21.2. Answer the following questions:

1. What takes up most of John’s time?

2. What things do you dislike about his daily routine?

3. Is his daily routine very different from yours? How?

4. What do you think about his social life? What daily routine may his girlfriend have?

5. Is he happy? Why?

6. Do you think John is successful at his present job?

7. What problems may arise if John gets married and starts a family? Will children fit into this hectic schedule?

21.3. Translate the following word combinations into Ukrainian.

To jolt out of bed, a freshly laundered white shirt, a piece of whole wheat toast, to flip through the What’s on Journal, to hop in the car, to rush to a health club, to schedule lunch with a client, to discuss business over lunch, frantic meetings, delivery of pizza, a rerun of drama series, to turn in, hectic schedule.

21.4. Work in groups of two.

Student A: Take an interview from John. Ask him questions about his daily routine, and ask anything else you would like to know. (E.g. How he feels about his life, what he likes about his work, what his future plans are).

Student B: You are John. Answer the interviewer’s questions about your daily routine. When you are asked about other things, invent suitable answers.

21.5. Pair work: Talk about your every-day routine. Ask the following and more:

1. What time do you get up?

2. What occupies your working day?

3. Where do you usually have breakfast, lunch, dinner?

4. What do you usually do after classes / work?

5. What time do you usually get home?

6. What do you do at the end of the day?

7. What do you do in your spare time?

8. What time do you usually go to bed?

9. What activities do you enjoy? Which ones do you dislike?

10. What would you like to change in your daily routine?