活方式
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Unit 1 Lifestyles
Lesson 1  A Perfect Day? 落花有意随流水
A couch potato
When I wake up I don’t get up immediately. I turn on the television and watch the children’s programs and old movies until about half-past ten. Then I get up, go downstairs and switch on电子商务就业 the TV in the living room. For lunch, I have biscuits and a glass of milk, and I watch the news. In the afternoon, I often watch another old film – they’re showing some good ones at the moment. In the evenings, I often watch TV series or sport and the news again. I like the main news at six o’clock. At nine thirty, if there is a good play on BBC 2, I switch over and watch it. 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.
    I watch TV for sixteen or seventeen hours a day. I also do some exercise every day. I take Tina, the dog, for a walk every afternoon. I don’t go far, of course. I walk to the wall outside my house. I always take my portable TV and I sit on the stone wall while the dog walks round in a circle.
    Of course, I couldn’t live this lifestyle without a good wife. She’s not here now because she’s working, but she always makes my meals. We haven’t got much money, you know, but we’re happy. Sit down and watch TV. Here’s the remote control. You’ve got the world at your feet. And in your hand. Great!
Lesson 1 A Perfect Day?
A Couch Potato
终日懒散在家看电视的人————沙发土豆
来自伯明翰的43随的布莱恩·博莱克正坐在沙发上向我讲述他美妙的一天。
五一问候短信“早上起来，我不马上起床。我先打开电视，看看儿童节目，看看老片子，一直看到约10点半。然后起床，下楼，打开起居室的电视。午餐时，我边吃饼干、喝牛奶，边看新闻。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。晚上我要么看电视连续剧，要么看体育节目，接着再看新闻。我喜欢看6点的重要新闻。9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。夜里，我接着看电影，通常看到凌晨两点才关电视。我从不通宵看电视。
  我一天要看十六七个小时电视。每天也会出去活动。每天下午我带着小狗蒂娜去散步。当然，我不会走远，指走到我家房子外的墙边。这时，我总是随身携带手提电视，坐在石墙上看，小狗则在我身边绕圈。
  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。她在工作，所以现在不在家。她天天给我做饭。你知道，我们虽然钱不多，但获得很快活。坐在家里，看着电视，手握遥控器，世界就在你脚下，在你手中。这种感觉真棒！”
A workaholic
    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.
    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. By around eight o’clock, I usually find some time to do my own paperwork and answer some personal e-mails.
    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.
    I seldom have time for fun and other activities with my family. My family complains abou锦里客栈t it. But I try to work hard so that I can make more money for them. Besides, I get bored if there’s nothing to do. I like being busy
A Workaholic 工作狂
  36岁的鲍勃·布莱克正坐在写字台前忙碌着他的案头工作。
  “我一般在闹钟前约5分钟就醒了。闹钟一响，我立刻跳下床，从洗漱、穿衣、吃早餐、离家到左上公交汽车用了不到15分钟。
封神榜人物  我总是第一个到办公室。每天早晨都很忙碌，下午更忙！整天会议、电话不断。几乎每一分钟都充斥着急待处理的事情。通常大约晚8点才有时间处理自己的事：写写东西，回复些私人。
  晚上大约10点我才能到家。到家后还要浏览一些从办公室带回来的文件，为第二天的工作做准备。我一般半夜才上床睡觉。那时妻子和孩子们都早已进入梦乡。
  我很少有时间娱乐或和家人一起活动。妻子和孩子们总是抱怨，但我得拼命工作，为他们赚更多的钱。而且，要没事可做我会觉得非常无聊。我真的喜欢忙忙碌碌。”
Lesson 4
City and country
    Debbie is an accountant in a large company in the centre of London.
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. 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!
    I spend all morning checking numbers. Lunch is always simple. 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.
    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. I work for a French company so I think studying French will help me in my job.
    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. 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.
    Paul lives in a small village in the north of England.
    I usually get up at four o’clock every morning when it’s still dark. I live and work on the farm  so I don’t need to travel. After a big breakfast in my house, I walk out of the front door and I’m already at work.