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Talking about my daily routines

Hello and welcome to another episode of Elephant English Podcast. Today I'm going to talk about my daily routines.

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1. Hello and welcome to another episode of Elephant English Podcast.
2. Today I'm going to talk about my daily routines.
3. I normally do the same things every week,
4. but some days I do different things.
5. In the United Kingdom, Sunday is normally considered the first day on the calendar,
6. so I'm going to tell you what I normally do on Sundays first.
7. So for me, Sundays are for resting and relaxing.
8. In the morning, I clean the living room, the kitchen and the bathroom.
9. When I have finished cleaning, I make lunch.
10. I normally cook a lot of food
11. because then I can eat it on Monday
12. or Tuesday for example and that way,
13. I don't have to cook every day.
14. In the afternoon, I usually watch the Formula 1 race
15. but there aren't races every week.
16. Finally, in the evening, I prepare my classes for the week
17. because I am a teacher.
18. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays are very similar for me
19. but Mondays are definitely the worst day of the week.
20. I don't like Mondays because I am very tired
21. and because the days feel very long.
22. When I wake up on these days,
23. I brush my teeth, I get dressed,
24. I brush my hair, I have breakfast
25. and then I go to work at 7.30. 7.30.
26. I always have my lunch at work
27. because then I don't have to prepare it.
28. In the UK, people normally have breakfast in the morning after they wake up
29. and they normally have some cereals, a milk
30. and a cup of coffee or a cup of tea.
31. Then at 12 o'clock or 1 o'clock
32. they have their lunch which is normally a sandwich, a salad
33. or something else that is quite small.
34. I come home at 5pm
35. and after that I sometimes have extra English classes in the evenings.
36. I normally have dinner and before I go to bed,
37. I play with my cat because she has got a lot of energy.
38. If I don't play with my cat, she doesn't sleep at night.
39. So this is an important thing for me to do.
40. In the UK, people normally have dinner at 6 o'clock
41. or a bit later when they come back from work.
42. This is the biggest meal of the day
43. and the typical British dinner is a roast dinner which includes some meat,
44. chicken or fish and then some potatoes
45. and some vegetables, other vegetables like carrots, broccoli or peas.
46. However, people obviously don't eat this every day
47. and they might eat a pasta dinner, a curry,
48. a pie or something like that.
49. Before going to bed,
50. some people have a snack that is called supper.
51. Depending on if you are hungry or not,
52. people will have a bigger or a smaller supper.
53. I'm normally happier because it is the weekend.
54. In the evening, I go for a walk
55. or watch a series on Netflix.
56. I like Fridays but I don't have a lot of energy
57. so I normally relax and stay at home.
58. Finally, I normally eat out on Saturdays.
59. My favourite type of restaurants are Italian restaurants
60. because I love pizza and pasta.
61. After eating dinner, I go to the supermarket
62. or to the shopping center
63. because I like to buy the food that I will eat during the week.
64. So today I have talked to you about what I normally do every week.
65. Sometimes I do other different things like going to the mountains
66. or visiting a new city.
67. But this is just a typical week for me.
68. What are your daily routines?
69. So what do you normally do at the weekend?
70. Tell me what you normally do every week in the comment section for me to read
71. and I can reply to you.
72. You can find the transcript
73. and activities related to this video in the description box.
74. I have created a worksheet
75. And you can practice the vocabulary that we have talked about in this video.
76. And please like this video and subscribe if you have enjoyed it.
77. Thank you and see you next time.