Daily Routines
1. What time do you get up, and what do you do before work or school?
2. How do you go to school or work? By bus, underground, etc.
3. What do you do during your journey? Listen to music, observe people?
4. Tell us about your school/work day. What do you do during a typical day?
5. What time do you go home, and what do you do in the evenings?
6. Tell us about your weekend routines. What do you usually do at weekends?
Related Words: get up, stay in bed, have breakfast, have lunch, have dinner, commute to work, brush my teeth, wash my face, put on makeup, get dressed, gather with friends, take a shower, style my hair, watch TV, read the newspapers, go to bed, study, drink coffee/tea, chat with my friends
EXAMPLE ANSWERS: Daily Routine:
Hello. I am Onur. I am one of the students at Spoken Cafe. Here is my daily routine.
1. I get up at 7:00. I brush my teeth, eat breakfast, and get ready for the day.
2. I go by the M1 underground. It is fast and easy.
3. I listen to music or watch the people on the train.
4. At school, I study, talk with friends, and do homework. I don’t have a job yet.
5. I go home at 5:00 PM. In the evening, I eat dinner, watch TV, and relax.
6. On weekends, I sleep late, meet friends, clean my room, and sometimes go to the park.
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Michel Lotito: The Man Who Ate Unusual Objects
In 1978, a French man named Michel Lotito did something very unusual because he wanted to be in the Guinness Book of World Records. He started eating a Cessna 150 aeroplane! Lotito was not like most people. He had a special ability to eat dangerous things, not food.
When he was only nine years old, Lotito was diagnosed with a condition called pica. Pica is a syndrome that makes people eat things that are not food, like metal, glass, or plastic. Over the years, Lotito’s strange habit continued. He would eat objects that no one else would even touch.
It took him two years to eat the whole plane. He started in 1978, and by 1980, he had finished eating the last part of the aeroplane.
But his strange eating didn’t stop there. In 1981, after having serious surgery after being attacked and stabbing, Lotito ate a robot just three weeks later!
Here’s a list of some of the things Lotito ate: 18 bicycles, 15 shopping carts, 7 televisions, 6 chandeliers, 2 beds, 1 pair of skis, 1 computer, 1 Cessna aeroplane, 1 robot, 1 waterbed, 1 coffin
Michel Lotito became famous for his ability to eat strange objects. People were amazed and shocked by what he could do. He earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for his unusual ability.
Lotito’s story is a reminder of how people with rare conditions can do things that others may never think possible.
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READ/SPEAK
Tell us about your diet. When and what do you usually eat?
What is the most unusual food you have ever eaten?
Have you ever heard of someone or a friend eating something strange? What did they eat?
Used to say that it is still possible for a situation to change:
“Ok, Beşiktaş hasn’t been good this year. But don’t forget: it isn’t over till the fat lady sings.”
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Do you want to change anything in your life? Work, city, university, etc. Why do you want to change them?