54. Daily routine

1. What’s your father?

2. Where’re you going?

3. Did you remember to buy me the book?

4. Do you know how much we spent this month?

5. How do you pay for it?

6. Have you ever heard the ads say anything bad about your products?

7. Is your father in the habit of having naps?

8. When do you go to bed usually?

9. What do you plan to do for your birthday?

10. Are you ready?

Dialogue 1

M: What do you do for a living?

W: I’m a doctor.

M: Really? Do you like it?

W: Yes, I do. It’s very interesting. What’s your job?

M: I’m a bus driver.

W: Oh, do you enjoy it?

M: No, I don’t really like it. It’s boring.

Dialogue 2

W: What does she do?

M: She works as a teller in a bank.

W: Does she go to night school?

M: Yes. She goes three times a week.

W: Why? What does she want to be?

M: She wants to be a manager.

W: What classes does she take?

M: She takes classes in accounting and business.

Dialogue 3

M: Where do you have to go、

W: To New York.

M: When do you have to be there、

W: Tomorrow morning.

M: How long do you have to be there?

W: Three days

M: When will you be back?

W: On Friday.

What a mess today! I kept my friend waiting for a long time in the sports department store because the traffic was terrible I altered my way. It turned out that I lost my way. I couldn’t find the department store because I had just moved here for three days. I had to ask a woman in a red shirt. She was so warm-hearted that she told me the way in great details. It was so near that I even could walk. So I drove straight on and after only five minutes I arrived there. My friend wasn’t angry with me but I suddenly realized that I hadn’t expressed my thankfulness to the women in the red shirt.

1. I’m afraid I forgot to lock the door.

2. I don’t think we have much butter.

3. I want you to have a walk with me.

4. I’m asking for your advice.

5. You’ve already grown up.

6. I plan to buy a car this year

7. Mom, pass me some more please.

8. Let’s see if we forget anything.

9. I start to work at 8:00 every day.

10. I usually have lunch at 12 o’clock.

Dialogue 1

W: Excuse me, sir. Could you spare a minute?

M: Uh, yes.

W: Do you go to work by train every day、

M: Yes. I commute five days a week by train.

W: And would you mind telling us what you think of the rail service?

M: It’s really very good.

W: Why do you say that?

M: Well, trains are frequent and come on time.

W: Which train do you catch in the evening?

M: I usually take the 5:30 home.

W: And can you get a seat?

M: No, I usually have to stand.

W: Would you agree that the service is fast?

M: Yes, it’s reasonably fast but it certainly isn’t cheap. Fares have gone up25%.

Dialogue 2

M: How are you?

W: Fine.

M: I haven’t seen you for several days.

W: Oh, I have been with my uncle for a week.

M: What’s he doing?

W: He is an accountant. I have been helping him for a week.

M: He must be happy.

W: Yeah. How are you these days?

M: Fine too.

Dialogue 3

M: Hello, Mary. Why are you standing here in the cold wind?

W: I’m waiting for a bus and going for a walk in the park.

M: Going for a walk in such a cold weather?

W: I always like to go for a walk before a supper.

M: I see.

Miss Green is a typist and she commutes to work every day. Yesterday she arrived at the office a few minutes before 9 o’clock. She took off her hat and coat and put them on the hook on the wall. Then she went to her desk, took the cover off the computer, sat down and began to type. At half past twelve, Miss Green stopped work and went out to lunch with a friend at a restaurant. After lunch she returned to the office and worked until five o’clock. She got home at about a quarter to six. She went into the bath room, washed her hands and then went into the sitting-room. She turned on the television and watched the six o’clock news. She ate a square meal and went out to cinema. That was a normal day in her life.