快口说英语023

Chapter 5 - Home, sweet home 家，温馨的家

No. 23 It's time for spring cleaning 是春季大扫除的时候了

Practice

Listen and Repeat

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1. I give the house a thorough going over.

我把房里的情况彻底安排了一下。

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

在春季大扫除，我丈夫照顾院子。

3. We clean the carpets and wash the walls.

我们清洁地毯和墙壁。

4. Sometimes we even pink the walls.

有时，我们甚至把墙刷成了粉红色。

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

我喜欢每年一次清理一下衣柜和重新摆放衣物。

Conversation 1 会话一

It’s time for spring cleaning.

是春季大扫除的时间了。

Thank goodness. It’s only once a year.

谢天谢地，只有一年一次!

Conversation 2 会话二

This house needs a good spring cleaning.

这所房子得有一个好的春季大扫除了。

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

嗯，我们越快开始，就会越快完成。

Conversation 3 会话三

Are you ready for spring cleaning?

你准备好了春季大扫除吗?

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

其实，我今年想着要雇请一家清洁公司。

What? You want a maid to clean for you?

什么?你要找女佣帮你清洁?

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

只这一次，以后我可以分多次自己做来保持房子的清洁。

Vocabulary

cleaning n. 清洗;清除;去污

thorough n. 清洗;清除;去污

take care of 照顾;注意;抚养

reorganize vt. 整理;改组;重新制定

get cut up 化整为零;分多次执行