情景对话

Todd: Adrienne, we're going to talk about cleaning! So, first of all, how often do you clean, like your apartment?
托德：埃德里安娜，我们要谈谈清洁工作！首先，你的公寓多久做一次打扫工作？
Adrienne: Thoroughly, I would say I clean once a week.
埃德里安娜：彻底打扫大概一周一次bf(ouh6e,kMe;qT,Jk^W。
Todd: So, do you consider yourself a clean person?
托德：你认为自己是个爱干净的人吗？
Adrienne: I consider myself an organized person.
埃德里安娜：我认为我是个有条理的人)UGOUS(0Rqqa8bI7IU*。
Todd: OK. So, in your house what is the one room you hate cleaning?
托德：好PMteMJf]VYsPdV。那你家里最讨厌收拾的房间是哪一间？
Adrienne: Probably the bathroom, which includes the shower, the sink, toilet. (Yeah) All together.
埃德里安娜：可能是浴室，那里有淋浴器、水槽、马桶HWu+Mw.B).。（对）都在那里|6E_pT#r+vC(lkBPgg。
Todd: Yeah, so, why?
托德：好，那为什么呢？
Adrienne: I just think it's the grossest part of the house. It always seems to accumulate the most dirt and grime (Yeah) pretty disgusting.
埃德里安娜：我只是认为那是房子里最令人恶心的地方6enPdDs;5TDXxw8b~。那里总是堆积着最多的灰尘和尘垢（对），特别恶心Qxc9bCpoBjQakYww;。
Todd: Yeah, it's hard to get the stuff off the tiles. (Right) You got to scrub and scrub and it's still brown or green or whatever color it is.
托德：没错，那些东西很难从地砖上清理掉hnyIo]I)QX~&AUM。（是的6c|x~.@IK2uVCO42s7~。）你要不停地擦洗，而地砖还是棕色的，或者是绿色的，反正上面会留有痕迹RI.^I(PgqAgtWrhs。
Adrienne: Exactly. It's just a difficult place to get into to clean, and there's lots of small spaces to get into and.
埃德里安娜：的确是这样G[Owhmw]3。那是非常难清洁的地方，有许多小的地方要清洁fWhKgX]Wbd]UK[y1g。
Todd: Yeah! In Japan it's weird because they have these little portable bathrooms, you know, they're all plastic so,
托德：对！在日本这很奇怪，因为他们有这种便携式浴室，你知道的，全是用塑料做的]O&GJxR(XtrAy-C1k。
Adrienne: It's easy. You just take the sprayer and spray the whole room.
埃德里安娜：很容易清洗-H0lQ_&UefaDa;7。你只要用喷雾剂喷洒整间房间就可以了88D&HzjwI&pTlYc。
Todd: Yeah! I'm convinced that they drop those bathrooms in a, with a helicopter. They just drop them right in there. You got everything, you know.
托德：对！我确信它们可以把这个带上直升飞机u=nFv_|g|&Ed9。他们只要把它们放在那里n8I-28[Zcyb.。非常方便，你知道的^0BEM8EcDI-。
Adrienne: Easy! Convenient! Efficient!
埃德里安娜：很简便！方便！有效！
Todd: What about laundry?
托德：洗衣服呢？
Adrienne: I don't like really doing any type of manual labor, but I don't mind doing laundry from time to time.
埃德里安娜：我不喜欢任何形式的体力劳动，不过我不介意偶尔做洗衣工作Kfa!AcJaLCzk。
Todd: Yeah, I like laundry actually. I like the smell of the clothes when you finish.
托德：嗯，实际上我也喜欢洗衣服%U32PP3oG2.z。我喜欢衣服洗完后的香味A9if2&ONe]。
Adrienne: Yeah, that's a good part of it, but I don't like to actually to do the work, washing!
埃德里安娜：对，那是好的一方面，不过实际上我并不喜欢洗衣的工作！
Todd: Yeah, actually, I like to clean. That's why I have this question. (Mm) I'm a clean freak. Like, I like washing dishes. I like doing laundry. Yeah!
