70 Cleaning Vocabulary Words: Expand Your English Vocabulary

Hi. I'm Vanessa with SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com. Do you like cleaning? Let's talk about it.

你好。我是Vanessa和SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com。 你喜欢清洁吗？让我们来谈谈它。

Do you love cleaning? Is it your dream to do the dishes and take out the trash? Okay,

你喜欢清洁吗？这是你的梦想吗？ 做菜和拿出垃圾？好的，

probably not, but these are necessary parts of daily life. Today you're going to learn

可能不是，但这些是必要的部分 日常生活今天你要学习

how to explain over 30 common household chores. The word chore means a necessary cleaning

如何解释超过30种常见的家务。 “家务”这个词意味着必要的清洁

activity. Maybe when you were a kid your parents made a chore chart and you had to check off

活动。也许当你还是个孩子的时候，你的父母 做了一个家务活动图表，你必须检查

the various chores whenever you finished them, or maybe they just said, "Doing chores is

你完成它们的各种琐事， 或者他们只是说，“做家务是

a necessary part of daily life, so do them." Now that you're an adult, they definitely

日常生活的必要部分，他们也是如此。“ 既然你是成年人，他们肯定

are. You're invited to my mother-in-law's house to clean. Today I'm going to be showing

是。你被邀请到我的婆婆那里 房子要清理。今天我要去展示

you around her house and we're going to be cleaning around it using these important expressions.

你在她家附近，我们将成为 用这些重要的表达方式清理它周围。

All right. Let's get started with some daily household chores. Good morning. It's time

行。让我们开始每天一些 家务。早上好。是时候了

to make the bed. Maybe I'll put the pillows here at the top. I got to pull up the sheets,

整理床铺。也许我会把枕头 在这里顶部。我得拉起床单，

pull up the comforter, put some decorative pillows up. Looks pretty good.

拉起被子，放一些装饰 枕头了。看起来很不错。

Now it's time to change the sheets. All right. I'll probably take the pillowcases off. Got

现在是时候更换床单了。行。 我可能会脱掉枕套。拿到

to wash the pillowcases. Take the comforter off. Take the flat sheet, take that off the

洗枕套。带上被子 关闭。拿平板，取下它

bed. Take the fitted sheet off the bed, and I got to put some new sheets the bed after

床。从床上取下床单，然后 之后我在床上放了一些新床单

that. Next, I got to scrub down the tub and the

那。 接下来，我要擦洗浴缸和浴缸

shower. I'll probably use a rag, maybe some kind of cleaning solution, and scrub the walls,

淋浴。我可能会用一块抹布，也许还有一些 一种清洁液，擦洗墙壁，

scrub the tub, get around the bottom of the drain. The drain is where the water goes down.

擦洗浴缸，绕过底部 排水。排水管是水流下来的地方。

Maybe I'll clean the shower head, I'll clean the faucet. All of these are important parts

也许我会清洗淋浴头，我会干净的 水龙头。所有这些都是重要的部分

when you're cleaning out your tub. Next is everyone's favorite thing, cleaning

当你清理你的浴缸。 接下来是每个人最喜欢的东西，清洁

the toilet. We could use the verb scrub, just like we used with the tub and the shower.

厕所。我们可以使用动词擦洗 就像我们使用浴缸和淋浴一样。

You might first start by lifting the lid, then taking a scrub brush, scrubbing around

你可以先拿起盖子开始， 然后用洗刷刷，擦洗

a little bit, and then you might pour some kind of cleaning solution into the toilet

一点点，然后你可能倒一些 一种清洁液进入厕所

bowl, letting it sit for a little while, scrubbing it out. You might scrub around the toilet

碗，让它坐一会儿，擦洗 出来。你可能会在厕所周围擦洗

bowl. Maybe you'll scrub behind the toilet bowl, making sure that everything is clean.

碗。也许你会在厕所后面擦洗 碗，确保一切都干净。

We have so much laundry in our hamper. It's time to do the laundry. The first step is

我们的篮子里有很多洗衣服。它的 是时候洗衣服了。第一步是

to take your dirty clothes, take them out of the hamper. The hamper is usually that

拿你的脏衣服，把它们拿出来 礼篮。篮子通常是那个

thing that you use to carry your dirty laundry in your bedroom, or maybe in your bathroom.

