快口說英語(yǔ)023

Chapter 5 - Home, sweet home 家，溫馨的家

No. 23 It's time for spring cleaning 是春季大掃除的時(shí)候了

Practice

Listen and Repeat

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1. I give the house a thorough going over.

我把房里的情況徹底安排了一下。

2. My husband takes care of the yard during spring cleaning.

在春季大掃除，我丈夫照顧院子。

3. We clean the carpets and wash the walls.

我們清潔地毯和墻壁。

4. Sometimes we even pink the walls.

有時(shí)，我們甚至把墻刷成了粉紅色。

5. I like to clean out the closets and reorganize them once a year.

我喜歡每年一次清理一下衣柜和重新擺放衣物。

Conversation 1 會(huì)話一

It’s time for spring cleaning.

是春季大掃除的時(shí)間了。

Thank goodness. It’s only once a year.

謝天謝地，只有一年一次!

Conversation 2 會(huì)話二

This house needs a good spring cleaning.

這所房子得有一個(gè)好的春季大掃除了。

Well, the sooner we start the sooner we’ll finish.

嗯，我們?cè)娇扉_始，就會(huì)越快完成。

Conversation 3 會(huì)話三

Are you ready for spring cleaning?

你準(zhǔn)備好了春季大掃除嗎?

Actually, I was thinking of hiring a cleaning company this year.

其實(shí)，我今年想著要雇請(qǐng)一家清潔公司。

What? You want a maid to clean for you?

什么?你要找女傭幫你清潔?

Only this ones, then I can get cut up and keep the house clean by myself.

只這一次，以后我可以分多次自己做來保持房子的清潔。

Vocabulary

cleaning n. 清洗;清除;去污

thorough n. 清洗;清除;去污

take care of 照顧;注意;撫養(yǎng)

reorganize vt. 整理;改組;重新制定

get cut up 化整為零;分多次執(zhí)行