Many of us have such a stressful lifestyle. We work or study all day and then we come home and try to make sure that we have something to eat and if we’re lucky we have enough time to unwind by watching some TV or surfing the internet etc.
This topic was the theme of my last TV show with my private students, but I would like to share the same idea and vocabulary on this forum. Here are some expressions related to relaxation:
breathe easy, calm, calm down, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool off, ease off, feel at home, hang loose, knock off, laze, let oneself go, lie down, loosen up, make oneself at home, put one’s feet up, recline, repose, rest, settle back, simmer down, sit around, sit back, soften, stop work, take a break, take a breather, take it easy, take one’s time, take ten, take time out, tranquilize, unbend, unlax, unwind

Try to explain in a sentence using one of these new words or expressions how you like to relax. I will start.

Steve: I like to ‘unwind’ after a hard day by going for a jog or by doing some yoga and meditation.

How about you?

sounds nice! in informal English here, we can call that nap a ‘power nap’ since it allows us to recharge our batteries!!!!

Good one Elisabetta! If you had to choose, would you prefer the moon or sun as your most relaxing celestial body?

Thanks Elisabetta for sharing that!!! I used to like the moon, but after Parallel 1 and Serena, I am becoming a huge fan of the sun! You have a very poetic way of writing: ‘the warm brightness of the rays of the sun flow through my body: that makes me feel lightened with positive energy’. When do we get to see some Elisabetta poetry?

after working, i am usually going to go shopping to buy some favorite things or talkative with my friends or learning English.

You’re welcome Steve

That’s great Heba! We are such an internet centered society now. What on earth would people do without internet?

Ha! I haven’t talked to neighbours in a long time. Not a very good thing to do here unfortunately. Gardening and sports sounds good. I talk much more with Mrs. Ford since we don’t watch TV, only DVDs. Many times it’s simple things for us nowadyas like sitting on the balcony on a sunny day talking about life.
On a personal level, I prefer meditation and running along the seawalk near my apartment: The Sea, The Sun, a breeze, music on my ipod. Meditation. There’s never a ‘line up’ of people for the things I treasure most.