lesson 03 家事与家务

    housework and chores

    01 i am sweeping the floor.

    我正在拖地。

    类似表达 i am moping the floor. / i am swabbing the floo

    02 please clean up your room.

    请把你的房间收拾干净。

    类似表达 please tidy up the room. / please straighten your room.

    03 every morning, the first thing i do after getting up is to make the bed.

    每天早上，我起床后的第一件事情就是整理床铺。

    词组释义 make the bed 整理床铺

    04 tom, it is your turn to throw out the rubbish today.

    汤姆，今天该你倒垃圾了。

    类似表达 tom, it is your turn to empty the garbage bin today.

    05 would you like to tidy up the room?

    你能收拾一下房间吗？

    类似表达 can you clean up the room? / would you mind cleaning the room?

    06 please wash the dishes.

    请把盘子洗了。

    类似表达 please do the dishes. / please wash the plates.

    07 have you already washed the dinner things?

    你已经把晚餐的东西都洗好了吗？

    语法提要

    这句话是一个现在完成时的疑问句句型，现在完成时的结构是“主语+have/has+动词过去分词”，变疑问句时直接将have/has提到句首，其他成分不变。

    08 please scrub the kitchen sink.

    请把厨房的洗涤槽刷干净。

    单词释义 scrub [skr?b] vt. 用力擦洗，对……不予考虑，取消

    09 in my house, we take turns at doing the housework.

    在我家，我们轮流做家务。

    词组释义 take turns at...轮流做……

    10 alice often helps her mother with the housework at weekends.

    爱丽丝经常在周末帮助她的母亲做家务。

    语法提要

    help可以作及物动词，也可以作不及物动词，意为“帮助”，表示“帮助某人做某事”时，可以用help sb do sth或者help sb with sth。

    11 there are a pile of dishes waiting to be washed up.

    那儿有一堆餐具要洗呢。

    词组释义 a pile of 一堆，很多

    12 will you help me set the table?

    你能帮我把餐具摆好吗？

    类似表达

    would you help me set the table? / could you do me a favor and set the table?

    13 my wife didn't wash the dishes before she left, so i have to do it now.

    我的妻子走之前没有洗碗，所以现在我必须来洗了。

    语法提要

    这个句子的前半句是一般过去时的否定形式，因为谓语wash是实意动词，所以要借助于助动词didn't，再将动词变为原形。

    14 please empty the dishwasher and put the dishes away.

    请把洗碗机里的餐具都拿出来并归置好。

    词组释义 put away 把……收起来，放好

    15 i'd like to wash my bed sheet and quilt cover tomorrow.

    我打算明天把床单、被罩给洗了。

    类似表达

    i intend to put my bed sheet and quilt cover washed tomorrow. / i am going to wash my bed sheet and quilt cover tomorrow.

    16 will you help me fold up these clothes?

    你能帮我把这些衣服叠起来吗？

    词组释义 fold up 把……折叠起来，坍塌，垮掉

    17 can you help me to iron this shirt?

    你可以帮我把这件衬衫熨一下吗？

    单词释义 iron [?a??n] vt. 熨烫 vi. 熨衣服，被烫平

    18 would you put the clothes on the line to dry?

    你能把衣服晾在绳子上吗？

    类似表达

    could you hang the washing on the line to dry? / can you hang out the wet clothes on the line to dry?

    19 my weekend was totally dominated by doing housework.

    我的周末全用在做家务上了。

    类似表达 my weekend was totally occupied in doing housework.

    note

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