你用来搬脏衣服的东西 在你的卧室里，或者在你的浴室里。

We got to load the laundry into the washing machine.

我们得把衣服装进洗衣房 机。

Now, we can use two different verbs for this. We could just simply say, "Put laundry into

现在，我们可以使用两个不同的动词。 我们可以简单地说，“洗衣服

the washing machine." Put. Or, we could say, "Load the washing machine. I need to load

洗衣机。“放。或者，我们可以说， “装上洗衣机。我需要装

the washing machine." It means you're putting stuff in, so I'm loading things in. What do

洗衣机。“这意味着你要放 东西，所以我正在加载东西。做什么

you think happens when it's all done? Let's imagine it's finished washing. Well, you need

你觉得什么时候完成了？让我们 想象它已经洗完了。好吧，你需要

to unload, unload the washing machine. Great. There's a couple items that we use. This is

卸下，卸下洗衣机。大。 我们使用了几个项目。这是

washing detergent. Usually we use the word detergent to talk about the soap that you

洗涤剂。通常我们使用这个词 洗涤剂，谈谈你的肥皂

put into the washing machine. You put the soap into the washing machine.

放入洗衣机。你把它 肥皂放入洗衣机。

Then, when it's done you have two different options. One option is you might hang it on

然后，当它完成时，你有两个不同的 选项。一种选择是你可以把它挂起来

a clothesline. A clothesline is a rope, and you might hang it on the rope to dry usually

晾衣绳。晾衣绳是绳子，和 你可以把它挂在绳子上晾干

outside, or you might have a clothes rack. This is just one piece of metal or wood that

外面，或者你可能有一个衣架。 这只是一块金属或木材

you hang your wet clothes on to dry. Here in the U.S. it's most common to have

你挂湿衣服晾干。 在美国这里最常见的是

a dryer. It's pretty interesting why some other countries don't use dryers. I'm curious

一台烘干机。有些人为什么这很有意思 其他国家不使用烘干机。我很好奇

in your country do you have a dryer? Do you use a dryer often? In the U.S. it's often

在你的国家，你有干衣机吗？你呢 经常使用烘干机？在美国经常这样

used. It's used almost every single time. As you can see, these are huge machines. These

用过的。几乎每次都使用它。 如您所见，这些都是巨大的机器。这些

are not small. I know other countries I've lived in you have a small washer. Maybe it's

不小。我认识其他国家 住在你身边有一个小垫圈。也许是的

a washer dryer combo together, but in the U.S. they're pretty big.

一个洗衣烘干机组合在一起，但在 美国他们很大。

Then, we'll take the clothes, we'll unload the washer, and we'll put them into the dryer.

然后，我们将拿走衣服，我们将卸下 洗衣机，我们将它们放入烘干机。

Here we have a front-loading dryer. That means you load the dryer from the front, so if you

我们这里有一台前装式干衣机。这意味着 你从前面装干燥机，所以如果你

need to buy a dryer or washer in the U.S. you'll definitely hear these terms, front-loading

需要在美国购买烘干机或洗衣机 你肯定会听到这些术语，前装

dryer. Maybe you have a front-loading washer, but this is a top-loading washer. Those are

机。也许你有一个前装式洗衣机， 但这是一个顶装式洗衣机。那些是

just some very specific terms about washers and dryers.

关于垫圈的一些非常具体的术语 和干衣机。

There's a couple of other items that some people use when they're drying things in the

还有一些其他项目 人们在干燥时会使用它们

dyer. You might use dryer sheets. These are just little sheets. They're supposed to help

代尔。您可以使用干燥纸。这些是 只是小床单。他们应该帮忙

your clothes get softer. Dan and I ... I don't think we've ever used these. Some people feel

你的衣服变得柔软了。丹和我......我没有 我想我们曾经用过这些。有些人觉得

like it's essential. We don't use them, but it's just personal preference.

