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091 time
Words
Period pass eternal on time era age straightaway shortly soon fortnight
century usually never always seldom suddenly finally since until spend(time)
Phrases
Go on for…
For the time being
Just in time
Right now
Take you time
From now on
Long ago
Spend (hours) on something
The day before yesterday
Hardly ever
Beginner
A: how do you usually spend your time, now that you’ve retired?
B: well, I nearly always get up at dawn. I don’t like sleeping in late. The
days are longer in summer that in winter, so I get up in summer. I usually do
some exercise when I get up.
A: what do you have for breakfast?
B: I usually have cereal, but sometimes I cook a traditional English
breakfast.
A: that sounds nice. How do you spend your morning?
B; I usually do housework in mornings. I go shopping occasionally. I like
to do all my shopping in one bag trip to the supemp3arket. I always drive to the
big supemp3arket in the city center. It takes about 20 minutes to drive
there.
A: how do you spend your afternoon?
B: I usually meet some friends and we play sports together or I might spend
some time alone on my hobbies. I spend winter evening watching tv, but I spend
summer evening at cultural events if I have time.
Intemp3ediate
A: we’ve god a lot of word to do now, but take your time over this project.
We don’t want to make any mistakes.
B: ok. I should have it finished by Friday afternoon. Then I can check
those account over the weekend. We need to have them finished by Monday,
right?
A: that’s right. We’ll finish them just in time. The macy project can wait
for the time being. We need to spend several days on that project, but it isn’t
due to be finished until the end of the month, so we have plenty of time to get
it done.
B; fomp3 next week on, we should be in less of a rush.
A: I’m going to give everyone on the team an extra day off. Everyone
deserves it.
B: don’t’ say that yet. A new project could suddenly appear.
A; that’s true. Right. I’m going back to the meeting. It’s been going on
for hours and there’s no indication that it’ll end soon.
B: carol said that she would spend some time checking that everyone is
up-to-date with their work.
A: good. I have to go right now. I really hop this meeting doesn’t last too
long.
B: they usually go on for ages.
A; I’ll stop by if I have time later. Make sure everyone knows that we must
stick to the deadlines.
B; I will. Enjoy your meeting! |
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发表于 2016-7-13 21:58:37