What Do You Usually Have for Breakfast? - Adverbs and Expressions of Frequency — Transcript
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- 0:01[Music]
- 0:15you really amazed me Cynthia you're
- 0:18never sad or tired you always look so
- 0:21happy what's your secret
- 0:25well I do feel tired or sad from time to
- 0:28time but I generally try to stay
- 0:32positive and healthy and see the bright
- 0:34side of everything that's very good are
- 0:37you a morning person
- 0:40oh yes I'm an early bird I wake up at
- 0:446:00 every day even though I start work
- 0:47at 9:00 a.m. at work I'm often the
- 0:53person who gets to the office first and
- 0:55opens it up for the day why do you wake
- 0:58up so early because I generally hate
- 1:02feeling rushed and waking up early
- 1:04prevents that I like to take my time
- 1:08getting things done I usually read the
- 1:11news and catch up on email really I
- 1:15never have time for that in the morning
- 1:18what do you usually have for breakfast I
- 1:22usually have a smoothie first thing then
- 1:25I eat a sandwich what about you I seldom
- 1:31have breakfast at home because I hardly
- 1:34ever have enough time to cook it
- 1:37I wake up rush to the bathroom
- 1:41grab a snack on my way out
- 1:46and hurry to work I often get to the
- 1:50office in the nick of time I'm a night
- 1:56owl I always go to bed late
- 1:58I suppose you go to bed early right
- 2:04I normally go to bed at 10:00
- 2:08I try to maintain the same bedtime
- 2:10schedule every day but sometimes I find
- 2:13myself crawling into bed around midnight
- 2:18but I still get up at 6:00 the next day
- 2:21aren't you sleepy during the day in that
- 2:24case I do feel sleepy every now and then
- 2:28but I usually drink a coffee and keep
- 2:32going on
- 2:33anyway I am more productive at work in
- 2:36the morning rather than in the afternoon
- 2:39my 2/3 peak hours are between 9:00 a.m.
- 2:42and 12:00 noon and then I choose to do
- 2:44the hardest tasks
- 2:46I generally can't focus well in the
- 2:48afternoon and evening I'd rather just
- 2:51relax I am exactly the opposite I am
- 2:57more productive in the afternoon and
- 2:59evening my peak hours are usually
- 3:01between 2 & 6 p.m.
- 3:05I frequently work late into the night
- 3:07too
- 3:09do you ever take a nap in the afternoon
- 3:11I really like to take a nap every now
- 3:15and then especially if I have to stay up
- 3:17late
- 3:19we have special rooms where the
- 3:21employees can enjoy a nap during the
- 3:23lunch break you're really lucky then do
- 3:31you keep the same schedule on the
- 3:32weekends - on the weekends I normally
- 3:36wake up between 10:00 a.m. and noon my
- 3:40schedule is generally very messed up on
- 3:42the weekend what about you I try to keep
- 3:46the same schedule on weekends as on
- 3:48weekdays
- 3:50but occasionally I wake up later
- 3:54and enjoy a heavy breakfast of eggs and
- 3:57sausages bread and juice what do you
- 4:01normally do to relax and unwind I love
- 4:05going for walks like this especially
- 4:06when the weather is so nice I often
- 4:10listen to music and dance at home
- 4:14sometimes I just sit on the sofa and
- 4:16read a book or watch TV
- 4:20once in a while I go singing with my
- 4:22friends at this little karaoke bar
- 4:24downtown it seems we have something in
- 4:30common I love music too I play my guitar
- 4:33almost every evening really maybe we
- 4:39could go together at the karaoke bar one
- 4:41day that would be awesome
- 4:43it goes to show that we all share things
- 4:46in common no matter how different we
- 4:48might all be from each other
- 4:51you can say that again and what else do
- 4:54you like doing in your free time
- 4:57sometimes I hang out with my friends we
- 5:00love playing cards
- 5:02or foosball when I'm tired I just stay
- 5:08home and play darts by myself do you
- 5:11ever get to exercise I go to the gym
- 5:15from time to time
- 5:17I'm in twice a month I get a round of
- 5:19golf in the afternoon nice how long have
- 5:23you been playing golf I've been playing
- 5:27it for two years it's so relaxing yet
- 5:30challenging
- 5:32how about you how often do you exercise
- 5:35I hardly ever go to the gym but I have
- 5:39an active lifestyle
- 5:40I usually cycle to work I rarely use
- 5:44buses or subways
- 5:49sometimes I take the stairs instead of
- 5:51the elevator if I have groceries instead
- 5:55of taking all the bags in one round I
- 5:57take two bags at a time and go up and
- 6:00down several times
- 6:06in the evening I normally do the dishes
- 6:09dust or mop I use housework as a
- 6:13substitute for sport
- 6:16cleaning is great bodywork for me I
- 6:19frequently use waltz rhythms to liven up
- 6:22the cleaning you seem to have a healthy
- 6:26lifestyle I used to have a different
- 6:29lifestyle a short while ago
- 6:31really
- 6:34yes I had a hard time eating healthy
- 6:36food I was eating at odd times consuming
- 6:40junk and oily food I had heavy meals
- 6:44almost every evening I hardly ever ate a
- 6:47salad or fruits I was eating while the
- 6:50TV was on and would end up overeating
- 6:53and feeling sick I almost never did any
- 6:57exercises I frequently felt exhausted so
- 7:03I finally pulled myself together and
- 7:05made some changes I am rarely tired
- 7:08anymore I have much more energy for my
- 7:12job now so you never eat junk food
- 7:15anymore
- 7:16I do occasionally once a month I guess
- 7:21talking about food made me really hungry
- 7:25would you like to have dinner with me
- 7:27yes I'd love to
- 7:30there's a little place near the park
- 7:32entrance that serves great food that
- 7:36sounds great
- 7:37let's go
- 7:39[Music]
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