Daily Routine

Sleep

My alarm-clock rings at 7 a.m. sharp but I don’t get up at once. I lie in bed (stay in bed until later, have a lie-in) for two or three minutes. I think about all the things I have to do this day and make plans. I get up early in the morning and go to bedlate at night. I go to sleep (fall asleep, succeed in sleeping, get to sleep) at once as I am very tired in the evening. Sometimes I oversleep (sleep too long). I have a lot of work during the day and have a late night (go to bed late). On the contrary, my younger sister has an early night and it is always difficult for us to live together. When I have some free time in the afternoon, I like to have a nap (to take a nap, to have a short sleep).

Food

I live alone (to live on my own, to live by myself, to live without other people). That is why in the morning I have to make my own breakfast. I like to prepare breakfast for myself as I always cook what I like. I don’t bother cooking difficult meals and don’t make an effort to prepare 'delicacies. I keep a cat and I have to feed it too. I give food to the cat thrice a day.

Keeping clean

After I get up I go to the bathroom to take a cool shower. Morning shower revives a good deal, doesn’t it? There I have a shave, brush my teeth and comb my hair. After it I am going to have a wash (NOT: I’m going to wash = I’m going to wash the linen). In the evening I have a hot shower, wash my hands and face and clean my teeth.

Work

I am a manager. I work for a big firm in the centre of our city. I leave home for work at 8.30 a.m. I usually go there by bus, but when I’m pressed for time (I have no time), I take a taxi. I get to work at 8.50, so it takes me about 20 minutes to get there. I arrive at workin time, but though I am late very seldom. My working day starts at 9 a.m. and lasts for eight hours. I finish work at 5 p.m. and leave office at about 5.15 p.m. I get home (return home) before 6 p.m.

Evening

In the evening I like to have a rest (to relax) and do nothing. Sometimes I go out. I go to the club or visit my friends. Sometimes I am too tired to go out, that is why I stay in for the evening. On days-off (at week-ends) I have friends for dinner (invite my friends to dine with me). They like to come round for a chat with me and we usually have a nice evening (have a good time together). We play cards, dominoes, chess or checkers.

Household chores

As I live by myself I have to see to order. I do the shoppingonce a week. I buy a lot of food and other things. I tidy up the flat, wash up and cook. Luckily, a cleaner comes twice a weekto change bed-clothes (bed linen) and towels. She dusts the furniture and waters the flowers as well.

Daily Routine

One’s daily routine depends on a lot of factors. Firstly, weekdays are different from days off. Secondly, it depends on your occupation. Thirdly, if you are, for example a student, a lot depends on whether you are a boy or a girl.

Practically all students get up at 7.00 or 7.30 but the practice of waking up differs. Boys usually get up on time and rush out of bed like soldiers. Then they make the bed, shave quickly, clean their teeth, have a wash and fly out of the bathroom ready for their breakfast.

Gils like to stay in bed for another ten minutes after waking up. It’s especially true of those who can by no means call themselves “ early birds”. Sometimes they have to wind two alarm-clocks not to oversleep. Sometimes alarm-clocks aren’t necessary, because mum rouses them.

After getting out of bed girls have to follow the same procedure [prqV'sJGq] as boys and do a lot of other things. Some girls wash their hair every morning, and even if they don’t, they still have to do their hair, which includes combing and styling. Then they put on a little make-up. If it takes five minutes for a boy to get dressed, a girl needs a minimum of fifteen minutes until she’s fully dressed.

For a certain part of the day student boys’ and girls’ daily routine gets synchronized. They walk to the university if they live close to it or go there by public transport in a rush hour. Very few drive and needn’t catch a bus to get to the university.

In the daytime all students are supposed to attend classes. At midday they usually have lunch in the university canteen or eat a homemade packed lunch and have a chat with friends.

In the second part of the day students’ daily routine varies greatly. Disciplined and diligent students go to the library, attend optional courses and read up for their seminars. Others like to relax for a while, maybe, even have a nap, have dinner and start doing their homework and housework.

Young people like to go to keep-fit classes, practice yoga, jog, play games on the playground, train in a gym or just go in for some kind of sports. They have an active social life and go to meetings in all sorts of amateur societies.

Evening is the calmest part of the day. Watching TV is one of the most favourite occupations, but if one watches it too much, there isn’t enough time to prepare homework and then one has to keep late hours.

Bedtime tends to be about midnight. Boys take a shower, eat their supper and go to bed at once. Girls need twice as much time to prepare themselves for sleep.

Students like weekends better than weekdays. At weekends they go out and very rarely stay in. They may organise their leisure time any way they like – call on their friends, go to parties or discos, go to theatres or cinemas, go on picnics, and … go wherever they want to go.

It’s not surprising that on Monday mornings students sometimes feel sleepy. Their first waking thought is that they never have enough sleep. Then they regret that they didn’t go to bed early and think that they should turn over a new leaf. They honestly think that they must become well-organised and correct their daily routine, at least at weekends. They make plans to read more, to help mother about the house, and to do a hundred other good things. On second thoughts they often put off their plans till the following Monday. It is always better to turn over a new leaf in a week’s time.

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