实战口语情景对话 第790期:Household Chores 家务活

Todd: Looking back I think other roles were kind of traditional like I have two sisters and they usually had the responsibility of doing the cleaning, and I had the responsibility of , you know, mowing the lawn, and taking out the trash and cleaning up the yard and stuff like that. Was it similar in your house?
托德：回想过去，我认为我家里的分工很传统，我有两个姐姐，她们负责打扫工作，我负责修剪草坪，倒垃圾，打扫院子之类的工作。你家里也是这样吗？

Buddhi: Well, dad used to do stuff like that and my brother and I didn't do much work.
布迪希妮：一般是我爸爸做这些家务，我哥哥和我不太做家务。

Todd: You were spoiled.
托德：你们被宠坏了。

Buddhi: Very, very, very, very .... yeah. Did you ever decide to shift work with your sisters?
布迪希妮：我爸爸非常非常非常宠我们。你有和你姐姐们交换做家务吗？

Todd: No, of course, it never even occured to me. I mean, when you're young, you just do they tell you to do, and to be honest I was very happy. I think I loved doing yardwork. I loved mowing the grass and pruning the trees and, you know, taking about the trash — anything that was physical I enjoyed. I didnt enjoy cleaning. But you never had to do that?
托德：当然没有，我从来没想过这点。小的时候，一般你只会做被要求做的事情，说实话，当时我很开心。我想我喜欢整理庭院。我喜欢修剪草坪、修剪树枝，还有倒垃圾，所有体力活我都喜欢。我不喜欢打扫工作。你从没做过家务吗？

Buddhi: Well, I cleaned my own room and my brother cleaned his own, and I mean, it's obvious and it's ... I mean... it's something we really should do, like at home. When we eat, you clean your dish, and maybe we ... when I grew up, I'd wash ... I'll do the dishes, and even if I didn't do my mom wouldn't expect me to do it, and make sure I do it somehow. If it's not done, she'd do it. If I do it, well, she'll be thankful.
布迪希妮：嗯，我要打扫我的房间，我哥哥打扫他自己的房间，显然这是我们在家里要做的事情。我们吃完饭以后，要洗碗，可能是在长大以后，我会去洗碗，但即使我不洗碗的话，我妈妈也不指望我洗碗，只是有时我会洗。如果没人洗碗的话，我妈妈就会去洗。如果我洗碗的话，我妈妈会很欣慰。

Todd: So, in your household, who mops the floor?
托德：那你家里谁擦地？

Buddhi: My dad would.
布迪希妮：我爸爸。

Todd: Your dad would. Who washes the windows?
托德：你爸爸做。那谁擦窗户？

Buddhi: My dad, yeah.
布迪希妮：我爸爸。

Todd: Oh, your dad! He's hardworking. OK, who does the laundry?
托德：哦，又是你爸爸做！他真勤劳。那谁洗衣服？

Buddhi: My mom or myself.
布迪希妮：我妈妈和我。

Todd: Or yourself? Really! OK. What does your brother do?
托德：你自己洗衣服？真的吗？那你哥哥做什么？

Buddhi: Most of the time, like, he's about eight years older than me, so as soon as he graduated from high school he went abroad for high studies, so when he was doing the usual stuff, I was a kid, so I was not doing anything, so soon after he went I took over or something like that.
布迪希妮：大部分时间……我哥哥比我大8岁，他高中毕业以后就去国外留学了，他做日常家务的时候，我还很小，那时我什么家务都不做，而他出国以后，我就接手了他负责的家务。

Todd: Well you did some stuff.
托德：你也做些家务。

Buddhi: I did. I'm proud.
布迪希妮：对，我做家务。我很自豪。