Daily Activities at Home
在家的日常活動
What are some of the daily activities that you do at home?
你在家會做哪些事情呢？
I wake up at 7am every morning.
我每天早上7點醒。
I press the snooze button five times every morning before I turn off the alarm and get up.
關掉鬧鐘前，我都會按5次稍後按鈕，然後起床。
I have a cup of coffee and make breakfast. I usually read the newspaper while I have breakfast. My children like to have a shower after they have breakfast but I like to have a shower before I get dressed.
先喝一杯咖啡，然後做早餐。我經常在吃早餐的時候看報紙。孩子們細化吃完早餐後去洗澡，但我喜歡在換衣服前洗澡。
My wife brushes her long hair, and I have short hair so I comb my hair. How do you do your hair in the morning?
我太太梳理她的長髮，我的頭髮短，梳一下就可以。你每天早上怎麼打理頭髮？
It is important to brush your teeth, and some women like to put make-up on.
每天早上刷牙很重要，還有些女士喜歡化妝。
After I have finished work, I go home to cook dinner. In my house I usually make dinner. The family eat dinner together at 7:30pm.
做完工作後，我回家做晚餐。在我家通常是我做晚餐。家人7:30在一起吃晚餐。
After dinner I make sure that my children do their homework, and then I chill out on the sofa and watch television.
吃完晚餐後，孩子們去做作業，我在沙發上放鬆一下，看電視。
On television I usually watch the News. My wife usually comes to tell me to take the rubbish out, or wash the dishes.
我經常看新聞。我太太或過來讓我去倒垃圾或是刷碗。
Our children feed the dog and the cat before they go to bed and I tell them to go to the bathroom too.
孩子們在上床前會喂狗狗或貓咪，我會讓他們去洗澡。
If I am sick I have to take my medication, but then I get into my pyjamas and set the alarm so I wake up in the morning.
如果生病了，我會在睡前吃藥，換上睡衣，設好鬧鐘。
The last things I do is lock the door, turn off the lights, and go to bed.
然後鎖門，關燈，上床。
Daily Activities at Work
工作要做的事情
What are some daily activities that you do at work?
你在工作時會做哪些事呢？
I go to work at 8:45 am every morning.
我每天早晨8:45去上班。
I usually drive to work.
我經常開車去。
I always check my emails when I get to work, but I don't always reply to them immediately.
開始工作後，我通常會檢視電子郵件，但並不總是立刻回覆。
I take a taxi or a subway if I have a lunch meeting. I never take the bus because it is too slow.
有午餐會的話，我會坐計程車或地鐵去。我從不做公共汽車，因為實在太慢。
When I am at my desk I usually work on the computer, even during morning tea.
工作時我經常使用電腦，即使在早茶時間也是如此。
At 1pm most days I have lunch.
我經常下午1點吃午餐。
At 3pm we have afternoon tea, and that is when we usually talk and eat cake.
下午3點會喝下午茶，那時我們會聊天，吃蛋糕。
When you are in the office you probably have a lot of papers. It is important for you to file your papers, and so that you can find them again you need to organise your files.
你的辦公室可能會有很多檔案，因此檔案存檔很重要，想下次快速找到這些檔案，你要將它們整理歸類。
When I work I have to make telephone calls. If an important issue happens I ask my secretary to organise a meeting.
工作時我需要打工作電話。如果發生重要的'事情，我會讓祕書組織開會。
Once a month I report to my boss, but maybe you have to report to your boss more often. I usually write a document that my boss can read.
我每月向老闆彙報一次工作，也可能次數更多。我通常會寫一份檔案供老闆閱讀。
Other Daily Activities
其他日常活動
I exercise at least three times a week.
我每週至少鍛鍊三次。
I usually go to the gym before work, but sometimes I go after work.
我經常上班前去健身房，也有時下班後去。
I meditate every morning so that I feel less stressed during the day.
我每天早上會沉思，這樣會幫我減少壓力。
Weekly Activities
每週活動
I go grocery shopping once a week at the local supermarket.
我每週會去一次當地的超市購物。
My family does the housework together every Saturday morning.
週六早晨家人一起做家務。
I usually do the washing on Sunday morning and when the machine is finished I hang the clothes out to dry.
我經常週日早晨洗衣服，然後把衣服拿出去晾乾。
On Sunday morning we go to church, and if there is lots of noise coming from next door, sometimes we fight with the neighbour.
週末早晨我們去教堂，如果隔壁的噪音太大，有時我們也會跟鄰居爭吵。
On Saturday night my parents stay at home and I go out with friends.
週六晚上，我的父母待在家，我跟朋友出去。
Every evening, I water the garden.
每天晚上，我會給花園澆水。
I work in an important office, so I have to shine my shoes each day.
我工作的部門很重要，因此我每天都會把鞋子拿出去晒。
Sometimes we hire a movie, because we don't like to illegally download music and films. I make sure that I synchronise my iPod so I always have new music on it.
有時我們會租碟片，因為我們不喜歡非法下載音樂或電影。我會同步我的iPod，這樣裡面會有新歌曲。
Last week I forgot to recharge my travel card, and I had to argue with a bus driver. I couldn't call the office because I forgot to recharge my cellphone!
上週我忘記給交通卡充值，就與一名公交司機爭吵起來。我不能往辦公室打電話，因為我忘給手機充電了。