喜欢它是必不可少的。我们不使用它们，但是 这只是个人偏好。

What happens after the laundry is finished drying? You need to fold the laundry, or fold

洗衣完成后会发生什么 烘干？你需要折叠衣物或折叠

the clothes and put them maybe in a drawer or put them in the laundry basket. Then we

衣服，把它们放在抽屉里 或者把它们放在洗衣篮里。然后我们

can take that to the bedroom or where you're going to put them away. We say fold the laundry

可以把它带到卧室或你所在的地方 要把它们拿走。我们说折叠衣物

or fold the clothes, and then put it away. It's a great phrasal verb for cleaning. Put

或折叠衣服，然后将其丢弃。 这是一个很好的清洁短语动词。放

it away. Whose job it is it in your house to prepare

它离开了。 你家里准备的是谁的工作

the meals? We might say "Prepare the meals," or before you prepare a meal you might need

吃饭？我们可能会说“准备饭菜” 或者在你准备一顿饭之前你可能需要

to make a meal plan. Some people do this. It means that you write down Monday through

制定膳食计划。有些人这样做。 这意味着你周一写下来

Sunday and you decide what am I going to eat on Monday? I'm going to eat spaghetti. What

星期天，你决定我要吃什么 在星期一？我要吃意大利面。什么

am I going to eat on Tuesday? Tuesday I'm going to eat fish tacos.

我星期二要去吃饭吗？星期二我是 去吃炸玉米饼。

Then, you write down each day so that when you go grocery shopping, which is another

然后，你每天写下来，以便何时 你去购物，这是另一个

chore, you can easily decide all of the things that you need to buy and you don't need to

家务活，你可以很容易地决定所有的事情 您需要购买而不需要购买

keep going back. I'm curious, do you make a meal plan? Who

继续往下走。 我很好奇，你做一顿饭计划吗？谁

prepares the meals at your house? After you've finished preparing the meal, maybe after you

准备你家的饭菜？在你之后 吃完饭，也许是在你之后

finished eating your meal, you need to wipe down the counters, or we could say the kitchen

吃完饭后，你需要擦拭 在柜台上，或者我们可以说厨房

counters. This is a kitchen counter, so we need to wipe

计数器。 这是一个厨房柜台，所以我们需要擦拭

it down. This phrasal verb, wipe down, is useful for almost any room. You can wipe down

它失败了。这个短语动词，擦拭，是 适用于几乎所有房间。你可以擦掉

the kitchen counter, you can wipe down the bathroom counter. You could wipe down the

厨房柜台，你可以擦拭下来 浴室柜台。你可以把它擦掉

kitchen table. You can wipe down a lot of surfaces. It just means you have a wet cloth

厨房的桌子。你可以消灭很多 表面。这只意味着你有一块湿布

and you are wiping that surface. What do you have to do after you cook? You

而你正在擦拭那个表面。 你做饭后你要做什么？您

got to wash the dishes. You might use a rag, like this, or you might use some kind of steel

得洗碗。你可以用一块抹布， 像这样，或者你可能会使用某种钢材

wool, depending on how tough the dishes are. Or, you might use a scrub brush or you might

羊毛，取决于菜肴的硬度。 或者，您可以使用擦洗刷或者您可以使用

use a sponge. My mother-in-law doesn't have a sponge here, but you might use a sponge.

用海绵。我的岳母没有 这里有海绵，但你可以用海绵。

You might use a rag like this. After you wash them with some soap, or some

你可以使用这样的抹布。 用肥皂或其他肥皂清洗后

dish soap we could call it, you have a couple options. You might air dry them, so we could

我们可以称之为洗碗皂，你有一对 选项。你可以把它们吹干，这样我们就可以了

put them on the drying rack. Put them on the drying rack means you just set the things

把它们放在晾衣架上。把它们放在上面 晾衣架意味着你只需要设置东西

here to dry and let the air dry them, or, if you're extra lucky you might have a dishwasher.

在这里干燥，让空气干燥，或者， 如果你更幸运，你可能会有洗碗机。

It's true, my mother-in-law has a dishwasher, so you can load the dishwasher. It's the same

的确，我的婆婆有洗碗机， 所以你可以加载洗碗机。一样的

verb that we use for the clothes in the washer in the dishwasher. We don't call this simply

我们用于洗衣机衣服的动词 在洗碗机里。我们不会简单地称之为

the washer. We always call it the dishwasher, because the washer is for clothes and the

洗衣机。我们总称它为洗碗机， 因为洗衣机是用来做衣服的

dishwasher is for dishes, for things that you use for eating.

