地道英语表达｜Daily routines 日常

SLEEP

During the week I usually wake up about 7.30 am. If I don’t, my mum wakes me up. I get up a few minutes later. In the evenings I go to bed about 10.30 pm, and usually go to sleep straight away. If I have a late night I try to have a sleep in the afternoon when I get home from college.

wake up

醒来

wake sb up 叫某人醒来，起床

get up

起床

go to sleep

睡觉

straight away

立刻，马上

have a late night

熬夜

have a sleep

睡一觉

FOOD

I have coffee and cereal for breakfast, then have a light lunch, maybe a sandwich and an apple, and a snack in the afternoon. We have our main meal in the evening. If Mum’s late home from work, she doesn’t bother to cook; we just get a takeaway instead. One of us has to feed the cat as well.

cereal

麦片

have a light lunch

简单吃个午饭

snack

零食

doesn't bother

不必做，不劳烦做，不麻烦做...

doesn’t do something because there is no reason or because it is too much work

takeaway

打包带走，外带

BATHROOM ROUTINES

I usually have a shower when I get home from college because my sister, Rosie, and my brother, Marcus, spend so much time in the bathroom in the morning. I only have time to have a wash and clean my teeth (syn brush my teeth), before Rosie comes in to put on a bit of make-up. In the winter I sometimes have a bath instead of a shower. I like to lie in the bath and listen to music.

have a shower

洗澡

have a bath

泡澡

put on make-up

化妆

HOUSEWORK

Fortunately we’ve got a cleaner who does a lot of the housework, and that includes doing my washing. But I still have to make my bed and do some of my ironing, and I sometimes do the shopping with Mum.

fortunately

幸运地

cleaner

清洁工

do my washing

洗衣服

make the bed

铺床

do the ironing

熨衣服

do the shopping

买菜

When we do the shopping, we buy food at the supermarket; when we go shopping, it is a leisure activity and we perhaps buy clothes, book, etc.

SPARE TIME

On weekdays I usually stay in and watch TV in the evening. At the weekend I go out quite a lot with my friends, either to the cinema or just to a café, and I eat out once a week. Sometimes friends come round and we chat about clothes, music and college.

stay in

呆在家

eat out

在饭店吃饭

come round

顺道拜访