READING PRACTICE : FRANK RYAN

My name is Frank Ryan and I am a teacher of languages. I was born in 1940 in a little country town not far from here. I have a brother who is three years older than I am, and a sister who is two years younger than I am. My brother’s first name is henry and my sister’s name is Nancy. There are five of us in my family. My father and mother get up early every morning. My mother gets up at about 6 a.m. and my father get up at about 6:30. I don’t get up until 7 o’clock or 8 o’clock. My brother gets up earlier than I do, and I get up earlier than my sister does. Sundays I get up at 7:30 and some days I don’t get up until almost 8 o’clock.
After I wake up each morning, I get up and get dressed. After I get dressed, I have breakfast. Usually, I have a light breakfast but my brother has a big breakfast. I have juice, cereal and coffee for breakfast.
Once a while I have buttered toast too. My brother, Henry, usually has juice, oatmeal, toast and two or three cups of coffee. My sister Nancy, just has juice and toast for breakfast. We finish eating breakfast at about 8:15 or 8:30 every morning. I usually leave the house at 8:50 each morning and get to work at 9 o’clock. I work at the University. Usually, I work hard all morning and go out for lunch at about 12.30.My brother leaves the house earlier than I do, and he gets to work at 8:45 each morning. I finish working at about 5:45 pm. My sister finishes working earlier than I do, and my brother finishes working later than I do. We usually have dinner at about 7:15 and after dinner we read the newspaper for a while or listen to the radio. Once in a while my sister talks on the telephone and my brother watches television. We usually go to bed at about midnight.