高中英语佛山高一必修一01

[00:-1.00]Unit 1 Lifes styles

[00:-2.00]1 A Perfect Day?

[00:-3.00]A Couch 1 potato

[00:-4.00]forty-three-year-old

[00:-5.00]Brian Blakey from Birmingham is sitting on his sofa

[00:-6.00]and telling me about his perfect day.

[00:-7.00]When I wake up I dont'ger up immediately.

[00:-8.00]I turn in he television

[00:-9.00]and watch the children's programmes and old movies until about half-past ten.

[00:10.00]Then I get up,

[00:11.00]go downstairs and switch 2 on the telly in the living room.

[00:12.00]For lunch,I have biscuits and a glass of milk,

[00:13.00]and I watch the the news.

[00:14.00]In the afternoon,

[00:15.00]I often watch another old film-they're showing some good ones at the moment.

[00:16.00]In the evenings,I often watch soap operas or sport and the news again.

[00:17.00]I like the main news at six o'clock.

[00:18.00]At nine thirty,if there is a good play in BBC 3 2,

[00:19.00]I switch over and watch it.

[00:20.00]Then at night I watch more films and I usually switch off the telly

[00:21.00]at about two o'clock.

[00:22.00]I never watch the TV all night.

[00:23.00]I watch TV for sixteen or seventeen hours a day.

[00:24.00]I also do some exercise every day.

[00:25.00]I take Tina,the dog ,for a walk every afternoon .

[00:26.00]I don't go far,of course.

[00:27.00]I walk to the garden wall.

[00:28.00]I always take my portable 4 telly

[00:29.00]and I sit on the stone wall while the dog walks round in a circle.

[00:30.00]Of course,I couldn't live this lifestyle without a good wife.

[00:31.00]She's not here now because she's working,

[00:32.00]but she always makes my meals.

[00:33.00]We haven't got much money,you know,but we're happy.

[00:34.00]Sit down and watch the telly.

[00:35.00]Here's the remote control.

[00:36.00]You've got the world at your feet.

[00:37.00]And in your hand .Great!

[00:38.00]A workaholic

[00:39.00]Thirty-six-year-old Bob Black is sitting at his desk

[00:40.00]and working his way through his paperwork.

[00:41.00]I normally,wake up about five minutes before my alarm clock goes off.

[00:42.00]As soon as I hear my alarm clock,I jump out of my bed.

[00:43.00]It takes me less than fifteen minutes to wash,

[00:44.00]get changed,have breakfast,leave home and get on a bus.

[00:45.00]I am always the first person get to the office.

[00:46.00]The mornings are always very busy and the afternoons are even busier!

[00:47.00]Meetings and appointments take up a large part of the day.

[00:48.00]Every minute of the day is filled with urgent 5 matters.

[00:49.00]By around eight o'clock

[00:50.00]I usually find some time to do my own paperwork

[00:51.00]and answer some personal e-mails.

[00:52.00]When I get home at about ten,

[00:53.00]I look at some documents that I bring back from the office

[00:54.00]so that I can be ready for the next day's work.

[00:55.00]I get to bed around midnight

[00:56.00]when my wife and children are already asleep.

[00:57.00]I seldom have time for fun and other leisure 6 activities with my family.

[00:58.00]My family complains about it.

[00:59.00]But I try to work hard so that I can make more money for them.

[-1:00.00]Besides I get bored if there's nothing go do

[-1:-1.00]and I like being busy and being challenged 7.

[-1:-2.00]Lesson 4 City and Country

[-1:-3.00]Debbie is an accountant 8 at a large firm in the centre of London.

[-1:-4.00]I need to be in my office by nine o'clock

[-1:-5.00]so I usually ge up at seven o'clock.

[-1:-6.00]I commute 9 to work on 'the tube 10'.

[-1:-7.00](That's what people call the underground railway system in London.)

[-1:-8.00]It takes about fifty minutes,

[-1:-9.00]Usually it's so crowded that i can't find anywhere to sit,

[-1:10.00]I just stand.I'm always tired before I arrive at work .

[-1:11.00]I don't like the rube !

[-1:12.00]I spend all morning adding up numbers and checking accounts 11.

[-1:13.00]Lunch is always simple.

[-1:14.00]I often grab 12 a sandwich in a nearby sandwich shop

[-1:15.00]or I just have some biscuits and a cup of coffee.

[-1:16.00]Then in the afternoon I return to the paperwork in the office

[-1:17.00]On Monday nights I attend dance clsses

[-1:18.00]and on Wednesday nights I go to the gym.

[-1:19.00]I need to do that because I dont's get enough exercise otherwise.

[-1:20.00]On Tuesday and Thursday nights I attend French classes.

[-1:21.00]I work for a French company

[-1:22.00]so I think studyign French will help me in my career.

[-1:23.00]I go to the cinema almost every weekend.

[-1:24.00]My friends call me a movie fanatic 13.

[-1:25.00]Sometimes,if the weather forecast is good,

[-1:26.00]my friends and I drive to the countryside for a weekend break.

[-1:27.00]We like to visit mice and quiet places far away from the city,

[-1:28.00]and go walking where are no shops,crowds or the tube.

[-1:29.00]Paul lives in a small village in the North of England.

[-1:30.00]I usually get up at four o'clock every morning when it's still dark.

[-1:31.00]I live and work on the farm so I don't need to commute.

[-1:32.00]After a big breakfast in my house,

[-1:33.00]I walk out of the front door and  I'm already at work.

[-1:34.00]There are many things to do on the farm all day.

[-1:35.00]We don't have the same work hours that office workers in the city have.

[-1:36.00]We do jobs when they need to be done

[-1:37.00]and that could be early in the morning or late at night.

[-1:38.00]I have cows,sheep,pigs and chickens on my farm.

[-1:39.00]I also grow wheat and vegetables

[-1:40.00]so there are many things to look after.

[-1:41.00]In the evening,like to play with my children.

[-1:42.00]I have two children,a boy and a girl.

[-1:43.00]they are six and eight years old.

[-1:44.00]I also like to study.

[-1:45.00]Right now I am studying Chinese by distance learning 14.

[-1:46.00]I am very interested in China

[-1:47.00]and it's my dream to see the Great Wll one day.

[-1:48.00]I love movies.

[-1:49.00]My wife calls me a movie fanatic.

[-1:50.00]But there isn't a cinema in my village

[-1:51.00]so I don't get the chance to go very often.

[-1:52.00]I go about twice a year,

[-1:53.00]usually when I go to London with my family.

[-1:54.00]We take a weekend break there whenever we get the chance,

[-1:55.00]when I am not too busy on the farm.

[-1:56.00]My wife loves looking in the clothes shops

[-1:57.00]and I like all the crowds and the noise.

[-1:58.00]My son and daughter love to ride on London'sred buses

[-1:59.00]and they especially love to go on the tube!