Today we are gonna look at some expressions related to house chores. What are house chores?

今天我們就來看看與家務事有關的一些表述。什麼是家務事？

Well chores are your house work that you do on daily basis. I’m sure many of us don’t like

嗯，家務就是你每天要做的家務。我相信我們很多人都不喜歡。

to do it. But it’s important, it’s important to keep your house nice and clean. And,hey

來做。但這很重要，重要的是要保持你的房子乾淨漂亮。而且，嘿嘿

you know what, house chores or doing the house chores keeps you fit. It is a good form of

你知道嗎，做家務或做家務能讓你保持身體健康。這是一種很好的形式

exercise. SO people if you are not doing it start doing it, it will keep you fit as well.

鍛鍊。SO大家如果你沒有做就開始做吧，這樣也能讓你保持身材。

So now let’s have look at some expressions to talk about house chores or house work.

那麼現在讓我們來看看一些談論家務或家務工作的表達方式。

The other word for house chores is house work. So, the first thing that comes to your mind

家務事的另一個詞是家務活。所以，你首先想到的是什麼？

when you wake up, well you need to tidy up your house right? It means you need to clean

當你醒來的時候，你需要整理你的房子，對嗎？就是說你要打掃

your house. Now what are the expressions that you use to these certain house works is what

你的房子。現在，你對這些特定的房屋工程使用的表達方式是什麼？

we are gonna learn in today’s lesson. Let’s imagine, before we go with that let

我們在今天的課程中要學習。讓我們想象一下，在我們去之前讓

me also mention that the two common verbs that we use when we talk about house chores

我還想說的是，我們在談論家務事時，常用的兩個動詞是

are do and make. In a very common way when you are talking about house chores you say “ I gonna

是做和做。在一個很常見的方式，當你談論的家務事，你說" 我要去

do the dishes” “ I am gonna do the kitchen” “I am gonna do the laundry”

"我要洗碗" "我要去廚房" "我要去洗衣服"

Okay, so you end up using the verb do very commonly and in fact if you think about it

好吧，所以你最終使用的動詞做非常普遍，事實上，如果你仔細想想看

the verb to replaces the word to clean or wash. So you wash your laundry or you clean

的動詞來代替清潔或洗滌的詞。所以你洗你的衣服或你清潔

the dishes right? But rather than using these verbs when you are talking casually to someone

碗筷是吧？但是，與其在與人閒聊時使用這些動詞，不如在與人交談時使用

you end up using the verb do. So, it’s like I am doing the dishes. I am gonna do the laundry.

你最終會用動詞do。所以，這就像我在洗碗。我要去洗衣服。

I am gonna do the windows, so it means that you are gonna clean the windows.

我要去做窗戶，所以這意味著你要去清理窗戶。

And then another verb that we commonly use is make. Now make probably replaces the verb

然後我們常用的另一個動詞是make。現在make可能取代了動詞

create, to create something. SO make is like, “I am gonna make my bed” you will not

創造，創造一些東西。所以，使就像，"我要整理我的床"，你不會

say “I am gonna do the bed” You will say I am gonna make the bed or I

你會說 "我要鋪床"，你會說 "我要鋪床 "或者 "我要"。

am gonna make the breakfast. I am gonna make lunch. So here you are creating something.

我要去做早餐。我要去做午餐。所以，你在這裡創造的東西。

So that’s exactly the reason why you are using the verb make.

所以這正是你用動詞使的原因。

So please keep this in mind when you are talking casually about your household chores then

所以，請你在隨意談論你的家務事時記住這一點，那麼

you end up using the verbs do and make. And now let’s look at the expressions that

你最終會使用動詞do和make。現在讓我們看看以下表達式

you can use. The first one is make the bed. So you wake

你可以用。第一個是鋪床。所以你醒來

in the morning and the first thing that comes to your mind is that you need to tidy up the

早晨，你想到的第一件事就是要收拾好

house. So the very first thing that you do is make the bed. So, basically you will put

房子。所以你要做的第一件事就是鋪床。所以，基本上你會把

the blanket properly, you will put the pillows in place because when you sleep you tend to

適當的毯子，你會把枕頭的地方，因為當你睡覺的時候，你傾向於。

move a lot, at least I do. So you tend to move a lot, your blanket is all over the bed

經常搬家，至少我是這樣。所以你經常搬家，你的毯子都在床上了

so when you wake up you don’t want to leave it as it is you wanna make it. So you make

所以當你醒來的時候，你不想讓它保持原樣，你想讓它。所以你要做

the bed. The second expression is beat the rug. SO

的床。第二種說法是打地毯。SO

probably you have a rug on the floor or probably a mat on the floor so you pick it up and you

可能你有一個地毯在地板上或可能在地板上的墊子，所以你把它撿起來，你。

beat it. Probably you just wanna dust all the dirt or whatever is settled on it you

揍它。也許你只是想撣掉所有的灰塵或其他什麼東西，你。

wanna beat it. So you are cleaning the rug but rather than saying I am cleaning the rug

想打它。所以你是在打掃地毯，但不是說我在打掃地毯。

you gonna say beat the rug. I am beating the rug. Right!

你會說打地毯。我正在打地毯。是啊！

Next one is dust the furniture. Probably you find your furniture is little dusty, you find

其次是給傢俱除塵。可能你會發現你的傢俱有點灰塵，你會發現

a thin layer of dust or thick layer of dust if you haven’t been cleaning past few days.

