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Modal Verbs

Date: Apr 22 2011

Themes: Travel

Grammar: Modal Verbs

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Sometimes, you just need a burger and fries at three in the morning. Or a cup of coffee. Or a bottle of cough medicine. When you run out of something important or get a craving in the middle of the night, you need a place that’s open 24 hours.

Most cities in the US have at least a few places that are open 24 hours. Some grocery stores and restaurants stay open 24 hours. Big cities like New York have even more 24-hour places. In fact, New York is sometimes called the 24-hour city, because you can get almost anything you want there at any time of day.

Find out what’s open 24 hours in Devan and Jeff’s city.

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Jeff

Jeff

Devan

Devan

Jeff:  Hey, Devan.

Devan:  Yeah?

Jeff:  Got a question for you.

Devan:  What’s that?

Jeff:  Do you know of any 24-hour kinda joints around town here? Like, places that are open all night?

Devan:  There’s really not that many, considering we live in a city and you’d think there would be. Like, New York and LA have a ton, they’ve got bars that are open all night, but I’ve noticed that sometimes in smaller cities or smaller places, the places that are open 24 hours are kinda bizarre, like my hometown had a 24-hour Walmart, or here, we have a 24-hour waffle restaurant.

Jeff:  Yeah, it seems like places that…a lot of places will start out 24 hours and then kind of whittle their hours down.

Devan:  I was just having a conversation with one of my friends about how our society seems to cater to morning people or like day people, whereas I’m kind of a night owl, and my peak awake time is three in the morning. And I would love to go run errands or go to the coffee shop or go see a movie at three, four am, ‘cause that’s when I’m most awake. But our society doesn’t really seem to be set up for people that are night people, you know?

Jeff:  Yeah, that’s true. I’m a similar type of person.

 

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Jeff is looking for someplace that’s open 24 hours. But he and Devan agree that there aren’t many 24-hour joints in their city. While most US cities have a few 24-hour places, none have as many as New York.

Devan likes it when places are open 24 hours because she is a night owl. She has more energy in the middle of the night than she does during the day. She wishes more places were open late so she could get more done when she feels most awake.

Is anything open 24 hours where you live? Are you a morning person or a night owl?

 

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qq_baby

qq_babySuper Member!

Taiwan

very nice lesson. I like 7-eleven in Taiwan. I can go anytime I craves for all kind of snacks.Cool

04:28 PM Apr 22 2011 |

lianhang

China

As a student, i do not need 24hours  market

01:20 PM Apr 22 2011 |

Emaskanderli

Azerbaijan

I'm a night owl

01:12 PM Apr 22 2011 |

Bojana

Bojana

Serbia and Montenegro

Humm, I would say that I'm a morning person…. I follow the saying "The early bird catches the worm". As for the 24 hour places, there aren't any in my town…. :)

01:10 PM Apr 22 2011 |

賴庭荷

賴庭荷

Taiwan

HAHA~ In Taiwan has many  open  24 hours stores, very convenient! And the most-appealed things is night-market ! I think I am a really happy person to live in my country~ 

12:41 PM Apr 22 2011 |

Kotisha

Kotisha

Russian Federation

I suppouse that I am a morning person) Usually I wake up rather early in the morning. But sometimes when I run out of something important and get a craving in the middle of the night, I need a place that`s open 24 hours.  

There are a lot of places, which are opened 24 hours in my hometown.  

10:17 AM Apr 22 2011 |

trailo_hathanh

Viet Nam

I am not a morning person or night owl. What is the kind of person i am? Sometime i get a craving at the middle night. At the first time my girl friend think i am a bizarre. But after several times my girl friend is familiar with it and she is satisfying with it. And we joint together until it is run out of my babe.

 

09:16 AM Apr 22 2011 |

deroz

deroz

Egypt

i love these 24_hour opened stores,,,,i wanna get what i need whenever i wanna.we used 2 have those kinda stores over all egypt but anymore now :( most of the big cafes and restaurants r working only 12-hours and thats because of egypt's current circumstances but i wish we got all what we want and need pretty sooner :)

08:50 AM Apr 22 2011 |

lapa6588

lapa6588

Russian Federation

Р

08:37 AM Apr 22 2011 |

mosa90

mosa90

Saudi Arabia

I,m morning person

07:51 AM Apr 22 2011 |

Ryo

Ryo

Saudi Arabia

yes  there

and im  night and  morining   

its depnds in  my cycle slee[ 

Really  criz ?

07:24 AM Apr 22 2011 |

Ryo

Ryo

Saudi Arabia

jerry   got  hotspotchild maybe  it woll help

07:19 AM Apr 22 2011 |

sofree

sofree

China

A LOT. Shanghai is a city of night life. I usd to be a night owl, but I've get my time back to normal for more than half a year, which makes me feel good so I keep this way.

It's not  our society doesn’t really seem to be set up for night people, it's the economy, lol~ It costs a lot more to keep people awake at night than in the daytime.

05:32 AM Apr 22 2011 |

misael181Super Member!

Mexico

Kiss

03:19 AM Apr 22 2011 |

andrespretty2

Colombia

Yes, there is a 24 hours site, to eat, but is fast food, sometimes when i'm hungy, I go there, to eat Empanadas, with a soda or a coffee.  

 

Last time I became in a night owl person. 

03:02 AM Apr 22 2011 |

jerry bourne

China

fuck the chinese internet!!! yesterday night,i spent one hour writing an artical which was banned by chinese government!!!what's wrong with my artical!we even can't log onto facebook and youtube!!!where is our freedom???

01:04 AM Apr 22 2011 |

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