托德：嗯，实际上，我喜欢清洁工作eHz(K@[pszMo-kZ6^H。这就是我问这个问题的原因zZ)h*oD2Xp(DR2)。（嗯）我有洁癖p-=pAzAV]u0。比如，我喜欢洗碗8rxb~[PdCZ_j%*)~J。我喜欢洗衣服Qv(6PL![Bv1Uo;。就是这样！
Adrienne: Yeah, that's not fun for me. (No!) I'd rather sleep given the choice.
埃德里安娜：嗯，那并不是我的乐趣hq.7Vqsjrh9ocP。（不！）如果可以选择我宁愿睡觉21cx=]utBCF%p.Qm9。
Todd: Like you can pay me and I'll clean your apartment.
托德：也许你可以付钱给我，我会负责打扫你的公寓的mCO#u~rZHudJuTOr。
Adrienne: Oh, sounds good. Perfect!
埃德里安娜：哦，听起来不错QIWC2W%[r5。很完美！
Todd: How much? How much would you pay me?
托德：多少钱？你会付我多少钱？
Adrienne: Um, see, going rate for a maid these day, Todd?
埃德里安娜：嗯，托德，你看按现在保姆的行情怎么样？
Todd: Maid! That's a sexist comment!
托德：保姆！这是个有性别歧视的评论！
Adrienne: It is a sexist comment! But it is, the going rate for a maid,
埃德里安娜：这是个有性别歧视的评论！但是我只是说，按现在保姆的行情……
Todd: Male cleaning attendant!
托德：男性清洁助理！
Adrienne: I don't think that's what they're called. They'd still call them a maid service. Um, I don't know.I think it's about 15 dollars an hour.
埃德里安娜：我想这并不是他们的称呼吧Y3hyD49h;8,Mp|_#a8=。他们还是会称为保姆服务bRel1J~CfA.h2m(QEv^。嗯，我也不知道8Tzun=K4S~Q+T。我想大概是15美元一小时)R&P(_n@AzRU。
Todd: Ooh! You'd pay me 15 dollars an hour?
托德：哦！你一个小时要付我15美元？
Adrienne: No, that's the going rate. That's not what I'll pay you.
埃德里安娜：不，那只是现在的行情59pK6EG|FBIV。并不是我要付你的钱Kht%7egzOKqFpeilNRx。
Todd: I thought I was going to make some money!
托德：我想我要挣钱了！
Adrienne: Well, I thought I was going to get a discount.
埃德里安娜：嗯，我想要个折扣y!VMVj)qacxfgQ。
Todd: This web site's expensive.
托德：这个网站好贵T8OmI~rBHUKV)PeUl^。
Adrienne: Oh, right, right, right!
埃德里安娜：嗯，对，没错，没错！
Todd: So I need the money.
托德：所以我需要那笔钱5K2cF3*opxT(TPXYWrDL。
Adrienne: Oh! OK, 15 it is!
埃德里安娜：哦！好的，15美元！
Todd: OK, but how dirty is your place?
托德：好，不过你的房子有多赃？
Adrienne: Pretty, pretty dirty!
埃德里安娜：非常非常赃！
Todd: Ah, well, I'll take a look at it.
托德：啊，嗯，我需要看一下cc8~*j+oh=464Kij。
Adrienne: You'll me working for the money, for sure!
埃德里安娜：你肯定会为钱工作的！

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. first of all
首先；最初；
eg. First of all, you should know what profession suits you.
首先，你该知道什么职业适合你DVKp-wZOm]VJ~KhCT2。
eg. First of all she just smiled, then she started to laugh.
最初她只是微笑，后来才放声大笑cZiDSZJQDh5CMcf(5Sw。
2. from time to time
不时地；间或；偶尔；
eg. Her daughters visited him from time to time when he was ill.
他生病的时候她的女儿们时常去探望他JpN+tvkQBI!*fk5J,z。
eg. From time to time,she gave him an encouraging nod.
她不时对他点头鼓励kYP-Qzn#zl。
3. for sure
无疑；肯定；
eg. Even to this day we don't know what happened for sure.
即使到现在我们也不确定究竟发生了什么SSjVIOq)jt4o|。
eg. Well, we can't cut the research budget, that's for sure.
嗯，我们不能削减研究的预算，这是肯定的YN6*vEq]8i!ib。