I asked you to ask us your top questions about daily routines, so today I'm here with my husband Dan.

我曾請大家向我們提出有關日常作息的首要問題，所以今天我和我的丈夫 Dan 一起來了。

Dan- Hello.

Dan- 你好。

Vanessa- And we're going to be answering your questions.

Vanessa- 我們將回答你們的問題。

Will your question be featured in today's lesson?

您的問題會出現在今天的課程中嗎？

I don't know.

我不知道。

We'll watch to find out.

我們將拭目以待。

Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com and like always, I have created a free PDF which is here over Dan's face and it is going to include all of the wonderful questions, all of the vocabulary that we're going to use today, definitions, extra sample sentences so that you can use this vocabulary yourself because the goal of today's lesson is to help you understand real conversations, but also be able to have real conversations yourself.

大家好，我是來自 SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 的 Vanessa，和往常一樣，我製作了一份免費的 PDF 文件，在 Dan 的臉上，它將包括所有精彩的問題、我們今天要用到的所有詞彙、定義、額外的例句，這樣你就可以自己使用這些詞彙，因為今天課程的目標是幫助你理解真實的對話，同時也能夠自己進行真實的對話。

So please download this free worksheet, expand your vocabulary and your speaking skills so that you can go into the world with confidence.

是以，請下載這份免費工作表，擴大你的詞彙量，提高你的口語技能，讓你自信地走向世界。

You can click on the link in the description to download that free PDF worksheet today.

您可以點擊說明中的鏈接，下載免費的 PDF 工作表。

All right, are you ready to get started with our first category of questions?

好了，準備好開始我們的第一類問題了嗎？

Dan- I'm ready.

Dan- 我準備好了。

I'm coming in blind too, so this should be interesting.

我也是盲人摸象，所以應該會很有趣。

Vanessa- Yeah, Dan has no idea what these questions are.

Vanessa- 是啊，Dan 根本不知道這些問題是什麼。

The first category are questions about daily routine.

第一類是有關日常生活的問題。

The second category are questions about food and the third category are questions about activities or hobbies and there are a lot of questions.

第二類是關於食物的問題，第三類是關於活動或愛好的問題，問題很多。

So we're going to try to whip through these lightning speed and just see what happens.

所以，我們要以迅雷不及掩耳之勢，把這些東西一掃而空，看看會發生什麼。

Are you ready?

準備好了嗎？

Dan- I'm ready.

Dan- 我準備好了。

Vanessa- All right.

Vanessa- All right.

Questions about daily routine.

有關日常生活的問題。

The first question is, what is your routine every morning?

第一個問題是，你每天早上的作息時間是怎樣的？

Dan- My routine every morning.

Dan- 我每天早上的例行公事。

Well, as you know, I get out of bed, I look in the mirror for two seconds and I go like this.

你也知道，我從床上爬起來，對著鏡子照了兩秒鐘，然後就這樣了。

Vanessa- And I always laugh because I think that is such a non-woman way to get ready in the morning.

Vanessa- 我總是笑，因為我覺得這樣的早晨準備方式太不女性化了。

Just, okay, I'm good.

只是，好吧，我很好。

Dan- Yeah, okay.

丹 好的

Nothing on my face.

我臉上什麼都沒有

All right, go.

好了，走吧

And then maybe brush my teeth sometimes and then go make breakfast.

然後可能偶爾刷刷牙，再去做早餐。

So I make breakfast for both my kids, but not you because you like to eat later.

所以我給兩個孩子都做了早餐，但你沒有，因為你喜歡晚點吃。

And then I pack my son a lunch and myself a lunch and then we go to school.

然後我給兒子準備午餐，給自己準備午餐，然後我們就去上學了。

We drive to school together.

我們一起開車上學。

So gather all the stuff and go.

那就收拾東西出發吧。

Vanessa- Yep.

Vanessa- 是的。

That's the morning routine.

這就是早晨的例行公事。

Dan- How about you?

Dan- 你呢？

Vanessa- Well, while Dan is making breakfast, I wake up, I nurse our baby and walk into the kitchen, try to spend a little time with our kids.

Vanessa- 好吧，當 Dan 做早餐的時候，我醒來，給孩子餵奶，然後走進廚房，試著花一點時間和孩子們在一起。

I make some tea, we eat breakfast together and I help our oldest get out the door with

我泡好茶，我們一起吃早餐，然後我扶著我們的老大走出家門。

Dan.

丹

Dan- That could be a challenge.

Dan- 這可能是個挑戰。

Vanessa- And then I spend some time with our three-year-old before we go to preschool.

Vanessa- 然後在我們去學前班之前，我會花一些時間陪陪我們三歲的孩子。

So our carpool friends pick him up and take him to preschool about 30 minutes after they leave.

