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Morning Person
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Morning Person
早起的人

Count and Non-Count Nouns

Date: Nov 23 2011

Themes: Time

Grammar: Count and Noncount Nouns

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When your alarm clock rings, what do you do? Do you roll over and hit the snooze button? Or do you jump out of bed, ready to start another day?

If you find it easy to wake up and enjoy rising with the sun, you must be a morning person. Luckily, for the rest of us, there’s always coffee. Find out if Marni and Mason are morning people.

当闹钟响起时,你会做什么?你是会翻过身去,然后按下贪睡按钮?或者还是立刻起床,准备开始新的一天?
如果你发现自己很容易睡醒,并且享受日出的时刻,那你一定是早起的人。而对于我们其他人来说,幸亏我们有咖啡可以让自己提神。看看玛尼和梅森是不是早起的人。

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Marni

Marni

Mason

Mason

Marni:  Gosh, Mason. You know, I am just not really a morning person.

Mason:  No?

Marni:  No. I’m having a hard time getting going. You know, I don’t like the “rise and shine!” I’m not perky. I just kinda get out of bed and I trudge to the bathroom.

Mason:  How many alarms do you set for yourself to get out of bed? And/or do you hit the snooze button?

Marni:  I only set one alarm, and I do hit the snooze button.

Mason:  Yeah, see, I usually wake up anywhere from five to 30 minutes before my alarm, which is less than ideal because I never wake up right when I want to, and then you have a choice, right? You can embrace the fact that you’re mostly awake and get up early, make yourself a cup of coffee, read a paper, whatever. Or you can maybe go back to sleep, but for me, when I get woken up in the middle of a deep sleep, I’m just a wreck for the rest of the day.

Marni:  Yeah, I just have a hard time getting a head start. I’ve kind of had to become a morning person being in the teaching profession, obviously. So I’m making myself go to bed earlier and earlier. But I just love staying up late. I’m a total night owl.

Mason:  Can you force yourself to go to bed early?

Marni:  Yeah, I have found some coping mechanisms. I make a lot of chamomile tea, maybe if it’s been a particularly hard day…

Mason:  Couple bottles of wine?

Marni:  Well, sure.

 

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Marni is tired. She hasn’t been able to wake up yet. She dislikes getting up early and is not a morning person.

Mason is more of a morning person than Marni. In fact, he doesn’t even need an alarm to wake up. He usually wakes up naturally, before his alarm rings.

It’s necessary for Marni to get up early because of her job. She tries to go to sleep early at night so that it will be easier for her to get up when her alarm rings. But she prefers to stay up late. She is a night owl.

Are you a morning person? Is it easy for you to wake up in the morning? Do you use an alarm clock?

 

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Sphenothalami

Syrian Arab Republic

I like morning time, it is my best time for studying, esp. after a cup of coffee, which stimulates my “synapses”.


Add to that, dawn is the time for “Fajer” prayer, according to Islam.




05:14 PM Nov 23 2011 |

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AbdulWajidrajput

India

its very easy to learn english by english baby ,, since i joined their email course i m getting better day by day in english. 

03:51 PM Nov 23 2011 |

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Hamdy

Egypt

But sometimes Ilove to stay in night.


 

03:47 PM Nov 23 2011 |

Hamdy

Egypt

But sometimes Ilove to stay in night.


 

03:47 PM Nov 23 2011 |

Hamdy

Egypt

But sometimes Ilove to stay in night.


 

03:47 PM Nov 23 2011 |

Hamdy

Egypt

Wake up morning is very healthy but it’s hard to wake up in winter but any way I love morning.

03:46 PM Nov 23 2011 |

lynn lam

lynn lam

China

to be a morning person is not a big deal,the hard thing is sleep early。

03:11 PM Nov 23 2011 |

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peyman gh

peyman gh

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I always wake up early.i don’t like that beacuse i’m a dreamy person.

02:59 PM Nov 23 2011 |

Bruce_zhou

China

When it come’s moring person,i m defintely a moring person,even though  i go to sleep so late,but i enforce myselfe wake up on time via alarm clock,normally,i get up when the alarm clock rings one time,i never press the snooze button,to be honest ,some time especial in winter,i want to press that button and go back to sleep again,but i fight in my heart and get up eventually.in winter get up really need more courage,because it’s really cold when u leave your bed,after some mins for hesitating,i choice get up,every time after i defeat myselfe i feel more better and successful.actually i m also a night awl,i like doing something what i like to do in night ,because it’s really quite at that time ,i can concentrate to do anything and none distrub me.normally i like chatting with my friends on internet at night,but as we all know,working in night and go to sleep too late it’s not good for our body and heath,as the saying goes,get sleep early and get up early ,you well be more health and better spirit.

01:46 PM Nov 23 2011 |

its_angeline

Philippines

i am a night owl, i like staying up late at nights watching movies and chatting with my friends.

01:23 PM Nov 23 2011 |

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Di_Noskova

Di_Noskova

Georgia

no doubt I’m a night owl)

12:42 PM Nov 23 2011 |

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FUN777

FUN777

Egypt

Actually, i used to get up early, even though i got into bed late the day before, so i can tell i’m a morning person.

12:28 PM Nov 23 2011 |

Daniel Mc

Daniel Mc

Peru

I usually wake up early to do homework.

12:20 PM Nov 23 2011 |

paranoidancer

Indonesia

I can say I am a morning person, but I am not that energetic jump out of bed right away. When alarm clock rings. Hit the snooze button and roll over. still laying lazy like for 3 minutes and get up with zero energy. then make coffee and hello sunshine..

12:13 PM Nov 23 2011 |

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Learner of Life

Indonesia

I’m a morning person.


In normal days, I don’t need an alarm clock to wake up in the morning.


I prefer to sleep early then wake up in the early morning (almost midnight).


When the world surround me a half asleep, I can feel how peaceful in my mind and heart in that time. Especially, as I’m a muslim, in the one third of night is a good time to get close to my God more and more by performing night prayer and pray, it’s also good time to contemplate myself…


However, in other condition, when I need to sleep late, I usually use an alarm clock to make sure I don’t lose my morning.


It’s felt like I lose something when I wake up late!

11:59 AM Nov 23 2011 |

osamab18

Sudan

yes I am morning person . most of muslims are morning people because they are praying before sunrise .yes islam is truth I hope all people know it.

11:55 AM Nov 23 2011 |

Maria del Alba

Spain

I am not a morning person at all. In fact, I hate getting up early in the morning. I am really a night owl cauze I like staying up late at nights. 


I usually use an alarm clock when I have to get up early in the morning, but if I don’t, I usually get up at 10 am or later.

11:41 AM Nov 23 2011 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

May be I’m a morning person, because I prefer to get up at 7:30-8:00AM at weekends and when I don’t need to go to work. My working day starts extremely early – at 5:50 AM!!!! It it not easy for me to get up quickly. I try to stay in the bed at least 5 or 10 min before I force myself to get up my head from the pillow.


Despite that I’m seems to be a morning person. It is not easy to wake at 5:50 AM Frown


11:33 AM Nov 23 2011 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

Martha,  Regarding your  parents advice (get up early)  in  my country older people  say (in spanish)  Al que madruga dios lo ayuda). i can not give a literal translations  but  in english would be “The early bird gets the worm”


10:27 AM Nov 23 2011 |

aziz4014

Algeria

i ‘m a morning person.i always awake up early, cause i dont like to lose my day on sleeping while i have many good things to do.i dont like to miss it.

08:43 AM Nov 23 2011 |

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