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1、A Couch Potato Forty three year old Brian Blakey from Birmingham is sitting on his sofa and telling me about his perfect day When I wake up I don t get up immediately I turn on the television and watch the children s programmes and old movies until about half past ten Then I get up go downstairs and
2、 switch on 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
3、 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 all 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 wal
4、k 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
5、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 1 1 A Workaholic Thirty six year old Bob Black is sitting at his desk and working his way through his paperwork I normally wake up about f
6、ive 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
7、 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 1 2 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 br
8、ing 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 about it But I try to work hard so that I can make more money for them
9、Besides I get bored if there s nothing to do I like being busy 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 abo
10、ut 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
11、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
12、 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
13、or the tube 1 3 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 d
14、oor and I m already at work There are many things to do on the farm all day We don t have the same work hours that office workers in the city have We do jobs when they need to be done and that could be early in the morning or late at night I have cows sheep pigs and chickens on my farm I have to mak
15、e sure they are free of sickness I also grow wheat and vegetables so there are many things to look after In the evening I like to play with my children I have two children a boy and a girl They are six and eight years old I also like to study Right now I am studying Chinese by distance learning I am
16、 very interested in China and it s my dream to see the Great Wall one day I love movies My wife calls me a movie fan But there isn t a cinema in my village so I don t get the chance to go very often I go about twice a year usually when I go to London with my family We take a weekend break there when I am not too busy on the farm My wife loves looking in the clothes shops and I like all the crowds and the noise I also like to buy a few cigars Unfortunately my wife isn t as fond of them as I am My
