1.I usually get up around seven thirty. 2.I was busy working on an assignment last night and i did not go to bed until two a.m. 3.I needed to arrive at a meeting at three o clock yesterday but it began to rain heavily at a quarter past two and I was ten minutes late because of it. 4.My favorite pop star is Eeson and I listen to his music every day for an hour or so after dinner. 5.That show was too hilarious and I watched ten episodes in a row. 6.It's better to snack on an apple or a banana then to have a full meal if you feel hungry in the mid-afternoon. 7.I do not know exactly when the Forbidden City was built. I only know it was built in the fifteenth century. 8.The so-called Four Heavenly Kings were incredibly popular in the 1990s. 9.The movie came out in 1997 and it was a massive hit back then. 10.When I was thirteen years old, I began to devour everything i could get my hands on—books, magazines and newspapers. 11.My best friend is my-fifteen-year old cousin. Although I was ten years older than him, we see eye to eye on most things and get along perfectly. 12.Those in their sixties or seventies are fond of dancing in parks. Younger people are not so keen. 13.I remember very clearly that I received this letter on August thirteenth. That was probably the happiest day of my life. 14.My sister was born in June and she is a Gemini. This is why she is so outgoing. She is always the life of the party. 15.It is extremely hot in my hometown during the summer and the temperature can even be forty degrees Celsius sometimes. 16.My apartment is pretty spacious and it is around one hundred and fifty square meters in size. 17.There were roughly fifty thousand people at that rock concert. It was the most people I have ever seen in one place. 18.The reason I am not so fond of my current job is because I have a long commute every day. It takes me two hours to get to work by subway. 19.I was required to write four three-thousd-word essays and i only had one week to complete them. 20.That English lesson was a nightmare because the teacher asked us to memorise one hundred and fifty words in one hour. Crazy! 21.They have been married for sixty two years and their love does not seem to have been dwindled a bit. 22.It is suggested by dieticians that we should consume at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily. 23.I take a taxi once or twice a week—not very often, as it is much more expensive than taking the bus or the subway. 24.I do housework three or four times a week. 25.People nowadays check the social media every five minutes. 26.According to a recent poll, Chinese people read an average of seven books a year. 27.My neighbor moved in next door five years ago. When we first met, we really hit it off and we have been close friends ever since. 28.I got my first ever computer on my eighteenth birthday. When I got it, I was on cloud nine. 29.I was late for class yesterday morning. That was the second time I have been late this week. 30.My dad gave my mom a gorgeous necklace on their thirtieth wedding anniversary.