洗碗机是用于餐具的 你用来吃东西。

You might put them on the top shelf, maybe the bottom shelf. Maybe you put them in the

也许你可以将它们放在顶层架子上 底架。也许你把它们放进去了

silverware rack at the bottom, and you load up the soap, the detergent in here, and turn

底部的银器架，你加载 肥皂，洗涤剂在这里，然后转动

it on and it's done. So easy. If you don't have a dishwasher you have to wash them by

它已经完成了。太简单。如果你不这样做 有洗碗机，你必须洗他们

hand and you need to set them in the drying rack. You've got two options. What do you

手，你需要在干燥中设置它们 架。你有两个选择。你是什​​么

use at your house? Whose job is it in your house to take out

在你家里使用？ 你的房子里有谁的工作要拿走

of the trash? Maybe this is something that you do every day, maybe it's something that

垃圾？也许这就是它 你每天都做，也许就是这样

you do weekly. If I can figure out how to get my mother-in-law's trash, aha. I did it,

你每周做一次。如果我能弄清楚如何 得到我岳母的垃圾，啊哈。我做的，

open. Maybe it's something that you need to do weekly. Maybe it's something that you need

打开。也许这是你需要的东西 每周做一次。也许这是你需要的东西

to do daily. You need to take the trash bag out of the trash can. Maybe you put it in

每天做。你需要拿垃圾袋 走出垃圾桶。也许你把它放进去了

a dumpster, maybe you put in a bin outside, but you need to take the trash bag out.

一个垃圾箱，也许你把垃圾箱放在外面， 但你需要把垃圾袋拿出来。

If you're already taking out the trash you should probably take out the recycling, too.

如果你已经把垃圾拿走了 应该也可以取出回收利用。

This is another great phrasal verb. We use phrasal verbs a lot for household chores.

这是另一个伟大的短语动词。我们用 短语动词很多家务。

Take out the trash, take the trash out, or take the recycling out, take out the recycling.

拿出垃圾，拿出垃圾，或者 把回收再拿出来，取出回收。

What about your refrigerator? Or, we can call it just a fridge. There might be a couple

你的冰箱怎么样？或者，我们可以打电话 它只是一个冰箱。可能有一对

things that you do. The first simple step might be to simply wipe down, using that great

你做的事情。第一个简单的步骤 可能只是简单地使用那个伟大的东西来消灭

phrasal verb, wipe down the fridge. It means inside you're just wiping the surfaces,

短语动词，擦拭冰箱。 这意味着你只是擦拭表面，

but maybe you've got a lot of food in your fridge. My mother-in-law has a lot of food

但也许你的食物中有很多食物 冰箱。我的岳母有很多食物

in her fridge, which is always exciting whenever we come to visit. You might find some food

在她的冰箱里，无论什么时候总是令人兴奋 我们来参观。你可能会找到一些食物

at is expired, or maybe it's old, so you need to go through the fridge and clean out the

在过期，或者可能是旧的，所以你需要 通过冰箱清理干净

fridge. Clean out the fridge means you're taking things that are old or expired and

冰箱。清理冰箱意味着你 采取旧的或过期的东西

throwing them away, so you need to clean out the fridge.

扔掉它们，所以你需要清理干净 冰箱。

Or, there's another great clean word we might use. We might say, "I need to deep clean the

或者，我们可能会有另一个非常干净的词 使用。我们可能会说，“我需要深入清理

freezer and the fridge." Deep cleans mean you take everything out, you scrub down the

冰箱和冰箱。“深层清洁意味着 你把一切都拿出来，你就把它擦干净了

surfaces, you make sure that it's spotless, it's clean, and then you put things back that

表面，你要确保它一尘不染， 它很干净，然后你把东西放回原处

are not expired. You put the things back that you want to.

