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Lesson 1 A Perfect Day?
第一課 完美的一天？
A Couch Potato
終日懶散在家的人
Forty-three-year-old Brian Blakey from Birmingham is sitting on his sofa and telling me about his perfect day.
43歲的布賴恩·布雷奇來自伯明翰，他正坐在沙發上，向我講述他完美的一天。
When I wake up I don't get up immediately.
我睡覺睡醒后不馬上起床。
I turn on the television and watch the children's programmes and old movies until about half-past ten.
我打開電視看兒童節目和老電影，看到大約10點半。
Then I get up, go downstairs and switch on the TV in the living room.
然后我起床下樓，打開客廳的電視。
For lunch, I have biscuits and a glass of milk, and I watch the news.
我中午吃餅干，喝一杯牛奶，看新聞。
In the afternoon, I often watch another old film - they're showing some good ones at the moment.
下午我一般再看一部老電影—那時正播一些好看的電影。
In the evenings, I often watch TV series or sport and the news again.
晚上我常常看電視劇或體育節目，接著再看新聞。
I like the main news at six o'clock.
我喜歡6點的要點新聞。
At nine thirty, if there is a good play on BBC 2, I switch over and watch it.
如果9點半BBC二套有好節目，我就換臺看看。
Then at night, I watch more films and I usually switch off the TV at about two o'clock.
然后我晚上再看些電影，通常大概2點關電視。
I never watch TV all night.
我從不整夜看電視。
I watch TV for sixteen or seventeen hours a day.
我每天看16到17個小時的電視。
I also do some exercise every day. I take Tina, the dog, for a walk every afternoon.
我每天還做些運動。每天下午帶我的狗緹娜遛彎。
I don't go far, of course. I walk to the wall outside my house.
當然我不會走遠。我只走到房子外的圍墻。
I always take my portable TV and I sit on the stone wall while the dog walks round in a circle.
我總是帶著我的便攜電視，坐在石墻上，狗就在我身邊轉圈。
Of course, I couldn't live this lifestyle without a good wife.
當然，沒有一個好妻子我是不能以這種方式生活的。
She's not here now because she's working, but she always makes my meals.
她在工作，所以現在不在，但是她總是給我做飯。
We haven't got much money, you know, but we're happy.
我們沒多少錢，你知道，但是我們很快樂。
Sit down and watch TV. Here's the remote control.
坐下來，看電視。這是遙控器。
You've got the world at your feet. And in your hand. Great!
整個世界就在你腳下。也在你手中。真棒！