一層薄薄的灰塵或一層厚厚的灰塵，如果你過去幾天沒有打掃的話。

So if you find that please dust your furniture. SO dust the furniture means to wipe up the

所以，如果你發現，請你給傢俱除塵。SO dust the furniture means to wipe up the

dust or clean the dust on the furniture that’s settled on your furniture. That’s the expression

灰塵或清理傢俱上沉澱的灰塵。這就是所謂的

you would use. The next one sweep the floor, so lot of dust

你會用。下一個掃地的，所以很多的灰塵

is on the floor and now you would like to clean the floor. So rather than saying I’m

是在地板上，現在你想清潔地板。所以，與其說我是

gonna clean the floor the right expression that you would use is I’m gonna sweep the

要去打掃地板 正確的表達方式是我要去掃地。

floor. In order to sweep the floor you need a broom. Right! So you sweep the floor with

掃地。要想掃地就得用掃帚。對啊！那你就用

a broom. The next one that we have over here is mop

一把掃帚。下一個，我們有在這裡是拖把。

the floor. So after sweeping the floor you want your house to smell nice so you add some

的地板。所以在掃完地後，你想讓你的房子聞起來很香，所以你就加了一些

disinfectants or toiletries to the water and you mop it up. SO with the use of a mop you

消毒劑或衛生用品的水，你拖起來。所以，使用拖把後，你

mop the floor, you clean the floor. Then the next one is vacuum the carpet. Lot

拖地，你把地板擦乾淨。然後下一個是吸塵地毯。地段

of stuff is settled on your carpet, it looks dirty it looks very dusty if you have a dog

你的地毯上有很多東西，看起來很髒 如果你養狗的話，它看起來很髒

you find dog hair on your carpet. Then it’s time to vacuum it. SO please go ahead get

你發現你的地毯上有狗毛。那就該用吸塵器吸了。所以，請繼續

a nice vacuum cleaner and start vacuuming the carpet. That means you are cleaning the

一個漂亮的吸塵器，然後開始吸地毯。這意味著你正在清潔

carpet, you are using a vacuum cleaner to clean the carpet hence you are using the expression

地毯，你是用吸塵器來清潔地毯，是以你使用的表達方式是

vacuum the carpet, okay! Now let’s have a look at another set of

吸塵地毯，好吧!現在讓我們來看看另一組的。

expressions here. So these expressions can be used for cleaning your bedroom or your

這裡的表達方式。是以，這些表達方式可以用於清潔你的臥室或你的

living room and if you look at these expressions here it’s mainly for the kitchen

客廳，而如果你看這裡的這些表情，主要是針對廚房的

Now everybody wants to keep their kitchen nice and clean so what are the expressions

現在大家都想把廚房打理得漂漂亮亮的，那麼有哪些說法呢？

that you would use The first one is set the table. You are hungry

第一個是擺桌子。你餓了

and you have cooked a very nice meal for you and your family. So the next job that you

而你為你和你的家人做了一頓非常美味的飯菜。所以，下一個工作，你

gonna do is , you are gonna set the table. So you gonna put the napkins, you gonna lay

你要做的是，你要去設置的表。所以，你要把餐巾紙，你要去鋪設

the plates, the crockery your spook , fork and knife so it means that you are setting

盤子，餐具，勺子，叉子和刀子，所以這意味著你正在設置

the table. So you finished with your lunch or your dinner and now it’s time to clear

桌子上。所以你吃完了午餐或晚餐，現在是時候清除

the table. So if you have cooked, you are the wife and you have cooked please ask your

的餐桌。所以，如果你做過飯，你是妻子，你做過飯請問你的。

husband to clear the table, it’s nice to share your jobs right!

老公收拾桌子，分擔工作是好事吧!

So now you wanna take all the stuff back in the kitchen and you would like to clear the

所以，現在你想把所有的東西拿回廚房，你想清理一下。

table. Well, not always we end up finishing the food, there are left over so what do you

桌子。好了，不總是我們最終完成的食物， 有剩餘的，所以你做什麼。

do with it? You put the food away. So you or your husband whoever is doing the job so

怎麼處理？你把食物收起來。所以，你或你的丈夫是誰做的工作，所以。

put the food away so basically taking care of the leftovers. And then you are done with

把食物收起來，所以基本上把剩菜剩飯都處理好了。然後你就完成了

your meal and there are lots of dishes in the sink. Dirty dishes in the sink what are

你的飯菜和有很多盤子在水槽。水槽裡的髒盤子是什麼

you gonna do? So you are gonna do the dishes. You gonna rinse the dishes or probably if

你要做什麼？所以，你要去做的菜。你要去沖洗碗碟或可能如果

you have a dishwasher you gonna set your dishes in the dishwasher. So you gonna do the dishes

你有一個洗碗機 你會設置你的菜 在洗碗機。所以，你會做的菜

and then the last thing you gonna do is you are going to clean the stove or you gonna

然後，你要做的最後一件事是你要去清理爐子，或者你要去

clean the sink. After doing the dishes probably your sink

清潔水槽。做完菜後可能你的水槽

is all clogged up so you would clean the sink and of course you will clean the stove as

是所有的堵塞了，所以你會清潔水槽，當然你會清潔爐子，因為。

well. So these are some common household chores

以及。那麼這些都是一些常見的家務事

that you do it on daily basis. So hope it helps you to talk in English and in a very

你每天都在做。所以，希望它能幫助你用英語交談，並在一個非常。

confident manner you can talk about it. The next time someone calls you and says hey what

自信的態度，你可以談論它。下次有人打電話給你，說嘿，什麼？

you doing? And if you are doing your household chores you can use one of these expressions

你在做什麼？如果你正在做家務，你可以使用這些表達方式之一。

specifically. I will be back with a new lesson until then

特別是。在這之前，我還會帶著新的課程回來的

you take care and have a great day.

你要小心，有一個偉大的一天。