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Daily routines3

1 Match phrases 1–10 to pictures a–j.

1 2b 3j 4a 5d 6g 7i 8e 9c 10h 2a 2 read 3 check 4 go 5 cook 6 watch 7 do 8 tidy up 9 do 10 charge2b 1a 2f 3d 4b 5e 6j 7c 8i 9h 10g

1 read the newspaper f 6 charge my phone

2 go to the shops 7 tidy up the flat

3 watch the news 8 cook a meal

4 have a shower 9 do my homework

5 check my email 10 do the washing-up [US: wash the dishes]

2 a Read about Sarah’s daily routine. Fill in the gaps with the correct verbs from 1.

I get up at about seven o’clock and 1 have a shower. Then I have breakfast and 2 the newspaper.

I work from home – I’m a writer, you see – and I start work at about half past eight. First I 3 my

email and then I write for three or four hours. I have lunch at one and I start work again at half past two. In the

afternoon I usually 4 to the shops and buy some food for the evening. I finish work at about half

past six and then I 5 a meal for my husband and me. After dinner we 6 the news and

then I sometimes 7 my homework – I study Italian three times a week. Then I 8 the

flat and 9 the washing-up. Oh, and I always 10 my phone before I go to bed. I go to

sleep at about eleven o’clock.

b Read about Sarah’s routine again. Put the pictures a–j in the order Sarah does these things.

3 Make these sentences true for you. Fill in the gaps with phrases from 1.

1 I always read the newspaper in the morning.

2 I every day.

3 I usually in the evening.

4 I sometimes before I go to bed.

5 I don’t often .

6 I hardly ever at the weekend.

7 I never .

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My day-to-day life3

1 Write a list of jobs in a tourist hotel. Which jobs are diffi cult, do you think? Which jobs are easy?

a cleaner, a receptionist, ...

2 Read Amanda’s blog about her job in a tourist hotel. Answer these questions.

1 Where is Amanda from? Australia

2 Which country is she in now? 3 What’s her job?4 Is her Spanish very good?

5 Where is she on Wednesdays at 2 p.m.? 6 Where is she on Fridays at 3.30 p.m.?7 Where is she on Saturday mornings?8 Which days are her days off?

3 Imagine you are Amanda. Answer these questions.

1 Do you blog every day? No, I don’t. 2 What do you blog about? 3 Do you like your job?4 What time do you get up on Tuesdays?

5 What time do you finish work on Saturdays?6 When do you look after children?7 What do you do on Sundays?8 Do you get up early on Mondays?

4 Would you like to work in a tourist hotel? Why?/Why not?

1 Possible answers: a manager, an accountant, a waiter, a waitress, a cook, a chef, a porter, a barman, a barmaid, a doorman, a chambermaid. 2 2 Spain. 3 She’s a Customer Service Assistant. 4 No, it isn’t. 5 In the hotel restaurant. 6 At/On the beach. 7 At the airport. 8 Sundays and Mondays. 3 2 My life, my job and my problems with the Spanish language. 3 Yes, I do./Yes, I’m very happy with it. 4 At six o’clock. 5 At about four o’clock. 6 On Tuesdays and Fridays. 7 I (usually) go for a walk in the mountains (with my friends). 8 No, I don’t.

Why do I blog?

I blog for my family and friends back home in Australia. I usually blog about my life, my job and my problems with the language. My Spanish isn’t very good because I speak English to tourists all the time, so I make a lot of mistakes!

A typical week

My job title at the hotel is Customer Service Assistant and I do a lot of different things every day. I love my job because every day is interesting. On Tuesdays and Fridays, I get up at six o’clock and I start work at seven. On those days I look after the children in the hotel. We play games, we sing, we dance and we do sport. We never watch TV because we’re always outside in the sun. I fi nish work at three o’clock and then I go to the beach and relax. After that I sometimes go shopping with friends from the hotel.

On Wednesdays and Thursdays I get up late, at 10 o’clock, and I work in the hotel restaurant from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. It’s very hard work, but it’s only for two days.

On Saturdays I get up at four in the morning and start work at fi ve. I go to the airport to say goodbye to the tourists who are going home, then I pick up the new tourists and take them to the hotel. It’s always an exciting and busy day! I fi nish work at about four o’clock in the afternoon.

And then on Sundays and Mondays I don’t work. On Sundays I usually go for a walk in the mountains with my friends. The mountains are really beautiful and the air is clean and cool. I love it. And on Mondays I usually stay in bed and sleep until lunchtime. It’s fantastic!

About me

Hi, my name’s Amanda. I’m from Australia, but I work in a tourist hotel in Marbella, in Spain. I work very hard, but I’m very happy with my job. It’s a good life here – and the weather is fantastic!

manda’sAblog

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