是以，我們的拼車朋友會在他們離開後 30 分鐘左右來接他去幼兒園。

So we have a nice 30 minutes of quality time together.

是以，我們有 30 分鐘的美好時光在一起。

And usually I push him on the swing outside.

通常我會把他推到外面盪鞦韆。

That's his favorite thing.

這是他的最愛。

And then he goes to preschool with our carpool friends and I put our baby down for a nap and my day begins.

然後他和我們的拼車朋友一起去幼兒園，我把孩子放下來小睡一會兒，一天的工作就開始了。

All right, question number two.

好吧，第二個問題。

Dan- Question two.

Dan- 第二個問題。

Vanessa- How has your morning routine changed now that you have three kids?

Vanessa- 有了三個孩子後，你的晨間作息有什麼變化？

What hasn't changed is the question.

不變的是問題。

Dan- Well, the biggest thing is school for me.

Dan- 對我來說，最大的事情就是上學。

We never had to get ready for school before.

我們以前從沒準備過上學。

And I work at the school too.

我也在學校工作。

So pretty much everything has changed about the morning routine because of the children.

是以，因為有了孩子，早晨的作息時間幾乎都發生了變化。

But as far as three children go, I mean- Vanessa- Two, three, eh?

但至於三個孩子，我是說-- 瓦妮莎-- 兩個，三個，嗯？

Dan- Yeah.

Dan- 是的。

Our third baby is so easy.

我們的第三個孩子非常容易。

She doesn't really count as far as a lot of work yet.

她的工作量還不算大。

Vanessa- Yeah.

Vanessa- 是的。

I feel like the routine changing was more no kids or kids.

我覺得常規的改變更多的是沒有孩子或有孩子。

When you don't have kids, your morning routine is really different.

當你沒有孩子時，你的晨間作息就真的不一樣了。

We just spent more time.

我們只是花了更多的時間。

It was quieter.

更安靜了。

I don't even know what life was like.

我甚至不知道當時的生活是怎樣的。

Drank my tea quietly.

靜靜地喝著茶

But now you're always multitasking.

但現在，你總是身兼多職。

I'm reading a book, nursing a baby, and drinking my tea at the same time.

我一邊看書，一邊給孩子餵奶，一邊喝茶。

There's just more going on all the time.

事情總是越來越多。

Yeah, I'd say that's the biggest thing for me.

對我來說，這是最重要的事情。

All right, next question.

好的，下一個問題。

What is the best part of your daily routine that you really enjoy?

在您的日常生活中，什麼是您最喜歡的部分？

Dan- Coffee.

Dan- 咖啡

Vanessa- It doesn't have to be morning routine.

Vanessa- 不一定非要晨練。

It could be like- Dan- I thought you said morning routine.

丹 我以為你說的是晨間例行公事

Vanessa- Daily routine.

Vanessa- 日常工作。

That's the thing that's changed the most since having three kids.

這是有三個孩子後變化最大的一件事。

Something that routinely happens in your day is considered your daily routine.

每天例行發生的事情被視為你的日常工作。

Something that happens regularly.

經常發生的事

Dan- It might still be coffee.

Dan- 可能還是咖啡。

Vanessa- Okay.

好的

Dan- Yeah.

Dan- 是的。

I don't know.

我不知道。

I have a morning coffee and an afternoon coffee and try to cling to those moments when I can.

我每天早上喝咖啡，下午喝咖啡，只要有機會，我就會努力抓住這些時光。

Vanessa- Cool.

Vanessa- 酷。

Cool.

酷斃了

Dan- Yeah.

Dan- 是的。

I also like lunchtime.

我也喜歡午餐時間。

Food and drink are really nice.

食物和飲料都非常不錯。

I mean, it's routine.

我的意思是，這是例行公事。

It's like, this is what I do every day.

就好像，這就是我每天要做的事情。

The ride to and from school is nice as well because I usually listen to something with my son, either music or an audio book.

上下學的路上也不錯，因為我通常會和兒子一起聽音樂或有聲讀物。

We chat together as well.

我們還一起哈拉。

That's a nice routine that we have going every day.

這是我們每天都要做的一件好事。

Vanessa- Yeah.

Vanessa- 是的。

Some quality time together.

共度美好時光

Yeah.

是啊

Dan- How about you?

Dan- 你呢？

Vanessa- I think ... Well, I had the privilege of reading these questions in advance, so

Vanessa- 我想...我有幸提前閱讀了這些問題，所以

I had a moment to think about them.

我想了一會兒。

Dan- Oh, she got to think about it.

丹--哦，她得考慮一下。

Vanessa- I think one of the parts of my day that I enjoy the most is at the end of the day when we sit at the table and we eat dinner, we often ask each other a very simple question.

凡妮莎--我覺得我每天最享受的時光之一，就是在一天結束的時候，當我們坐在餐桌旁吃晚飯時，我們經常會問對方一個非常簡單的問題。

What was the best part of your day?

