【正文】 te at night. I have cows, sheep, pigs and chickens on my farm. I have to make sure they are free of sickness. I also grow wheat and vegetables so there are many things to look after.In the evening, I like to play with my children. I have two children, a boy and a girl. They are six and eight years old. I also like to study. Right now I am studying Chinese by distance learning. I am very interested in China and it39。t need to travel. After a big breakfast in my house, I walk out of the front door and I39。clock every morning when it39。t like the underground!I spend all morning checking numbers. Lunch is always simple. I often get a sandwich in a nearby sandwich shop or I just have some biscuits and a cup of coffee. Then in the afternoon, I return to the paperwork in the office.On Monday nights, I have dance classes, and on Wednesday nights, I go to the gym. I need to do that because I don39。t find anywhere to sit. I just stand. I39。s what people call the underground in London. It takes about fifty minutes. Usually, it39。clock so I usually get up at seven o39。s work. I get to bed around midnight when my wife and children are already asleep.I seldom have time for fun and other activities with my family. My family plains about it.But I try to work hard so that I can make more money for them. Besides, I get bored if there39。ve got the world at your feet. And in your hand. Great!A WorkaholicThirtysixyearold Bob Black is sitting at his desk and working his way through his paperwork. I normally wake up about five minutes before my alarm clock goes off. As soon as I hear my alarm clock, I jump out of my bed. It takes me less than fifteen minutes to wash, get changed, have breakfast, leave home and get on a bus.I am always the first person to get to the office. The mornings are always very busy and the afternoons are even busier! Meetings and phone calls take up a large part of the day. Every minute of the day is filled with urgent matters. By around eight o39。re happy. Sit down and watch TV. Here39。s working, but she always makes my meals. We haven39。t live this lifestyle without a good wife. She39。clock. I never watch TV all night.I watch TV for sixteen or seventeen hours a day. I also do some exercise every day. I take Tina, the dog, for a walk every afternoon. I don39。re showing some good ones at the moment. In the evenings, I often watch TV series or sport and the news again. I like the main news at six o39。t get up immediately. I turn on the television and watch the children39。.. . . ..M1 U1 L1A Couch PotatoFortythreeyearold Brian Blakey from Birmingham is sitting on his sofa and telling me about his perfect day.When I wake up I don39。s programmes and old movies until about halfpast ten. Then I get up, go downstairs and switch on the TV in the living room. For lunch, I have biscuits and a glass of milk, and I watch the news. In the afternoon, I often watch another old film – they39。clock. At nine thirty, if there is a good play on BBC 2, I switch over and watch it. Then at night, I watch more films and I usually switch off the TV at about two o39。t go far, of course. I walk to the wall outside my house. I always take my portable TV and I sit on the stone wall while the dog walks round in a circle.Of course, I couldn39。s not here now because she39。t got much money, you know, but we39。s the remote control. You39。clock, I usually find some time to do my own paperwork and answer some personal s.When I get home at about ten, I look at some documents that I bring back from the office so that I can be ready for the next day39。s nothing to do. I like being busy.U1 L4City and CountryDebbie is an accountant in a large pany in the centre of London. I need to be in my office by nine o39。clock. I travel to work on “the tube”. That39。s so crowded that I can39。m always tired before I arrive at work. I don39。t get enough exercise otherwise. On Tuesday and Thursday nights, I have French classes. I work for a French pany so I think studying French will help me in my job.I go to the cinema almost every weekend. Sometimes, if the weather forecast is good, my friends and I drive to the countryside for a weekend break. We like to visit nice, quiet places far away from the city and go walking where there are no shops, crowds or the tube. That fresh air is so good for my lungs. I love it.Paul lives in a small village in the north of England.I usually get up at four o39。s still dark. I live and work on the farm so I don39。m already at work.There are many things to do on the farm all day. We don39。s my dream to see the Great Wall one day.I love movies. My wife calls me a “movie fan”. But there isn39。t get the chance to go very often. I go about twice a year, usually when I go to London with my family. We take a weekend break there when I am not too busy on the farm. My wife loves looking in the clothes shops and I like all the crowds and the noise. I also like to buy a few cigars. Unfortunately, my wife isn39。s red buses and they especially love to go on the tube!U2 L11 Modern HeroesNational HeroChina39。s first astronaut,Yang , who was a pilot in the army, was chosen from 1,500 other army pilots and started training for his space flight in 1998.The launch was very successful. “When the spaceship was lifting off, I could really feel the high gravity”, said Yang Liwei. “When the spaceship separated from the rocket, I suddenly got a feeling of soaring into the sky because of the zero gravity.” During the 21hour space flight, the Shenzhou V circled the earth 14 times. While the spaceship was circling the earth for the sixth time,Yang Liwei spoke with ground control in Gansu. He was also able to speak with his wife and 8yearold son.Yang Liwei had several tasks to plete during the flight and only slept in the spaceship for about 3 hours. While he was sleeping, the spaceship circled the earth twice.When the