Unit 8 Page 83 Lesson D2B

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Lesson D: Home habits.

1. Listening and writing. Evening routines.

B, Listen. What does Mario do when he gets home? Number the pictures above in the order he does things. Is your evening like Mario’s?

So what’s your evening routine like, Mario?

I mean, what do you do when you get home?

I do the same thing pretty much every night. Uh, as soon as I get home, I open all the windows. I like fresh air, so even in winter I open them for a while. Then I check my phone messages, and after that, I do yesterday’s dishes.

Uh-huh.

I hate doing dishes right after dinner, so I always leave them in the sink until the next night. And there’s no time to do them in the morning before I leave for work, so…

Right.

Um, so, next I take a shower, a nice long hot shower-and change my clothes.

Then what?

Well, then I watch some TV and relax for a while. I mean, half an hour or so. It depends.

And then dinner?

Yeah. I mean, sometimes I watch TV during dinner, but yeah, I have dinner something quick out of the microwave. I’m not much of a cook. And then I open my mail and read it at the table, if I have any mail.

What do you do after dinner?

Um, let me think, uh, not much. Well, sometimes I do laundry right before I go to bed. I just throw my clothes in the washer and let it run while I sleep. And then I put them in the dryer in the morning. But that’s just once or twice a week.

So when do you go to bed?

Um, usually around ten. I clean up a bit first, put things away. I try to keep the place tidy. And then before I go to sleep, I read a book or something. And that’s pretty much it-same kind of thing every day! Gosh, am I that boring?

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