今天最開心的是什麼？

Sometimes we also ask, what was the most challenging part of your day?

有時我們也會問，你一天中最具挑戰性的部分是什麼？

If a day was particularly challenging or just if we remember it.

如果某一天特別具有挑戰性，或者只是我們記得它。

It's interesting to kind of hear what everyone has to say.

聽聽大家的意見很有意思。

For our kids, sometimes it's this meal right now.

對我們的孩子來說，有時就是現在這頓飯。

They only live in the moment.

他們只活在當下。

They don't remember what happened 10 minutes ago.

他們不記得 10 分鐘前發生了什麼。

It's just, what was the best part of your day?

你今天最開心的是什麼？

Right now.

就是現在

I like that.

我喜歡這樣。

Dan- Yeah, definitely.

Dan- 是的，當然。

Vanessa- Kind of a moment together.

Vanessa- 算是在一起的時刻吧。

Yeah.

是啊

I think that's something that I look forward to, coming together at the end of the day.

我想這就是我所期待的，在一天結束時聚在一起。

Next question is, what do you do at night when you are going to sleep?

下一個問題是，您晚上睡覺時會做什麼？

What's your nighttime routine?

您的夜間作息時間是怎樣的？

A nighttime routine for me, I don't really think I have much of a nighttime routine.

我的夜間作息時間，我真的不覺得我有什麼夜間作息時間。

I mean, I brush my teeth.

我的意思是，我刷牙。

Good.

很好。

And sometimes I shower.

有時我也會洗澡。

Good.

很好。

These are things I sometimes do every night or most nights.

這些都是我有時每晚或大多數晚上都會做的事情。

Yeah.

是啊

But other than that, I just, I am the kind of guy who just kind of hits the pillow and falls asleep pretty quickly.

除此之外，我就是那種一碰到枕頭就很快睡著的人。

Nowadays, especially, I mean, before kids, I had trouble going to sleep and wouldn't fall asleep.

尤其是現在，我是說，在有孩子之前，我很難入睡，睡不著。

But now that I have children, when I go to bed, I'm just going to sleep, typically.

但現在我有了孩子，上床睡覺時，我一般都是直接睡覺。

You're just really tired?

你只是真的累了？

Yeah.

是啊

Not too much of a bedtime routine.

睡前常規不太多。

I've tried to throw some stuff in there before, like I've tried to do breathing exercises and meditation.

我以前也試過把一些東西放進去，比如我試著做呼吸練習和冥想。

But I would say I am not consistent enough in those practices to say it's a routine as of now.

但我想說的是，我的這些做法還不夠穩定，還不能說這是我現在的常規做法。

Okay.

好的

All right.

好的

I think I'm going to be consistent in the future at some point.

我想，我今後一定會始終如一。

Mm-hmm.

嗯

And for you?

你呢？

Nighttime routine.

夜間作息

What do you do at night when you're going to sleep?

晚上睡覺時，你會做什麼？

I think usually after the kids go to bed, I tidy up a little bit, like you do the dishes a little bit.

我想，通常在孩子們上床睡覺後，我會稍微收拾一下，就像洗碗一樣。

I read a book usually, or sometimes lately I've been listening to a book, very exciting.

我通常看書，有時最近也聽書，非常激動人心。

And usually, like Dan said, I'm kind of zonked by the end of the day.

通常，就像丹說的那樣，一天結束時我已經有點瞌睡了。

And brush my teeth, maybe take a shower and go to sleep.

刷刷牙，洗個澡，然後睡覺。

Maybe take a shower.

洗個澡吧

Maybe take a shower.

洗個澡吧

I don't know.

我不知道。

They say it's not healthy to take a shower every day.

他們說每天洗澡不利於健康。

Somebody says that.

有人這麼說。

That's what we're going with.

這就是我們要做的。

But I feel like that's pretty much it.

但我覺得差不多就這樣了。

Nighttime is a little bit more relaxed than mornings because in the morning you're trying to manage multiple people and get started in the day, and there's more energy.

晚上比早上更輕鬆一些，因為早上你要管理多人，開始一天的工作，精力更充沛。

So the end of the day is just kind of more ...

所以，一天結束的時候，只是一種更......

Yeah.

是啊

All right.

好的

The question we kind of touched on just a second ago, who helps you?

剛才我們提到了一個問題，誰會幫助你？

So I think they're talking about me.

所以我覺得他們說的是我。

Who helps me in your daily chores?

誰幫我做日常家務？

So let's talk about what chores means first, and then we can talk about who does daily chores.

是以，讓我們先談談家務的含義，然後再談談誰來做日常家務。

Yeah.

是啊

So chores are any work that you have to do to make the household run.

是以，家務活就是你為維持家庭運轉而必須做的任何工作。

So the classic example is laundry and dishes.

