What time do you usually go to bed?


 
Situational Dialogues
 
 
1. The factory manager, Mr Park, criticizes Mrs Kim Sook, a worker

 

Thor

Wake up Kim Sook! You are dead on your feet today.

Friend

Sorry, I had a late night last night.

Thor

Well, you are not paid to sleep on the job.

Friend

Don't give me a hard time Mr Park. You know I work well.

Thor


Yes, usually you are excellent. Sleepy operators are dangerous to everyone though.

Friend

I'm usually in bed by 11pm, but my child was sick all night.

Thor

Oh, I'm sorry. Let me know if you need some time off

Friend

Ah, don't worry about it. Just go.

Thor

Oh, you are no help at all.

 
 
2. Night people and day people .

 

Jung

What time do you usually go to bed ?

 

Choi


Often it's around 1am before I hit the sack, or maybe later if we go out to a club. How about yourself ?

Jung

Me? Oh I'm nearly always in bed by 11pm. I'm no night bird.

Choi

I guess you get up pretty early then ...

Jung

Well yes. I rise at 6am and do some exercises.

Choi


Exercises !!? It takes all my will-power to get out of bed. I'm not civilized until about lunch time.

Jung


Ah, I don't understand guys like you. Burn the candle at both ends and you will be an old man at forty.

Choi


Relax, we're just different, that's all. It takes all kinds of people to make the world go around.

Jung


OK, OK, but quieten down a bit at night, will you ! You woke me up at 3am this morning.

Choi

Oh, sorry about that. Maybe I had a few too many drinks last night.

 

Idioms

dead on your feet / give me a hard time / time off / hit the sack / a night bird / will-power / "not civilized"
/ burn the candle at both ends / it takes all kinds of people to make the world go around / a few too many drinks

 



"What Time Do You Usually Go To Bed?" copyrighted to Thor May 2002; all rights reserved