没有过期。你把事情说回来了 你想要。

Maybe this happens once a year, I deep clean the fridge. For me, that isn't really happening

也许这种情况每年发生一次，我很清楚 冰箱。对我来说，这并没有真正发生

on a schedule. I think the last time that we deep cleaned our fridge was when I was

在一个时间表上。我想最后一次 我在那儿的时候深深地清理过冰箱

pregnant and every smell was so terrible. I told Dan, "Our kitchen smells so terrible.

怀孕了，每一种气味都是如此可怕。 我告诉丹，“我们的厨房闻起来很可怕。

I can't go in the kitchen," but really I was just pregnant. It didn't smell terrible, so

我不能去厨房，“但我真的是 刚怀孕了。它闻起来并不可怕，所以

I asked him, "Please, can you deep clean our fridge and freezer? There's something that

我问他，“拜托，请你深深清理我们的 冰箱和冰柜？有一些东西

smells terrible in there." Really, nothing smelled terrible. It was just

那里闻起来很可怕。“ 真的，没有什么闻到可怕的。这只是

my nose because I was pregnant, but thankfully Dan deep cleaned our fridge, and it was good

我的鼻子，因为我怀孕了，但谢天谢地 丹深深地清理了我们的冰箱，这很好

for our fridge. It didn't really help me because everything still smelled terrible, but for

为我们的冰箱。它并没有真正帮助我，因为 一切仍然闻到可怕，但是

this moment you can deep clean if you want to really scrub and make sure it's spotless.

如果你愿意，这一刻你可以深层清洁 要真正擦洗，并确保它一尘不染。

If you have any hardwood floors or linoleum floors in your house you need to arm yourself

如果您有任何硬木地板或油毡 在你家的地板，你需要武装自己

with a broom. You need to sweep the floor probably daily if you have a small child like

用扫帚。你需要扫地 可能每天如果你有一个小孩子喜欢

me, or maybe a dog. You need to sweep three times a day. But, you will definitely need

我，或者也许是一只狗。你需要扫三个 一天一次。但是，你肯定需要

a broom. Something that's really common and easy to

扫帚。 一些非常普遍且容易的东西

use if you have hardwood floors is a Swiffer. Swiffer is actually the brand, but in English

如果你有硬木地板使用是一个Swiffer。 Swiffer实际上是品牌，但用英语

we say, "I'm going to swiffer the floor." We use it as a verb, or, I'm going to get

我们说，“我要打开地板。” 我们用它作为动词，或者，我会得到它

the Swiffer, which is this device. Usually there's a little cloth that is the Swiffer

Swiffer，这是这个设备。平时 有一块小布是Swiffer

brand cloth. You put it over top. It's a disposable thing. It might be dry. It kind of picks up

品牌布。你把它放在首位。这是一次性的 事情。它可能是干的。它有点起色

some cat hair or dust, or it might be wet and you can kind of easily mop the floor.

一些猫毛或灰尘，或者它可能是湿的 你可以轻松地拖地板。

If you don't have one of these you might need a mop, or maybe two mops. My mother-in-law

如果你没有其中一个，你可能需要 拖把，或者两个拖把。我婆婆

has two mops. We have a part at the bottom that collects the liquid, the moisture. You

有两个拖把。我们在底部有一个部分 收集液体，水分。您

might dip it into a bucket, or maybe you pour some water on the floor. That's usually what

可能会把它浸入水桶，或者你倒 地板上有些水。这通常是什么

Dan does when he mops. He just pours some water on the floor and mops around it.

当他拖把时丹做。他只是倒了一些 地板上的水和周围的拖把。

You might mop the floor with your mop, an important activity for hardwood floors. After

你可以用拖把拖把地板 硬木地板的重要活动。后

you're done, you might dry it up with some kind of sponge, or maybe you have a rag and

你做完了，你可能会把它弄干一些 有点海绵，或者你有一块抹布和

you just dry it up with that. Here you saw that I used another phrasal verb,

你只是干它。 在这里你看到我用了另一个短语动词，

to dry up something. You could say, "I'm going to dry the floor with a rag," but it's much

干涸的东西。你可以说，“我要走了 用抹布擦干地板，“但它太多了

more natural to use the phrasal verb. I'm going to dry up liquid on the floor with a

