北师大版高中英语模块1--Unit 1 Lifestyles Les1-3

[00:00.00]Here's the remote control.

[00:02.30]You've got the world at your feet.

[00:04.03]And in your hand.Great!

[00:07.11]A Workaholic

[00:08.85]I normally wake up about five minutes

[00:10.76]before my alarm clock goes off .

[00:13.27]As soon as I hear my alarm clock,

[00:15.10]I jump out of my bed.

[00:16.83]It takes me less than fifteen minytes to wash,

[00:19.38]get changed,have breakfast,

[00:21.26]leave home and get on a bus.

[00:24.20]I am always the first person

[00:25.79]to get to the office.

[00:27.45]The mornings are always very busy

[00:29.17]and the afternoons are even busier!

[00:32.04]Meetings and phone calls take up

[00:33.98]a large part of the day.

[00:36.16]Every minute of the day is filled

[00:37.76]with urgent matters.

[00:39.80]By around eight o'clock I usually find

[00:41.66]some time to do my own papperwork

[00:44.24]and answer some personal e-mails.

[00:47.20]When I get home at about ten.

[00:49.09]I look at some documents that bring back

[00:51.00]from the office so that I can be ready

[00:53.02]for the next day's work .

[00:55.17]I get to bed around mid-night when

[00:57.00]my wife and children are already asleep.

[01:00.27]I seldom have time for fun

[01:01.98]and other activities with my family.

[01:04.70]My family complains about it.

[01:06.82]But I try to work hard so that

[01:08.38]I can make more money for them.

[01:10.81]Besides.I get bored if there's nothing to do.

[01:13.58]I like being busy.

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