第2261期:Household chores

Richard: Yes, not very nice.
理查德：是的，不太好。

Jackie: Well, some are nicer than others but some are very unpleasant. Um… the laundry, Richard.
杰姬：嗯，有些比其他的好一些，但有些非常不愉快。那个……洗衣服，理查德。

Richard: Yes, washing the clothes.
理查德：是的，洗衣服。

Jackie: Not too bad.
杰姬：不算太糟。

Richard: Very easy, we have a washing machine.
理查德：非常简单，我们有洗衣机。

Jackie: So, actually we’re not really doing that, are we?
杰姬：所以，实际上我们并没有真正做那些，是吧？

Richard: No [Jackie laughs] put it in the washing machine and then but then, drying.
理查德：没有（杰姬笑了），把衣服放进洗衣机里，然后，烘干。

Jackie: Yes, we don’t have a tumble dryer so…
杰姬：是的，我们没有烘干机，所以……

Richard: We have to hang the laundry out.
理查德：我们必须把衣服晾出去。

Jackie: Yes
杰姬：是的

Richard: Um… and then [laughs] ironing.
理查德：嗯……然后是（笑）熨衣服。

Jackie: Well, we have an ironing board and we have an iron but in fact, Richard, neither of us do the ironing, do we?
杰姬：我们有熨衣板和熨斗，但实际上，理查德，我们俩都不熨衣服，是吧？

Richard: No, now I don’t have an office job I don’t need to iron my shirts.
理查德：不，现在我没有办公室工作了，我不需要熨衬衫了。

Jackie: Yes. Er… and another rather boring chore, Richard, is that’s the dusting, isn’t it?
杰姬：是的。还有一个相当无聊的家务，理查德，是掸灰尘，对吧？

Richard: Yes, I don’t like the dusting.
理查德：是的，我不喜欢掸灰尘。

Jackie: We have a nice feather duster. [both laugh] It’s just a bit boring. I think I do that more than you.
杰姬：我们有一个漂亮的鸡毛掸子。（两人都笑了）只是有点无聊。我觉得我比你做得更多。

Richard: Yes, you do the dusting and I do the hoovering.
理查德：是的，你掸灰尘，我吸尘。

Jackie: Yes, I don’t know why I don’t like the hoovering. I think it’s because of the noise.
杰姬：是的，我不知道为什么我不喜欢吸尘。我想是因为噪音。

Richard: It’s very, very noisy. Yes, I don’t mind that. And the other thing I don’t really mind doing too much is the washing-up. As you do all the cooking I feel I have to do the washing-up.
理查德：非常，非常吵。是的，我不介意。还有一件我不太介意做的事是洗碗。因为你做所有的饭菜，我觉得我必须洗碗。

Jackie: Yes, we um… we don’t have a dishwasher, do we?
杰姬：是的，我们没有洗碗机，对吧？

Richard: No dishwasher.
理查德：没有洗碗机。

Jackie: So you… you do it all by hand.
杰姬：所以你……你全都手洗。

Richard: Exactly
理查德：没错。

Jackie: But that’s not too bad.
杰姬：但那不算太糟。

Richard: No, not at all. I don’t find it too bad, after a good meal.
理查德：不，一点也不。我觉得这不算太糟，在吃了一顿好饭之后。

Jackie: [laughs] And then there actually… there are some things we have to do every day, some chores that we have to do every day, but actually are quite nice.
杰姬：（笑）然后其实……我们每天都有一些必须做的事情，一些必须做的家务，但实际上是挺好的。

Richard: [laughs] With our animals.
理查德：（笑）和我们的动物。

Jackie: Yes, one of those is taking the dog for a walk.
杰姬：是的，其中一件事是遛狗。

Richard: I take the dog for a walk, er… well actually the dog takes me for a walk, um… and often I just throw the ball just to make sure she gets lots of exercise.
理查德：我带狗去散步，嗯……实际上是狗带我去散步，嗯……我经常扔球，以确保她得到足够的锻炼。

Jackie: But you do that quite a few times during the day.
杰姬：但是你一天中会做几次。

Richard: Yes, two or three times a day.
理查德：是的，一天两到三次。

Jackie: Mmm, and the thing that I do um… usually, and that’s feeding the chickens.
杰姬：嗯，而我通常做的事情是喂鸡。

Richard: [laughs] Yes, I do that occasionally as well. So, those are our daily chores and I think, Jackie, it’s your turn to get out and feed those chickens.
理查德：（笑）是的，我偶尔也会做。所以，那些是我们的日常家务，我想，杰姬，现在轮到你出去喂那些鸡了。