更自然地使用短语动词。我 用一种方法来清理地板上的液体

rag. I'm going to dry it up. I can't remember the last time I used one

抹布。我要把它弄干。 我记不清上次使用的时间了

of these, but if you have some little knickknacks around your house you might want to use a

其中，但如果你有一些小小的小玩意儿 在你家附近，你可能想要使用

duster to dust around the knickknacks. You might say, "I need to dust," or, "I can't

除尘器周围的尘土。您 可能会说，“我需要粉尘”，或者“我不能

find my duster." This is what this is called. "I need a duster to dust on the mantle, or

找到我的掸子。“这就是所谓的。 “我需要一个除尘器在地幔上撒粉，或者

maybe on some shelves around your things." Of course, don't forget to water the plants.

也许在你的东西周围的架子上。“ 当然，别忘了给植物浇水。

This is not a watering can. This is just our tea kettle, but I couldn't find my mother-in-law's

这不是喷壶。这只是我们的 茶壶，但我找不到我的岳母

watering can. You can imagine you need to water the plants with a watering can, unless

喷壶。你可以想象你需要 用喷壶给植物浇水，除非

you're me and I always forget to water my plants.

你是我，我总是忘记浇水 植物。

If you saw my other video about household words you know that all the plants in my house

如果你看到我关于家庭的其他视频 你知道我家里所有植物的话

have suffered a terrible fate. They're not living, but she has a green thumb, so all

遭遇了可怕的命运。他们不是 生活，但她有一个绿拇指，所以所有

of her plants look beautiful. Probably because she has remembered to water them.

她的植物看起来很漂亮。可能是因为 她记得给他们浇水。

If you have any windows at some point you'll need to wash the windows. You might use a

如果你有任何窗口，你会 需要洗窗户。你可以用一个

device like this, which has some kind of pad on it so that you can get the window wet.

像这样的设备，它有一些垫 在它上面，这样你就可以弄湿窗户。

Then, it has a little thing here, a little strip at the top that's usually rubberized.

然后，这里有一点点，一点点 顶部的条带通常是橡胶化的。

That's called a squeegee. A squeegee, so you can kind of do it like that, and then all

那被称为刮刀。刮刀，所以你 可以这样做，然后全部

of the water flows off of the window and it's nice and clean.

水从窗户流出，就是这样 干净整洁。

This is a perfect device for this. I don't have one of these things, that's why I came

这是一个完美的设备。我不 有这些东西之一，这就是我来的原因

here to film this video, but you might need to wash the windows, and then squeegee the

在这里拍摄这个视频，但你可能需要 洗窗户，然后刮刮

windows. You might notice that a lot of these words

视窗。 你可能会注意到很多这些词

that we're using for household chores are nouns and they're also verbs. This is a squeegee,

我们用于做家务的是 名词，他们也是动词。这是一个刮刀，

but I can also say, "I'm squeegeeing the window." I'm using it as a verb, so there's a lot of

但我也可以说，“我正在刮窗户。” 我用它作为动词，所以有很多

interchangeableness. This is great for your vocabulary. You learn one word, you can use

interchangeableness。这对你来说很棒 词汇。你学会了一个词，你可以使用

it in two ways. It's kind of a two-for-one deal.

它有两种方式。这是一对一的 应对。

Of course at some point you'll need to clean up or tidy up. Tidy up means you're putting

当然，在某些时候你需要清理 整理或整理。整理意味着你正在推杆

things in their proper place. If you have a kid, you're probably constantly tidying

在适当的地方的东西。如果你有 一个孩子，你可能会不断整理

up, hopefully teaching them to tidy up after themselves. You'll probably be tidying up

起来，希望教他们整理完毕 他们自己。你可能会整理一下

at least once a day. It's a good rule of thumb, so here I'm tidying up, or just generally

至少每天一次。这是一个很好的经验法则， 所以我在这里整理，或者只是一般

cleaning up, putting things in their proper place.

清理，把东西放在适当的位置 地点。

Another thing that you might do infrequently is to wipe off, wipe off, the baseboards.

