Mornings 是考官很常問的暖身題，但也是最容易答成流水帳的題："I wake up at 7. I brush my teeth. I eat breakfast. I go to work." 這是 Band 5.5 的標準災難。要到 Band 7，答早晨題的關鍵是——換角度：不是「流程」，是「感覺、習慣、理想」。
台灣考生常見誤區
- 用流水帳列清單：醒、刷、吃、走、到。完全沒延伸。
- 只講事實，不講感受（morning person? 晨跑？賴床的痛苦？）。
- 硬要把自己塑造成「早起的鳥」——講到第三題就穿幫。
5 個代表題 + Band 7+ 範答
Q1. Are you a morning person?
Not really, if I'm being honest — I can function in the mornings when I have to, but I've never been one of those people who bounces out of bed at 6 AM. My best hours are probably between 10 and noon, once I've had a coffee and my brain has genuinely switched on. I've made peace with the fact that I'll never be a sunrise-yoga type.
Q2. What do you usually do in the morning?
It depends on the day, really — on workdays I tend to rush through a pretty minimal routine: alarm goes off at 7:30, quick shower, coffee on the MRT. At weekends it's almost the opposite: I'll deliberately stretch breakfast out for an hour, usually with a book or a podcast, because those slow mornings are the part of the week I actually look forward to.
Q3. Do you eat breakfast every day?
Most days, yeah, although my definition of breakfast is pretty loose — during the week it's often just a soy milk and a dan bing from the shop downstairs, which I'll eat on the walk to the MRT. On weekends I try to do something a bit more substantial, like eggs and toast, partly because I've got the time and partly because I actually enjoy it.
Q4. Has your morning routine changed recently?
It has, actually — since I switched jobs last year and started working from home two days a week, the whole shape of my morning has loosened up. I no longer need to leave by 8:15, which means I've started going for a short walk before opening my laptop. Small change, but it's made the work-from-home days feel genuinely more human.
Q5. Is it important to have a good morning routine?
I'd say yes, although "good" probably means different things for different people. For me it's less about doing anything impressive and more about not rushing — if I can leave the house without my heart rate already elevated, the rest of the day tends to go better. A routine doesn't need to be long; it needs to be steady.
早晨作息主題詞庫（15 個）
| 中文 | 英文 | Example chunk | |------|------|---------------| | 晨型人 | a morning person | I'm not really a morning person. | | 夜貓子 | a night owl | I've always been a night owl. | | 鬧鐘響 | alarm goes off | My alarm goes off at 7:30. | | 賴床 | hit snooze | I usually hit snooze twice. | | 睡眼惺忪 | bleary-eyed | I was still bleary-eyed on the MRT. | | 按部就班 | stick to a routine | I try to stick to a routine. | | 趕時間 | rush through | I rush through breakfast. | | 從容的早晨 | a slow morning | Weekends are for slow mornings. | | 吃得簡單 | a light breakfast | I just have a light breakfast. | | 豐盛早餐 | a proper breakfast | On Sundays I cook a proper breakfast. | | 早餐店 | breakfast shop | I grab a dan bing from the breakfast shop. | | 通勤 | the commute | My commute takes about 35 minutes. | | 精神清醒 | my brain switches on | My brain only switches on after coffee. | | 精神不好 | foggy-headed | I was completely foggy-headed. | | 散步 | go for a walk | I go for a walk before work. |
Band 6 vs Band 7+ 對照
題目：What do you usually do in the morning?
Band 6: I wake up at 7. Then I brush my teeth. I eat breakfast at home. Then I go to work by MRT.
Band 7+: It depends on the day — on workdays I keep it minimal: alarm at 7:30, quick shower, coffee on the MRT. At weekends it's the opposite; I'll deliberately stretch breakfast out for an hour with a book, because those slow mornings are the part of the week I actually look forward to.
差別：Band 6 是流水帳，Band 7+ 用對比結構（workday vs weekend）+ 具體行為（coffee on the MRT, book）+ 個人情感（the part I actually look forward to）。流水帳變成故事。
什麼要避免
- 動詞流水帳：wake up, brush, eat, go 四個動詞排成一行——Band 5。改用 At 7:30 the alarm goes off, though I usually hit snooze once before I actually get up. 這種有情境的句子。
- 假裝成晨型達人："I wake up at 5 AM and do yoga and meditate."——考官會追問細節穿幫。講真實的自己比較安全也比較有說服力。
- 忘了加「最近有改變」：Has your routine changed recently? 是常考追問，準備一個改變點（換工作、搬家、生小孩、WFH）會讓整題自然多了。