Describe a time you got up extremely early.
You should say:
When it was;
What time you got up;
Why you got up early;
And explain how you felt when you got up.

8.早起的经历(生日时邀请了几个好友到家里做客。早起亲自做了蛋糕，收拾干净屋子，朋友们来了还一起吃了火锅。虽然早起很困，但是那天的聚会很开心。本题素材与Part2“邀请家人或朋友吃晚餐”串联）

One day a few months ago, I got up very early. It was my birthday; I invited a few friends to come over to my home for my birthday party. We agreed to meet at my home around 12pm. So, I needed to make sure everything was ready before they came. But I was caught up with51 work the night before, so I had to push all my preparations to52 the next morning.

I remember that I got up at about 5.30. I began by baking my own birthday cake. Actually, at the time, I had just learned how to bake a cake. To show off my baking skills, I decided to bake a birthday cake myself. It took me almost three hours to make the cake perfectly. Then, since I don’t have a knack for cooking, I also prepared hotpot for lunch, which doesn’t require a lot of skill.

After I nailed all those tasks53, the time was close to 11am. Out of respect for the guests, I cleaned the apartment from top to bottom before my friends came. When they arrived, we enjoyed a hotpot feast and also the birthday cake I made. We all had a blast that day.

As for how I felt about getting up early, well, I rarely get up that54 early. I was so busy for the whole morning and didn’t even have a break. But I did realize that rising early allows you to do more things than usual. Perhaps I should change my daily routine by starting my day before 7.

51 was caught up with:忙着赶（自己的工作)
52 push all my preparations to:把所有要做的准备工作都推到了（第二天早上）
53 nailed all those tasks：完成了所有的任务
54 that：修饰程度，非常、那么