最典型的例子就是洗衣服和洗碗。

Doing the dishes.

洗碗

That's my job.

這是我的工作。

So we ... I don't know if it's 50-50, but we split the chores.

所以我們......我不知道是不是對半分，但我們分擔了家務。

We try to be relatively even about it.

我們儘量做到相對公平。

And so yeah, I do the dishes and-

所以是的，我洗碗和--

I do the laundry.

我洗衣服。

You do the laundry.

你來洗衣服

Those are the big ones.

這些都是大頭。

I mean, there's a lot of kid chores.

我是說，孩子們有很多家務活要做。

You got to give them a bath.

你得給它們洗澡。

You got to put them to bed.

你得讓他們上床睡覺。

You make breakfast.

你做早餐。

Those are chores.

這些都是家務活。

I make lunch.

我做午飯。

Oh, cooking as well.

哦，還有烹飪。

Yeah.

是啊

And then we both kind of make dinner.

然後我們一起做晚飯。

I think instead of saying every other day we make dinner, it's more that there's specific meals that I cook.

我覺得與其說是隔天做晚飯，不如說是我做一些特定的飯菜。

Our expertises.

我們的專長

And specific meals that you cook.

以及您烹飪的特定飯菜。

And depending on what we've scheduled for the week, we try to schedule two weeks of meal plans.

根據我們一週的安排，我們會盡量安排兩週的用餐計劃。

And that way we know Monday, we have different days.

這樣，我們就知道星期一，我們有不同的日子。

So Monday, taco Tuesday, soup Saturday, stuff like this, fish Friday.

所以，週一，週二玉米卷，週六湯，像這樣的東西，週五魚。

And that way we have some kind of routine about food.

這樣，我們對食物就有了一定的規律。

Because when you have kids, especially when you have kids, just feeding them can feel really overwhelming because they're always hungry.

因為當你有孩子的時候，尤其是當你有孩子的時候，光是餵養他們就會讓你感覺非常吃力，因為他們總是餓著肚子。

There's always something more to make.

總有更多的東西要做。

And then you're also trying to spend time with them while you're cooking.

在做飯的同時，你還要花時間陪他們。

And sometimes they want to help and that is good, but it's also chaotic.

有時，他們想幫忙，這很好，但也很混亂。

So I think having that routine for what you're going to eat, when you're going to eat it, who's going to make it, I think that's really important.

是以，我認為有一個固定的飲食習慣非常重要，比如吃什麼、什麼時候吃、誰來做。

And I would say one more thing about sharing chores.

關於分擔家務，我還想說一件事。

The way that our lives work, we both work, we both have a job, and we also are parents.

我們的生活方式是，我們都工作，都有一份工作，同時我們也是父母。

So our professional and personal lives are very similar.

是以，我們的職業生活和個人生活非常相似。

I have some friends who, for example, their husband works and the mother, her 100% job is the home and the children.

我有一些朋友，比如說，他們的丈夫在工作，而母親，她百分之百的工作就是家和孩子。

So she cooks every meal because that is her job.

所以她每餐都做飯，因為這是她的工作。

That is her professional job to do that.

這是她的專業工作。

And it's a lot, just very difficult.

而且很多，非常困難。

A lot of times it's harder than a real job, a real job.

很多時候，這比真正的工作、真正的工作更難。

A money-making job.

賺錢的工作

A money-making job, yes.

賺錢的工作，沒錯。

It's usually easier, yes, than taking care of the home and the children.

是的，這通常比照顧家庭和孩子更容易。

So in that situation, their roles would be a little bit different, but for us, we can split it a little more evenly because our lives are just set up like that.

是以，在這種情況下，他們的角色會有點不同，但對我們來說，我們可以平均分配，因為我們的生活就是這樣安排的。

Yeah.

是啊

You are home more now, so you probably pick up more little stuff than I do.

你現在在家的時間更多了，所以你可能比我撿到更多的小東西。

Literally.

字面意思是

You pick up little stuff everywhere.

你到處都能撿到小東西。

Yeah.

是啊

That's a good phrase.

這句話說得好。

It means you also do more things, but also in the home, you have to tidy up a lot.

這意味著你也要做更多的事情，而且在家裡，你也要收拾很多東西。

So you have to pick up books and toys and I don't know what, raisins on the floor.

所以你必須撿起書本和玩具，我不知道還有什麼，地上的葡萄乾。

Anyway, let's go to our next question.

不管怎麼說，我們繼續下一個問題。

Raisins.

葡萄乾

There's a lot of raisins on the floor.

地上有很多葡萄乾。

This is the last one for daily routine and then we'll go to food.

這是日常工作的最後一項，然後我們將討論食物。

The question is, how much TV do your kids watch per day?

問題是，您的孩子每天看多少電視？

Dun da da.