C = Cindy M = Mary
C: Come on, Mary. We have to do the laundry.
辛迪:走吧,瑪麗。我們必須洗衣服了。
M: Where are we going?
瑪麗:要去哪兒?
C: Down to the basement.
辛迪:到下面的地下室去。
M: Do you have a washer down there?
瑪麗:地下室那里有洗衣機(jī)嗎?
C: Yes. We have a dryer, too.
辛迪:有啊。還有一臺干衣機(jī)。
M: That's so convenient. Where are the dirty clothes?
瑪麗:那太方便了。臟衣服呢?
C: They are in the basement already.
辛迪:已經(jīng)在地下室了。
M: But I didn't see you carry them down.
瑪麗:可是我沒有看到你拿衣服下去呀。
C: Don't you know that we have a laundry chute in the house?
辛迪:難不成你不知道我們屋內(nèi)有衣物滑落槽?
注釋:
laundry:n. 洗衣店,洗衣房; 要洗的衣服;
例句:I'll do your laundry.
我會給你洗衣服的。
basement:n. 地下室;地窖
例句:They transformed the basement into a reading room.
他們把地下室改建成閱覽室。
chute :n. 斜槽;
例句:Passengers escaped from the plane's front exits by sliding down emergency chutes.
乘客們從飛機(jī)前面出口的緊急滑道滑下去得以逃生。