【英语趣味课堂】日常-Daily Routine

Rebecca: So, Gareth, what's your daily routine¹ like?

 

Gareth: My routine is actually a little irregular. I have a different working schedule for each day of the week, but on a weekend my son usually wakes me up about half-eight, nine o'clock, and after that we go downstairs, and I get him some cereal², like he likes at the moment chocolate rice Krispies and he has a bowl of them and we watch Toy Story. He loves Buzz⁴ and Woody.

 

Rebecca: Every weekend the same movie?

 

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Gareth: Exactly. Again and again and again. Yeah, so we watch it a lot. On weekdays, though, I usually wake up at six a.m. I have to go to work at eight, so I commute⁶ on the bus and train and that takes an hour and a half. It takes a long time, and then I work. I get home about sevenish. I have dinner with my wife. Usually if I come home late, she waits and she'll have dinner with me, and sometimes she'll wait until like nine.

 

Rebecca: Whoa!

 

Gareth: Yeah, pretty late, so it's really nice.

 

Rebecca: Are you a morning shower person or a nighttime bath, relax person?

 

Gareth: Yeah, so actually I think I'm a kind of night owl³. I work much better in the evening and I get more done. In the morning I'm a little bit like a zombie, but these last years, working have kind of trained me to be an early bird. Waking up so early, as I do, I've kind of adapted to it, so. But I much prefer the evening.

 

Rebecca: So you would come home from work and eat dinner and then take like the bath to calm down to go to bed at night?

 

Gareth: No, actually I prefer showers than baths, but yeah, I usually relax with my family and watch a movie or read a book. My son's really into Dr⁷. Zeuss books. They're classic⁸ children's books from back home and they're great. Even for me, like that's the good thing about having kids, you kind of get reattached to your, and feel kind of nostalgic about your old activities like the things that you did when you were a child.

 

重点词汇：

 

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irregular

 

My routine is a little irregular.

 

When something is irregular, it is noticeably⁹ different. Notice the following:

 

His behavior is a little irregular.

He had an irregular heart beat.

sevenish

 

I get home about sevenish.

 

Here the term sevenish means¹⁰ around seven. Sevenish could be between 6:45 and 7:15. To make an estimation, just add 'ish' to the end of the number. Notice the following:

 

We will meet around fourish.

We should finish around threeish.

night owl / early bird

 

I'm kind of a night owl.

 

A night owl is a person who likes to stay up very late. And early bird is someone who likes to get up very early. Notice the following:

 

My wife is a night owl and I am an early bird.

I was an night owl in college but now I am an early bird.

like a zombie

 

In the morning I'm like a zombie.

 

A zombie is a dead person that can move. It is from horror¹¹ movies. If you act like a zombie, that means you have no energy and are very sleepy or not awake. Notice the following:

 

I'm a zombie until I get my first cup of coffee.

I was a zombie after studying twelve hours straight.

nostalgic

 

You feel nostalgic for childhood.

 

When you feel nostalgic for something, that means you miss the thing the time you enjoyed it. We are often nostalgic for childhood or good times in life. Notice the following:

 

The TV show made me nostalgic for my hometown.

My father is nostalgic for life before all this new technology.

1 routine   

n.例行公事，惯例；adj.例行的，常规的

参考例句：

• It is everyday routine.这是每天的例行公事。
• She found the hospital routine slightly dull.她感到医院的工作有点枯燥乏味。

2 cereal   

n.谷类，五谷，禾谷

参考例句：

• I have hot cereal every day for breakfast.我每天早餐吃热麦片粥。
• Soybeans are handled differently from cereal grains.大豆的加工处理与谷类的加工处理不同。

3 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。

4 buzz   

v.充满了激动或活动的声音，发出低沉的声音

参考例句：

• My brain was in buzz.我的脑袋嗡嗡响。
• A buzz went through the crowded courtroom.拥挤的法庭里响起了一片乱哄哄的说话声。

5 bonus   

n.奖金，红利

参考例句：

• The workers expected to share out a year-end bonus.工人们期望年终分红。
• The staff got a a special bonus payment.员工得到一笔特别发放的奖金。

6 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

7 Dr   

n.医生，大夫；博士(缩)（= Doctor）

参考例句：

• Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
• The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。

8 classic   

n.经典作品；adj.经典的，一流的；古典的

参考例句：

• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
• The football match was a classic.那场足球比赛堪称典范。

9 noticeably   

adv.显著地，明显地

参考例句：

• There was one boy rather noticeably standing apart from the other children. 有个男孩引人注目地独自站在一边，不接近其他孩子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was noticeably slow to respond. 他明显反应迟缓。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

11 horror   

n.惊骇，恐怖，惨事，极端厌恶

参考例句：

• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation.公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。
• The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror.一想到要夜间工作我就觉得惨兮兮的。