实战口语情景对话：Clean Freak 洁癖

Todd: So, Akane, what did you do today?

托德：茜，你今天做什么了?

Akane: Ah, today I cleaned my apartment.

茜：我今天打扫了公寓。

Todd: Sounds fun!

托德：听起来很有乐趣!

Akane: It was actually. I really like cleaning cause I only get one day a week to do it, and my apartment gets clean.

茜：是很有趣。我很喜欢打扫，我每周只有一天能做打扫工作，打扫后我的公寓变得很干净。

Todd: So when you clean your apartment how long does it take you to clean everything?

托德：那你一般打扫一遍公寓要用多长时间呢?

Akane: Well, let's see, I started around 7:30 in the morning and then I probably finished around 10:30.

茜：嗯，我想想，我是早上7点半开始打扫的，大概是10点半完成的。

Todd: 3 hours!

托德：3个小时!

Akane: Yeah!

茜：对!

Todd: That's a long time.

托德：时间好长。

Akane: Well, I do a lot of cleaning.

茜：我做了很多清洁工作。

Todd: Man!

托德：天哪!

Akane: And that includes laundry, actually.

茜：实际上还包括洗衣服。

Todd: So for your laundry, do you use the laundromat down the street?

托德：你洗衣服会用街上的自助洗衣店吗?

Akane: No, I use my own laundry machine, and I hang it up to dry.

茜：不会，我用自己的洗衣机洗，我会把衣服挂起来晾干。

Todd: Wow! But when you do that you can't get that nice soft feel from the clothes.

托德：哇!可是那样衣服没有柔软感。

Akane: Well, no but I save money!

茜：嗯，可是这样省钱!

Todd: That's true! I feel bad about using the laundromat cause I guess it wastes energy, but I just love how the dryers make your clothes really soft and warm and there's no wrinkles and it's done.

托德：那倒是。我不喜欢用自助洗衣店，因为我认为那很浪费能源，可是我喜欢烘干机使衣服变得又软又温暖，而且洗完以后也没有褶皱。

Akane: I agree. Mm, for sure. I wish I had a dryer.

茜：我同意。的确是这样。我希望我也有个烘干机。

Todd: So do you iron your clothes for work?

托德：那你会熨上班穿的衣服吗?

Akane: I do, yeah, I always iron my clothes. I do my washing on Saturdays and I do my ironing on Sundays.

茜：我会，我一直都有熨衣服。我在周六洗衣服，周日熨衣服。

Todd: Oh, man, you're regimented.

托德：哦，天哪，你真有组织性。

Akane: Yeah, I am.

茜：是啊，我是。

Todd: You got it down. You know I never iron my shirts.

托德：跟你比我差远了，你知道我从来不熨我的衬衫。

Akane: You never iron!

茜：你从来不熨衣服!

Todd: No, I just take them out of the dryer, and that's close enough, and then usually when I put them on, they kind of stretch.

托德：对，我只是把衣服从烘干机里拿出来，基本就是这样，我穿上的时候它们会伸展一些。

Akane: Well, I guess so and if you're wearing a jacket over it, then you can't really see.

茜：我想也是，如果你外面再穿一件夹克，那完全看不出来。

Todd: Yeah, plus I'm a teacher and teachers don't have to look sharp.

托德：对，而且我是一名老师，老师是不用看上去很帅气。

Akane: I guess so. Yeah!

茜：我想也是。

Todd: Hey, so, what are your plans for tomorrow?

托德：那你明天有什么计划?

Akane: Tomorrow? Well, my ironing of course, and I'm a teacher and I have markings so, I'll do some markings, cause I have to mark some essays.

茜：明天?当然我要熨衣服，我是老师，所以我有卷子要批改，所以明天我会批改试卷还有作文。

Todd: Oh, that sounds awful!

托德：哦，听起来真糟糕!

Akane: Yeah, but it has to be done.

茜：是啊，可是我必须完成这些工作。

Todd: Yeah, but on the weekend! I try not to bring work home. I just don't like to do it. On the weekend, I feel you should energize yourself and just rest and relax.

托德：可是明天是周末啊!我努力不把工作带回家里，我就是不喜欢这样。我觉得周末你应该让自己充满能量，尽量休息、放松。

Akane: I agree, but this week I couldn't help it cause we were so busy.

茜：我同意，可是这周我办不到了，因为我太忙了。

Todd: So, why were you busy this week?

托德：那你周都忙什么了?

Akane: Well, we had so much work to do, and I gave them out an essay, and I got those essays back, so I have to mark those.

茜：我有很多工作要做，我让学生们写了篇作文，他们把作文交上来后我要进行批改。

Todd: Hey, have you been giving your students tests?

托德：你有给学生们安排过考试吗?

Akane: Uh, just little quizzes once in a while.

茜：只是偶尔安排一些小测验。

Todd: Yeah, I have to give my students a test but I don't know what to test them on.

托德：嗯，我必须要给学生们安排考试，可是我不知道如何测试。

Akane: Yeah, that is always a hard part.

茜：嗯，那一直是个难点。

Todd: Do you give easy tests or hard tests?

托德：你是进行简单的考试还是难的考试?

Akane: Well, the quizzes are quite easy, but I think they find it to be quite hard.

茜：小测验很简单，可是我想他们认为那很难。

Todd: Yeah, students always say, "It's difficult!"

托德：是啊，学生们总是说“太难了!”

Akane: Yeah!

茜：没错!

Todd: "It's difficult!" Well, enjoy your marking tomorrow!

托德：“太难了!”希望你明天批改试卷时过得愉快!

Akane: Thanks.

茜：谢谢你。