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59 — Time (坚持就是胜利！！ Brigitte)

Beginner

A: How do you usually spend your day, now that you’ve retired?

B: Well, I nearly always get up at dawn. I don’t like sleeping in late. The days are longer in summer than in winter, so I get up earlier in summer. I usually do some exercises when I get up.

A: What do you have for breakfast?

B: I usually have cereal, but sometimes I cook a traditional English breakfast.

A: That sounds nice. How do you spend your mornings?

B: I usually do housework in the mornings. I go shopping occasionally. I like to do all my shopping in one big trip to the supermarket. I always drive to the big supermarket in the city center. It takes about 20 minutes to drive there.

A: How do you spend your afternoons?

B: I usually meet some friends and we play sports together or I might spend some time alone on my hobbies. I spend winter evenings watching TV, but I spend summer evenings at cultural events if I have time.

Words ＆ Expressions

1. dawn [d'ɔːn] n.

① Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.

②The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it.

2. sleep in / sleep late / sleep in late

3. cereal [ˈsiəriəl] n. (pl. cereals)谷类植物;麦片

I've just bought a box of cereal. 我刚买了一盒麦片。

① Cereal or breakfast cereal is a food made from grain. It is mixed with milk and eaten for breakfast.

② Cereals are plants such as wheat, corn, or rice that produce grain.

( wheat [hwiːt] 小麦 )

4. occasionally [əˈkeiʒənəli]

( Occasional means happening sometimes, but not regularly or often. )

Friends visit them occasionally. 朋友偶尔拜访他们。

5. cultural [k'ʌltʃərəl] Cultural means relating to a particular society and its ideas, customs, and art.

Intermediate

A: We’ve got a lot of work to do now, but take your time over this project. We don’t want to make any mistakes.

B: Ok. I should have it finished by Friday afternoon. Then I can check those account over the weekend. We need to have them finished by Monday, right?

A: That’s right. We’ll finish them just in time. The Macy project can wait for the time being. We need to spend several days on that project, but it isn’t due to be finished until the end of the month, so we have plenty of time to get it done.

B: From next week on, we should be in less of a rush.

A: I’m going to give everyone on the team an extra day off. Everyone deserves it.

B: Don’t say that yet. A new project could suddenly appear.

A: That’s true. Right. I’m going back to the meeting. It’s been going on for hours and there’s no indication that it’ll end soon.

B: Carol said that she would spend some time checking that everyone is up-to-date with their work.

A: Good. I have to go right now. I really hope this meeting doesn’t last too long.

B: They usually go on for ages.

A: I’ll stop by if I have time later. Make sure everyone knows that we must stick to the deadlines.

B: I will. Enjoy your meeting!

Words ＆ Expressions

1. account [əˈkａunt] 帐目,帐单

( Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends. )

2. in time 及时

They were just in time for the bus. 他们及时赶上了公共汽车。

3. project 项目；工程

A project is a task that requires a lot of time and effort.

4. for the time being 暂时;眼下,目前（for the moment: temporarily）

Let's share the room for the time being. 我们暂时合住一个房间吧!

Let's do it just for the time being. 我们暂时这么做吧。

5. due [djuː] 到期的

The bank loan is due this month. 银行贷款本月到期。

6. indication [ˌindiˈkeiʃən]

指示;指点;表示

This map gives no indication of the heights of the hills.

这张地图没有标出这些山的高度。

征兆;迹象;暗示

There are indications that the weather is changing.

有好些迹象显示天气要变了。

7. up to date 在进行中

8. stop by 路过逗留

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