1. Do you usually do any housework?
Well, I live alone, so I need to do all the chores by myself to keep my room clean and tidy. I sweep the floor every night, no matter how tired I am on that day. Also, I often do the laundry on Saturday and do some grocery shopping on Sunday.
我一個人住,得自己一個人做所有家務(wù)來保證房間清潔。我每天晚上掃地,不管那天有多累。而且,我周六還要洗衣服,周日還要采購生活必需品。
2. Do you like to do housework?
Sure, I’m a tidy person and I love to keep everything in apple-pie order, so I have a rigid routine to do my household chores. Actually, I usually spend my Saturday afternoon finishing all the cleanings, including mopping the floor and cleaning the windows to keep my home in the best shape.
當然,我是個愛干凈的人,喜歡把所有東西都弄得整整齊齊。所以我有嚴格的日程來做家務(wù)。我經(jīng);ㄕ麄周六的下午來打掃房間,讓它變得最棒,其中包括拖地和擦窗戶。
3. What housework do you least like doing?
Actually, I hate wiping the tub, it takes plenty of time for me to finish washing it. It takes up all my energy to clean the tap, tub mat, and water pipes. Sometimes I really don’t know why my parents always want to take a bath instead of a shower!
其實我最討厭擦浴缸,這得花掉我很多時間。清理水龍頭、墊子、水管會花費我所有精力。有時候我真不知道為什么我爸媽總喜歡泡澡而不是沖淋浴。
4. Do you think it’s important for children to do some housework?
I guess, yes, doing household chores, like make their own bed, keep their toys in order can help kids learn to be a responsible person. It’s really a good start for them to do a task, and then change to be a habit of a lifetime. 我想是的,做家務(wù),例如自己鋪床,整理玩具等等可以幫助孩子們變成一個有責任感的人。從做一件小事,慢慢變?yōu)橐簧暮昧晳T,這是個不錯的開始。
5. Have there been any changes in the housework people do?
Well, thanks for the advancement of technology, there’re more household gadgets, like the vacuum cleaner, micro-oven and so on to make housework become an easier task than it used to be decades ago.
多虧了現(xiàn)代科技的進步,很多家務(wù)工具例如吸塵器微波爐等等都讓家務(wù)變得比幾十年前更容易了。