【一起闲话英语】起床后做的第一件事-First Thing in the Morning

 Adrienne, The United¹ States

speaker What is the first thing I do in the morning? Well, I guess the first thing I do is I go to the bathroom, but I think everybody does that. After that, I usually take a shower and brush my teeth and get myself organized and so the last thing that I do before I leave the house in the morning is usually eat my breakfast.

 

Barbara, Australia

speaker The first thing I do in the morning is open my eyes, get out of bed, switch² on the computer and check my e-mail. I have a couple of different e-mail accounts³: gmail, yahoo and hotmail and I have to check each of them just to see what message might have come to me since the last time I checked.

 

Conrad, The United States

speaker The first thing I do in the morning is go to the bathroom. Usually, I always drink a lot the night before, drink water, and I don't like to wake up during the middle of the night so as soon as I wake up I go to the restroom and then I'll probably drink another glass of water.

Phil, England

speaker What's the first thing I do in the morning? I go to work very early in the morning so usually when I wake up I'm feeling very, very tired and very angry because I'm awake so normally⁴ the first thing I do in the morning is drink a lot of ice coffee and then I will go and clean my teeth and have a wash or a shower.

 

Skip, The United States

speaker The first thing I do in the morning is turn off the alarm clock before I smash⁵ it because if it goes off I'm going to go completely⁶ crazy so I try and usually set my alarm for seven a.m. and I try and wake up at six fifty-six, or six fifty seven and shut the stupid thing off so it doesn't pierce⁷ my ears, then I have my own like Skip's snooze alarm and I go back to sleep for five or ten minutes and then I slowly roll out of bed and then usually after that I take a shower.

 

speaker Simone, Sweden

What's the first thing I do in the morning? I put the alarm clock on snooze and sleep some more. That's what I do.

1 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

2 switch   

n.开关，电闸，转换，软枝；vt.转变，切换，摆动，转换，使转轨；vi.转换，变换，摆动

参考例句：

• The switch on the wall was beyond the baby's reach.墙上的开关小孩子是够不到的。
• There's been a switch in our plans.我们的计划改变了。

3 accounts   

n.往来帐目

参考例句：

• Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination. 当时的报道证实了他的勇气和决心。
• They confused me with conflicting accounts of what happened. 他们对发生的事所作的陈述自相矛盾，使我迷惑不解。

4 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

5 smash   

v.粉碎，打碎；n.轰动的演出，巨大的成功

参考例句：

• We heard the smash of plates breaking in the kitchen.我们听到厨房里盘子破碎的声音。
• The gifted author wrote one smash after another.这个天才作家创作了一篇又一篇轰动一时的作品。

6 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

7 pierce   

n.皮尔斯；v.刺穿，穿透，洞悉

参考例句：

• We use the machine to pierce holes in the steel sheet.我们用机器在钢板上打洞。
• Any sights could pierce them.任何景色都会刺激他们。