实战口语情景对话 第291期:Cleaning 清洁工作

Todd: Adrienne, we're going to talk about cleaning! So, first of all, how often do you clean, like your apartment?
托德：埃德里安娜，我们要谈谈清洁工作！首先，你的公寓多久做一次打扫工作？

Adrienne: Thoroughly, I would say I clean once a week.
埃德里安娜：彻底打扫大概一周一次。

Todd: So, do you consider yourself a clean person?
托德：你认为自己是个爱干净的人吗？

Adrienne: I consider myself an organized person.
埃德里安娜：我认为我是个有条理的人。

Todd: OK. So, in your house what is the one room you hate cleaning?
托德：好。那你家里最讨厌收拾的房间是哪一间？

Adrienne: Probably the bathroom, which includes the shower, the sink, toilet. (Yeah) All together.
埃德里安娜：可能是浴室，那里有淋浴器、水槽、马桶。（对）都在那里。

Todd: Yeah, so, why?
托德：好，那为什么呢？

Adrienne: I just think it's the grossest part of the house. It always seems to accumulate the most dirt and grime (Yeah) pretty disgusting.
埃德里安娜：我只是认为那是房子里最令人恶心的地方。那里总是堆积着最多的灰尘和尘垢（对），特别恶心。

Todd: Yeah, it's hard to get the stuff off the tiles. (Right) You got to scrub and scrub and it's still brown or green or whatever color it is.
托德：没错，那些东西很难从地砖上清理掉。（是的。）你要不停地擦洗，而地砖还是棕色的，或者是绿色的，反正上面会留有痕迹。

Adrienne: Exactly. It's just a difficult place to get into to clean, and there's lots of small spaces to get into and.
埃德里安娜：的确是这样。那是非常难清洁的地方，有许多小的地方要清洁。

Todd: Yeah! In Japan it's weird because they have these little portable bathrooms, you know, they're all plastic so,
托德：对！在日本这很奇怪，因为他们有这种便携式浴室，你知道的，全是用塑料做的。

Adrienne: It's easy. You just take the sprayer and spray the whole room.
埃德里安娜：很容易清洗。你只要用喷雾剂喷洒整间房间就可以了。

Todd: Yeah! I'm convinced that they drop those bathrooms in a, with a helicopter. They just drop them right in there. You got everything, you know.
托德：对！我确信它们可以把这个带上直升飞机。他们只要把它们放在那里。非常方便，你知道的。

Adrienne: Easy! Convenient! Efficient!
埃德里安娜：很简便！方便！有效！

Todd: What about laundry?
托德：洗衣服呢？

Adrienne: I don't like really doing any type of manual labor, but I don't mind doing laundry from time to time.
埃德里安娜：我不喜欢任何形式的体力劳动，不过我不介意偶尔做洗衣工作。

Todd: Yeah, I like laundry actually. I like the smell of the clothes when you finish.
托德：嗯，实际上我也喜欢洗衣服。我喜欢衣服洗完后的香味。

Adrienne: Yeah, that's a good part of it, but I don't like to actually to do the work, washing!
埃德里安娜：对，那是好的一方面，不过实际上我并不喜欢洗衣的工作！

Todd: Yeah, actually, I like to clean. That's why I have this question. (Mm) I'm a clean freak. Like, I like washing dishes. I like doing laundry. Yeah!
托德：嗯，实际上，我喜欢清洁工作。这就是我问这个问题的原因。（嗯）我有洁癖。比如，我喜欢洗碗。我喜欢洗衣服。就是这样！

Adrienne: Yeah, that's not fun for me. (No!) I'd rather sleep given the choice.
埃德里安娜：嗯，那并不是我的乐趣。（不！）如果可以选择我宁愿睡觉。

Todd: Like you can pay me and I'll clean your apartment.
托德：也许你可以付钱给我，我会负责打扫你的公寓的。

Adrienne: Oh, sounds good. Perfect!
埃德里安娜：哦，听起来不错。很完美！

Todd: How much? How much would you pay me?
托德：多少钱？你会付我多少钱？

Adrienne: Um, see, going rate for a maid these day, Todd?
埃德里安娜：嗯，托德，你看按现在保姆的行情怎么样？

Todd: Maid! That's a sexist comment!
托德：保姆！这是个有性别歧视的评论！

Adrienne: It is a sexist comment! But it is, the going rate for a maid,
埃德里安娜：这是个有性别歧视的评论！但是我只是说，按现在保姆的行情……

Todd: Male cleaning attendant!
托德：男性清洁助理！

Adrienne: I don't think that's what they're called. They'd still call them a maid service. Um, I don't know.I think it's about 15 dollars an hour.
埃德里安娜：我想这并不是他们的称呼吧。他们还是会称为保姆服务。嗯，我也不知道。我想大概是15美元一小时。

Todd: Ooh! You'd pay me 15 dollars an hour?
托德：哦！你一个小时要付我15美元？

Adrienne: No, that's the going rate. That's not what I'll pay you.
埃德里安娜：不，那只是现在的行情。并不是我要付你的钱。

Todd: I thought I was going to make some money!
托德：我想我要挣钱了！

Adrienne: Well, I thought I was going to get a discount.
埃德里安娜：嗯，我想要个折扣。

Todd: This web site's expensive.
托德：这个网站好贵。

Adrienne: Oh, right, right, right!
埃德里安娜：嗯，对，没错，没错！

Todd: So I need the money.
托德：所以我需要那笔钱。

Adrienne: Oh! OK, 15 it is!
埃德里安娜：哦！好的，15美元！

Todd: OK, but how dirty is your place?
托德：好，不过你的房子有多赃？

Adrienne: Pretty, pretty dirty!
埃德里安娜：非常非常赃！

Todd: Ah, well, I'll take a look at it.
托德：啊，嗯，我需要看一下。

Adrienne: You'll me working for the money, for sure!
埃德里安娜：你肯定会为钱工作的！