你可能不经常做的另一件事 是要擦掉，擦掉底板。

These are called the baseboards, or the molding. Molding is this similar type of wood, but

这些被称为踢脚板或模塑。 成型是这种类似的木材，但是

maybe it's around a door frame or it's on the wall somewhere, maybe around the windows

也许它在一个门框周围或者在它上面 在某个地方的墙上，也许在窗户周围

is ... There's some molding. You might just wipe down the molding.

是...有一些成型。你可能只是 擦拭成型。

You might have some clothes that need to be ironed. This is an iron, and we're ironing

你可能需要一些衣服 熨烫。这是铁，我们正在熨烫

the clothes. I'm using this as a noun and as a verb. This is an iron, I'm ironing the

衣服。我用它作为名词和 作为动词。这是铁，我正在熨烫

clothes, and I'm ironing it on an ironing board.

衣服，我正在熨烫熨烫 板。

Honestly, I can't remember the last time that I actually used an iron. Maybe 15 years ago.

老实说，我记不起上次了 我实际上用过铁。也许15年前。

This isn't really something obviously that is necessary in my life these days, and don't

这显然不是真的 这些天我的生活是必要的，而不是

be fooled, it's not even plugged in. I'm not even using it now. It's just for show.

被愚弄，甚至没有插入。我不是 甚至现在使用它。这只是为了表演。

If you have a carpet you might not need a broom or a mop, but you will probably need

如果你有地毯，你可能不需要 扫帚或拖把，但你可能需要

a vacuum. You will need a vacuum because you will need to vacuum the floor. You need to

真空。你需要一个真空吸尘器 将需要真空吸尘。你需要

vacuum the carpet, or maybe you have a rug. A rug is one that comes up. You can move it,

吸尘地毯，或者你有地毯。 地毯是一个出现的地毯。你可以移动它，

you can remove it. You might need to vacuum the rug or vacuum the carpet, or vacuum both.

你可以删除它。你可能需要吸尘 地毯或真空地毯，或真空两者。

If you have a garage where you put your car at some point you'll probably need to clean

如果你有一个车库，你可以把你的车 在某些时候你可能需要清理

out the garage. Clean out means, like we said with the fridge, take everything out and make

走出车库。正如我们所说，清理意味着 用冰箱把一切都拿出去做

sure that what you have in there is only essential. This is a big task, so it might only happen

确保你所拥有的东西只是必不可少的。 这是一项艰巨的任务，所以它可能只会发生

once every five years, once every 10 years, but at some point you'll need to clean out

每五年一次，每十年一次， 但在某些时候你需要清理干净

the garage. You also might just want to clean up the garage.

车库。 您也可能只想清理车库。

You want to go inside and make sure that things are in the boxes that they should be in. A

你想进去，确保事情 在他们应该进入的方框中

lot of people use a garage for storage. Of course you put your car here, but they might

很多人用车库存放。的 当然你把车放在这里，但他们可能会

have some boxes of Christmas supplies or things that they don't use that often. At some point

有一些圣诞用品或东西 他们不经常使用它。在某一点

you might just want to clean up the garage. That was a lot of cleaning. I'm ready to relax

你可能只想清理车库。 那是很多清洁工作。我准备放松了

now. I want to know what is the chore that you hate the most? For me, that's laundry,

现在。我想知道什么是家务 你讨厌最多？对我来说，这是洗衣店，

but thankfully my husband Dan is Dan the laundry man. He's been doing the laundry for the last

但幸运的是，我的丈夫丹是丹的洗衣店 人。他最后一直在洗衣服

eight years, so I'm a lucky woman. I want to know which chore do you hate the most?

八年，所以我是一个幸运的女人。我想要 要知道你最讨厌哪些家务活？

Let me know in the comments below, and I'll see you again the next time for a new lesson

请在下面的评论中告诉我，我会 下次再上新课时再见

here on my YouTube channel next channel. Bye. The next step is to download my free ebook,

在我的YouTube频道下一个频道。再见。 下一步是下载我的免费电子书，

Five Steps to Becoming a Confident English Speaker. You'll learn what you need to do

成为自信英语的五个步骤 扬声器。你将了解你需要做什么

to speak confidently and fluently. Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more

自信而流利地说话。别忘了 订阅我的YouTube频道了解更多信息

free lessons. Thanks so much. Bye.

免费课程。非常感谢。再见。