「晨读音频」
Good morning! I’m Lara, welcome to my channel.
大家早上好,我是Lara,欢迎来到我们的晨读栏目。
And today we have a great intermediate lesson for you.
今天我们有一个很棒的中级课程。
That’s right, we’ve got some excellent real English for you all about cleaning the house.没错,我们为你准备了一些关于打扫房间的地道英语。
Cleaning the house, that’s a real life situation, so, on today’s lesson we’re gonna look at language about cleaning the house.
打扫房子,这是一个现实生活情况,所以在今天的课上,我们要学习关于打扫房子的语言。
Let’s just listen to this dialogue and we’ll be back later to explain it.
好了,我们先听这段对话,后面会为大家进行讲解。
「对话文本」
A: Honey, the house is such a mess! I need you to help me tidy up a bit. My boss and her husband are coming over for dinner and the house needs to be spotless! 亲爱的,这房子里简直一团糟!我需要你帮忙整理一下。我的老板和她老公晚上过来吃晚餐,所以房间必须一尘不染。B: I'm in the middle of something right now. I'll be there in a second.
A: This can't wait! I need your help now!
我等不及了!我现在需要你的帮助!
B: Alright, alright. I'm coming.
好的,好的,我来了。
A: Ok, here's a list of chores we need to get done. I'll do the dishes and get all the groceries for tonight. You can sweep and mop the floors. Oh, and the furniture needs to be dusted.
看,这是我们需要搞定的家务清单。噢,还有家具需要扫除灰尘。
B: You know what, I have to pick something up at the mall, so why don't you clean the floors and Ill go to the supermarket and get all the groceries.
你知道吗,我必须得去商场拿个东西,所以为什么你不打扫地板,我去超市买所有的用品。
A: Sure that's fine. Here is the list of all the things you need to get. Don't forget anything! And can you pick up a bottle of wine on your way home?
当然可以,这很好。这是所有你需要买的东西清单。别忘记什么!还有你可以在回家的路上买一瓶酒吗?
B: Hey, honey I'm back. Wow, the house looks really good!
嗨,亲爱的,我回来了。哇,房子看起来很干净呀!
A: Great! Can you set the table?
你能把桌子布置一下吗?
B: Just a sec I'm just gonna vacuum this rug real fast。
稍等一下,我想用真空吸尘器快速清扫下这个地毯。
「重要发音技巧」
辅元连读:辅音+元音
一般情况下,前一个单词词尾为辅音,后一个单词开头为元音,这就要将辅音与元音拼起来连读。
1. list of 连起来读
文章中:Here is the list of all the things you need to get.
这是所有你所需要买的东西清单。
2. middle of 连起来读
文章中:I’m in the middle of something right now.
我现在正忙着呢。
3. pick up 连起来读
文章中:Can you pick up a bottle of wine on your way home?
你可以在回家的路上买一瓶酒吗?
「核心单词掌握」
In today’s vocabulary preview we have several words. And the first word is chore.今天的词汇预览有几个词汇,第一个词是“杂事,家务 - chore”。
1. chore n. [tʃɔː(r)] 杂事,家务
Chores is a really common word for things you have to do around the house.
家务是个很常见的单词,是你必须在家里做的事。
Like, for example, laundry. 比如说洗衣服。
例如:I figured he should be doing a few chores.
我觉得他应该分担些家务了。
2. spotless adj. [ˈspɒtləs] 一尘不染
So, when you want something to be spotless…所以,当你希望某样东西一尘不染的时候。
You want it to be really clean, not a spot of dirt on it.你希望真的很干净,上面一点污垢都没有。
例如:My desk is not spotless.我的书桌不是一尘不染的。
3. mall n. [mɔːl] 商场
例如:How much money did you spend at the shopping mall?
你在购物中心花了多少钱?
Now, in British English you would say shopping center.好的,现在在英式英语中你会说购物中心。
4. grocery n. [ˈɡrəʊsəri] 食品杂货店例如:Go grocery shopping once a week.
一周去一次杂货店。
5. vacuum v. [ˈvækjʊəm] 用真空吸尘器清扫
例如:I would like to vacuum the carpet.
我想用吸尘器清理地毯。
You know, this word vacuum, um, is really a very American word.
你知道,这个词,是真的在美国常用。
Yeah, vacuum cleaner. In the UK they say hoover.
在英国说hoover。
Hoover the rug.
用吸尘器清理小地毯。
「实用口语表达」
The first is "such a mess".第一个是“真是一团糟”。