Time zones

Darren lives / is living and works / is working in London. He's a bus driver for London Transport, and drives / is driving double decker buses from Monday to Friday.

It's a cold, grey afternoon in London, and Darren's bus gets / is getting quite full because people leave / are leaving work for the day and it rains / 's raining. He drives / 's driving past the Houses of Parliament, and Big Ben is chiming five o'clock.

Darren usually finishes / is finishing work at 6.00 p.m. He has / is having a dog called Molly, and he always takes / is taking her for a walk when he gets home.

Carrie is an actress and a waitress. She has / is having a small apartment in Los Angeles (LA). She wants / 's wanting to be a full-time actor, but it's difficult to find work. Today, she works / 's working as a waitress and she serves / 's serving customers at the Hollywood Diner in LA.

LA is eight hours behind London, so people don't finish / aren't finishing work, they just start / are just starting. It's nine o'clock in the morning and Carrie serves / is serving breakfast. She 18 also tries / 's also trying to learn her lines for an audition in the afternoon. It's for a big part in a film. She really wants / is wanting this part. She doesn't like / isn't liking her job at the diner.

Keiko is an English teacher. She 21 teaches / is teaching at a junior high school in Tokyo. Japan is 8 hours ahead of London, so in Tokyo it's one o'clock on Saturday morning.

Keiko works / is working very hard and she's very tired, but she can't sleep because there's a huge storm outside and it rains / 's raining. At the moment, she reads / 's reading a book and listens / is listening to music. She waits / 's waiting for the storm to finish so she can go to sleep. At least it's Saturday today and there's no school.