🌞 Lesson 7: Daily Routine

🔤 Trilingual: English | 中文 (Mandarin) | Português
📘 Level: Beginner
📅 Topic: Describing Daily Activities
🖼️ Includes image at the end

🎯 Objectives / Objetivo / 目标

By the end of this lesson, you will:
✔️ Describe your daily routine in English, Chinese, and Portuguese
✔️ Use action verbs like wake up, eat, study, go to work
✔️ Practice time expressions and daily activities
✔️ Understand word order in each language
✔️ Boost vocabulary with a clear multilingual chart

📖 1. English Explanation (Main Focus)

Talking about your daily routine helps you describe your life, habits, and schedule to others. It’s also one of the first topics you’ll use in conversations.

🧩 Key Vocabulary & Structure:

• I wake up at 7 a.m.

• I take a shower.

• I eat breakfast.

• I go to work.

• I come back home.

• I go to bed at 10 p.m.

🕘 Time Expressions:

• in the morning

• at night

• every day

• usually

• sometimes

🧱 Grammar Tip:
English uses Subject + Verb + Object + Time
👉 I eat lunch at noon.
👉 She studies in the evening.

🈶 2. Mandarin Chinese 中文讲解

谈论每日生活是学习中文的重要部分之一。你可以用它来介绍自己的习惯、工作和日常安排。

🧩 关键词汇 (Key Vocabulary):

🕒 时间表达 (Time Phrases):

• 早上 (zǎoshang) – morning

• 中午 (zhōngwǔ) – noon

• 晚上 (wǎnshang) – evening

• 每天 (měitiān) – every day

🧱 语法结构 (Grammar):
Chinese often follows Subject + Time + Verb + Object
👉 我早上七点起床。 (I get up at 7 a.m.)
👉 她晚上十点睡觉。 (She goes to bed at 10 p.m.)

🇵🇹 3. Explicação em Português

Falar sobre a sua rotina diária ajuda a descrever seus hábitos e estilo de vida. É um dos primeiros temas em qualquer idioma.

🧩 Vocabulário-chave:

🕘 Expressões de tempo:

• de manhã

• à tarde

• à noite

• todos os dias

• às vezes

🧱 Estrutura da frase:
Português usa: Sujeito + Verbo + Complemento + Tempo
👉 Eu acordo às sete da manhã.
👉 Ela estuda à noite.

🧠 4. Vocabulary Chart (Trilingual Table)

🗣️ 5. Sample Dialogue / Diálogo / 对话

English:

A: What time do you wake up?
B: I usually wake up at 6:30 a.m. and take a shower.
A: Do you work or study?
B: I study in the morning and work in the afternoon.

中文:

A: 你几点起床？(Nǐ jǐ diǎn qǐchuáng?)
B: 我通常早上六点半起床，然后洗澡。(Wǒ tōngcháng zǎoshang liù diǎn bàn qǐchuáng, ránhòu xǐzǎo.)
A: 你工作还是学习？(Nǐ gōngzuò háishì xuéxí?)
B: 我早上学习，下午工作。(Wǒ zǎoshang xuéxí, xiàwǔ gōngzuò.)

Português:

A: A que horas você acorda?
B: Eu normalmente acordo às 6:30 e tomo banho.
A: Você trabalha ou estuda?
B: Eu estudo de manhã e trabalho à tarde.

✍️ 6. Writing Practice / Prática de Escrita / 写作练习

📝 Write a short paragraph about your daily routine in the three languages:

• English: I wake up at 7 a.m. I brush my teeth, take a shower, and eat breakfast. I go to school at 8 a.m. In the afternoon, I study and play. At night, I sleep at 10 p.m.

• 中文: 我早上七点起床。我刷牙、洗澡、吃早饭。八点我去上学。下午我学习和玩。晚上十点我睡觉。

• Português: Eu acordo às 7h. Escovo os dentes, tomo banho e tomo café. Vou para a escola às 8h. À tarde, eu estudo e brinco. À noite, durmo às 22h.

🧩 7. Quiz (3 Idiomas)

1. Translate: “I go to work at 9 a.m.”
→ Chinese: _______________
→ Portuguese: _______________

2. What is “study” in Mandarin?
→ _______________

3. Write this in English: “Eu durmo às 10 da noite.”
→ _______________

4. Fill the gap: 他早上七点___。 (He wakes up at 7 a.m.)
→ _______________