Lesson 1 A Perfect Day?
第一课 完美的一天？
A Couch Potato
终日懒散在家的人
Forty-three-year-old Brian Blakey from Birmingham is sitting on his sofa and telling me about his perfect day.
43岁的布赖恩·布雷奇来自伯明翰，他正坐在沙发上，向我讲述他完美的一天。
When I wake up I don't get up immediately.
我睡觉睡醒后不马上起床。
I turn on the television and watch the children's programmes and old movies until about half-past ten.
我打开电视看儿童节目和老电影，看到大约10点半。
Then I get up, go downstairs and switch on the TV in the living room.
然后我起床下楼，打开客厅的电视。
For lunch, I have biscuits and a glass of milk, and I watch the news.
我中午吃饼干，喝一杯牛奶，看新闻。
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电影—那时正播一些好看的电影。
In the evenings, I often watch TV series or sport and the news again.
晚上我常常看电视剧或体育节目，接着再看新闻。
I like the main news at six o'clock.
我喜欢6点的要点新闻。
At nine thirty, if there is a good play on BBC 2, I switch over and watch it.
如果9点半BBC二套有好节目，我就换台看看。
Then at night, I watch more films and I usually switch off the TV at about two o'clock.
然后我晚上再看些电影，通常大概2点关电视。
I never watch TV all night.
我从不整夜看电视。
I watch TV for sixteen or seventeen hours a day.
我每天看16到17个小时的电视。
I also do some exercise every day. I take Tina, the dog, for a walk every afternoon.
我每天还做些运动。每天下午带我的狗缇娜遛弯。
I don't go far, of course. I walk to the wall outside my house.
当然我不会走远。我只走到房子外的围墙。
I always take my portable TV and I sit on the stone wall while the dog walks round in a circle.
我总是带着我的便携电视，坐在石墙上，狗就在我身边转圈。
Of course, I couldn't live this lifestyle without a good wife.
当然，没有一个好妻子我是不能以这种方式生活的。
She's not here now because she's working, but she always makes my meals.
她在工作，所以现在不在，但是她总是给我做饭。
We haven't got much money, you know, but we're happy.
我们没多少钱，你知道，但是我们很快乐。
Sit down and watch TV. Here's the remote control.
坐下来，看电视。这是遥控器。
You've got the world at your feet. And in your hand. Great!
整个世界就在你脚下。也在你手中。真棒！
