A fashion designer from Tokyo

A day in the life of Takashi Takashimi,

Read three texts about a typical weekday in the life of different people and make notes in the table.

Reading

A B

Number the words below from the shortest time to the longest time.

Note

- You can also use numbers to say the time. E.g. 9.15 – nine fifteen.

- In Britain, the twenty-four-hour clock, e.g. 23:30, is only used for programmes, timetables and notices.

- 10 a.m. – ten o’clock in the morning

- 3 p.m. – three o’clock in the afternoon.

- 6 p.m. – six o’clock in the evening

- 11 p.m. – eleven o’clock at night

- Noon, midday – 12:00 hours

- Midnight – 24:00 hours.

Day hour fortnight year second month minute week century

1 second

7.4 Match the columns A and B and make sentences like in the example.

Example: 6:15 to wake up I wake up at a quarter past six.

6:20 to get up

6:25 to go to bed

6:30 to meet one’s friends

7:00 to return home

7:15 to have lunch

7:35 to leave the house

8:00 to have breakfast

12:00 to go jogging

17:00 to arrive at the university

17:35 to have a shower and get dressed

18:20 to have dinner

20:30 to make one’s bed

23:05 to do one’s homework

7.5 Match the symbols with the household jobs.

The cooking the shopping

the vacuuming the laundry

the washing up the ironing

7.6 Make notes of things you did yesterday. Now say what you were doing at the periods:

1 from 7 a.m. till 8 a.m.

2 from 8 a.m. till 1 p.m.

3 from 1p.m. till 11 p.m.

Example: Yesterday from 7.30 till 7.45 I was having breakfast.

I get up at about eleven or twelve o’clock every day. I get up late partly because I travel a lot and get jet lag but also because I don’t like getting up early. I never eat breakfast – I sometimes have a cup of tea. I eat nothing during the day. I just don’t feel hungry at all.

I live about eight minutes from the office near Shibuya. I drive to the office every morning in my car – a black BMW. I love driving. I always wear black or navy blue. I sometimes wear a white shirt or T-shirt but no bright colours.

I work from about noon till seven in the evening. I don’t mind working late. Before a fashion show I usually work until eleven or twelve at night. I eat out in restaurants about six nights a week. I hate going to new restaurants. I usually go to a few old favourites.

I live with my daughter, who’s eighteen. The house is always untidy. She doesn’t like cooking or cleaning and neither do I! I spend no time at all in my home – it’s not a big part of my life.

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