你一般打掃一遍公寓要用多長時間？老師的周末一般會做什么

今天的這段對話，在討論打掃工作，
 
你一般打掃一遍公寓要用多長時間？老師的周末一般會做什么
 
來聽今天的講解:
 
A: So, Akane, what did you do today?
 
茜，你今天做什么了？
 
B: Ah, today I cleaned my apartment.
 
我今天打掃了公寓。
 
A: Sounds fun!
 
聽起來很有樂趣！
 
B: It was actually. I really like cleaning cause I only get one day a week to do it, and my apartment gets clean.
 
是很有趣。我很喜歡打掃，我每周只有一天能做打掃工作，打掃后我的公寓變得很干凈。
 
A: So when you clean your apartment how long does it take you to clean everything?
 
那你一般打掃一遍公寓要用多長時間呢？
 
B: Well, let's see, I started around 7:30 in the morning and then I probably finished around 10:30.
 
嗯，我想想，我是早上7點半開始打掃的，大概是10點半完成的。
 
A: 3 hours!
 
3個小時！
 
B: Yeah!
 
對！
 
A: That's a long time.
 
時間好長。
 
B: Well, I do a lot of cleaning.
 
我做了很多清潔工作。
 
A: Man!
 
天哪！
 
B: And that includes laundry, actually.
 
實際上還包括洗衣服。
 
A: So for your laundry, do you use the laundromat down the street?
 
你洗衣服會用街上的自助洗衣店嗎？
 
B: No, I use my own laundry machine, and I hang it up to dry.
 
不會，我用自己的洗衣機洗，我會把衣服掛起來晾干。
 
A: Wow! But when you do that you can't get that nice soft feel from the clothes.
 
哇！可是那樣衣服沒有柔軟感。
 
B: Well, no but I save money!
 
嗯，可是這樣省錢！
 
A: That's true! I feel bad about using the laundromat cause I guess it wastes energy, but I just love how the dryers make your clothes really soft and warm and there's no wrinkles and it's done.
 
那倒是。我不喜歡用自助洗衣店，因為我認為那很浪費能源，可是我喜歡烘干機使衣服變得又軟又溫暖，而且洗完以后也沒有褶皺。
 
B: I agree. Mm, for sure. I wish I had a dryer.
 
我同意。的確是這樣。我希望我也有個烘干機。
 
A: So do you iron your clothes for work?
 
那你會熨上班穿的衣服嗎？
 
B: I do, yeah, I always iron my clothes. I do my washing on Saturdays and I do my ironing on Sundays.
 
我會，我一直都有熨衣服。我在周六洗衣服，周日熨衣服。
 
A: Oh, man, you're regimented.
 
哦，天哪，你真有組織性。
 
B: Yeah, I am.
 
是啊，我是。
 
A: You got it down. You know I never iron my shirts.
 
跟你比我差遠了，你知道我從來不熨我的襯衫。
 
B: You never iron!
 
你從來不熨衣服！
 
A: No, I just take them out of the dryer, and that's close enough, and then usually when I put them on, they kind of stretch.
 
對，我只是把衣服從烘干機里拿出來，基本就是這樣，我穿上的時候它們會伸展一些。
 
B: Well, I guess so and if you're wearing a jacket over it, then you can't really see.
 
我想也是，如果你外面再穿一件夾克，那完全看不出來。
 
A: Yeah, plus I'm a teacher and teachers don't have to look sharp.
 
對，而且我是一名老師，老師是不用看上去很帥氣。
 
B: I guess so. Yeah!
 
我想也是。
 
A: Hey, so, what are your plans for tomorrow?
 
那你明天有什么計劃？
 
B: Tomorrow? Well, my ironing of course, and I'm a teacher and I have markings so, I'll do some markings, cause I have to mark some essays.
 
明天？當然我要熨衣服，我是老師，所以我有卷子要批改，所以明天我會批改試卷還有作文。
 
A: Oh, that sounds awful!
 
哦，聽起來真糟糕！
 
B: Yeah, but it has to be done.
 
是啊，可是我必須完成這些工作。
 
A: Yeah, but on the weekend! I try not to bring work home. I just don't like to do it. On the weekend, I feel you should energize yourself and just rest and relax.
 
可是明天是周末??！我努力不把工作帶回家里，我就是不喜歡這樣。我覺得周末你應(yīng)該讓自己充滿能量，盡量休息、放松。
 
B: I agree, but this week I couldn't help it cause we were so busy.
 
我同意，可是這周我辦不到了，因為我太忙了。
 
A: So, why were you busy this week?
 
那你周都忙什么了？
 
B: Well, we had so much work to do, and I gave them out an essay, and I got those essays back, so I have to mark those.
 
我有很多工作要做，我讓學生們寫了篇作文，他們把作文交上來后我要進行批改。
 
A: Hey, have you been giving your students tests?
 
你有給學生們安排過考試嗎？
 
B: Uh, just little quizzes once in a while.
 
只是偶爾安排一些小測驗。
 
A: Yeah, I have to give my students a test but I don't know what to test them on.
 
嗯，我必須要給學生們安排考試，可是我不知道如何測試。
 
B: Yeah, that is always a hard part.
 
嗯，那一直是個難點。
 
A: Do you give easy tests or hard tests?
 
你是進行簡單的考試還是難的考試？
 
B: Well, the quizzes are quite easy, but I think they find it to be quite hard.
 
小測驗很簡單，可是我想他們認為那很難。
 
A: Yeah, students always say, "It's difficult!"
 
是啊，學生們總是說“太難了！”
 
B: Yeah!
 
沒錯！
 
A: "It's difficult!" Well, enjoy your marking tomorrow!
 
“太難了！”希望你明天批改試卷時過得愉快！
 
B: Thanks.
 
謝謝你。