Name: 英文聊家事｜給初學者的簡易英文Podcast (Talking About Housework in English | Easy English Podcast for Beginners)
Uploaded: 2026-03-25T08:24:32.000Z
Duration: 19 min 16 s

Hello everyone and welcome back to Everyday English Academy, where we make English simple and enjoyable.

大家好，歡迎回到 Everyday English Academy，我們讓英文變得簡單又有趣。

Hello to all of our wonderful listeners wherever you are in the world right now.

哈囉，世界上所有正在收聽的聽眾朋友們！

So Mike, anything interesting happen this week?

所以 Mike，這週有什麼有趣的事嗎？

Sarah, I had the most stressful moment of my life on Wednesday.

Sarah，我週三遇到了我人生中最壓力爆棚的時刻。

My mom called me and said I'm coming to your apartment in 1 hour.

我媽打電話給我，說她一小時後要來你家。

I looked around my apartment and I thought, this is a crime scene.

我看了看我的公寓，心想，這根本是犯罪現場嘛。

I threw clothes into the closet, I wiped the kitchen counter with my sleeve, I hid dirty dishes in the oven.

我把衣服丟進衣櫃，用袖子擦了廚房檯面，把髒碗盤藏在烤箱裡。

Mike, I do the exact same thing when someone visits.

Mike，有人來訪時，我做的跟你一模一樣。

Yes, but I usually throw everything into my bedroom and close the door.

對啊，但我通常會把所有東西丟進臥室，然後關上門。

So you just move the mess from one room to another?

所以你只是把髒亂從一個房間移到另一個房間？

The living room looked perfect, but my bedroom—don't open that door.

客廳看起來完美無瑕，但我臥室的門——千萬別打開。

See, this is why housework is so important.

你看，這就是為什麼做家事這麼重要。

If we just did a little bit every day, we wouldn't need to panic clean.

如果我們每天都做一點點，就不需要臨時抱佛腳大掃除。

That's when you clean very fast because someone is coming to your home.

就是有人要來家裡的時候，你才會拚命地打掃。

Your heart is racing, you're throwing things everywhere, you're wiping surfaces with whatever you can find.

你的心跳加速，把東西到處亂丟，隨便拿什麼東西擦拭表面。

And I think many of our listeners know this feeling.

我想我們很多聽眾都懂這種感覺。

If you've ever panic cleaned, tell us in the comments.

如果你曾經臨時抱佛腳大掃除過，在留言區告訴我們。

So I think today we need to talk about this, right?

所以我想我們今天要來聊聊這個，對吧？

Housework, chores, all those things we have to do to keep our homes clean.

家事、雜事，所有那些為了讓家裡保持乾淨我們必須做的事情。

this is such a practical topic because we all do chores, even if we don't like them.

這個主題超實用，因為我們都會做家事，就算不喜歡。

And there's actually a lot of useful English in this topic, words you can use in real conversations every day.

而且這個主題其實有很多實用的英文，是你可以每天在真實對話中使用的單字。

So today we're going to talk about common chores, share our cleaning habits—the honest version—and help you learn how to talk about housework in natural English.

所以今天我們要來聊聊常見的家務事，分享我們的清潔習慣——最真實的版本——並幫助你學會怎麼用自然的英文談論家務。

And later I'm going to confess something about my cleaning habits that is...

然後等等我會坦白一件關於我的清潔習慣的事，那件事是…

But first, let's talk about the basic chores.

不過，我們先來聊聊基本的家務事。

Well, the one I do the most is probably the dishes.

嗯，我做得最多的應該是洗碗。

I cook almost every day, so there are always dishes to wash.

我幾乎每天都煮飯，所以總是有碗要洗。

And here's something interesting for our listeners: when you wash dishes, there are actually a few different steps.

還有，對我們的聽眾來說，有個有趣的地方是：洗碗其實有好幾個不同的步驟。

To scrub means to rub something hard to remove the dirt, like when you have dried food stuck on a pan, you really need to scrub it.

刷洗的意思是把東西用力摩擦，把髒汙去除，就像鍋子裡有乾掉的食物黏住了，你真的需要用力刷洗它。

Yes, you use a sponge or a brush and you scrub, scrub, scrub until it's clean.

對，你會用海綿或刷子，然後刷、刷、刷，直到乾淨為止。

And sometimes if the food is really stuck, you need to let the dish soak first.

有時候如果食物真的黏得很牢，你得先讓碗盤浸泡一下。

To soak means to leave something in water for a long time so the dirt becomes soft and easier to clean.

浸泡的意思是把東西泡在水裡一段時間，讓髒汙變軟，比較容易清理。

That's what I tell myself every night, and then I forget about it until the next morning.

這是我每天晚上告訴自己的話，然後我就忘了，直到隔天早上。

Mike, that's not soaking, that's just avoiding the dishes.

Mike，那不是浸泡，那是逃避洗碗。

And after you scrub, the last step is to rinse.

刷洗之後，最後一個步驟就是沖洗。

To rinse means to quickly wash something with clean water to remove the soap.

沖洗的意思是用乾淨的水快速沖過，把肥皂沖掉。

Right, so the process is soak if needed, scrub the dirt off, and then rinse with clean water.

對，所以流程就是，如果需要就浸泡，刷洗掉髒汙，然後用乾淨的水沖洗。

And honestly, it's not that bad, but I still hate it.

說實話，其實沒那麼糟，但我還是很討厭。

I try to do it once a week, but sometimes it piles up.

我試著一週洗一次，但有時候會堆起來。

That's when something keeps growing because you don't deal with it, more and more clothes on the chair, on the floor.

就是東西因為你沒有處理，然後越堆越多，椅子上、地板上都是衣服。

You think, oh, I'll do it tomorrow, and then suddenly you have a mountain of clothes.

你會想說，啊，明天再洗，然後突然間就堆成一座小山。

而且不只是洗衣服而已，對吧？

After you wash clothes, you have to fold them.

洗完衣服之後，你還要摺衣服。

To fold means to make the clothes neat and flat so you can put them away.

摺衣服的意思就是把衣服弄整齊、弄平，這樣你才能把它們收起來。

摺衣服這件事，我總是會拖延。

To put off means to delay doing something.

拖延的意思就是延後做某件事情。

You know you should do it, but you say, later.

你知道你應該要做，但你卻說，晚點再說。

然後這個晚點就變成下個禮拜了。

I think everyone puts off folding clothes.

我覺得大家都會拖延摺衣服這件事。

A stain is a dirty mark on your clothes that is really hard to remove.

汙漬是指衣服上很難去除的髒汙痕跡。

Like when you spill coffee on a white shirt.

就像你不小心把咖啡灑在白襯衫上。

I got a coffee stain on my favorite shirt and I can't get it out.

我最喜歡的襯衫沾到咖啡漬，我洗不掉。

Or when you eat pasta with tomato sauce and you know what's coming.

或是你吃義大利麵配番茄醬，你知道接下來會發生什麼事。

Okay, what about floor chores, because this is where it gets interesting.

好的，那地板清潔呢？這部分就更精彩了。

So there are three main ways to clean your floor.

所以地板清潔主要有三種方法。

To sweep means to clean the floor with a broom.

You know, that long stick with bristles at the bottom?

就是那個下面有毛、長長的一根東西？

You push the dirt into one place and then collect it.

你把髒東西推到一個地方，然後再把它收集起來。

I sweep my kitchen floor almost every day, especially after cooking.

我幾乎每天都會掃廚房的地板，尤其是在煮飯之後。

Crumbs are those tiny pieces of food that fall on the floor.

碎屑就是那些掉在地板上的小塊食物。

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