中英文本

66.Stay-at-Home Dad
66.家庭主男
I'm a stay-at-home dad!
我是一个家庭主男！
It's more work than I ever thought it would be, really!
说真的，家里的活比我想像的可多多啦！
But I'm doing my utmost to do it well!
不过我在尽最大努力做好家务事！
Now I have to do the cooking, do the dishes, do the kitchen, keep the house clean，all that stuff.
现在我得做饭、洗碗、收拾厨房、打扫房间，尽干些诸如此类的事情。
I'm still not good at doing the laundry though; my wife does that in the evening.
但我还是不太会洗衣服，这事由我妻子晚上去做。

But it's not as if she was doing me a favor!
不过她洗衣服不像是帮我的忙！
It's because I don't do well with the washing machine and she doesn't want me to wreck her clothes.
因为我不会用洗衣机，而她不想让我毁坏她的衣服。
She tried to teach me how to do the trick，but I always did something wrong when I did the washing.
她曾试过教我学会那种技巧，可我一洗衣服就出错。
My wife even had to throw away a couple articles of clothing.
妻子甚至不得不扔掉一两件衣服。
My favorite part of the day is when I do some errands.
一天中我最髙兴的时候是做一些跑腿儿的事情。
This is when I get out of the house.
因为这时我可以离开家。
But I'm not like my wife, I don't have to do myself up like she does.
但我不像我妻子，不用像她那样打扮自己。
I just go out as I am.
我平时什么样，出去还是什么样。
But it does me some good each day to get some fresh air.
不过每天出去呼吸一些新鲜空气对我有好处。
I think staying at home all day, every day would do to death of me!
我认为整天待在家里、每天待在家里会烦死我的！
But I really like being around my kids more.
但我真的很喜欢待在孩子们身边。
I don't know what to do with them sometimes, but we always figure something out.
有时候我不知道怎样对付他们，但我们总是能想出一些办法来。
And they love it!
而他们喜欢这样！
I think it does them proud to see their dad finally spending so much time at home and with them.
我认为他们觉得很有面了，因为爸爸终于花那么多时间在家陪伴他们。
Now if I am to do it over, that will be fine by me.
如果让我再做一遍，我也会很愿意的。
Just so long as it isn't always this way!
只要不让我永远这样！

重点讲解

1.do a favor 帮忙
例句：To do a favor or service for; oblige.
帮助， 予人方便帮助或提供服务；施惠于。
2.do one's utmost 竭力，尽全力
例句：I will do my utmost to help you find accommodation.
我将尽我最大之力帮你找到住处。
3.do over 重做，重复
例句：You'll have to do over the work; it's a mess.
那件工作一团糟，你得重做。
4.do sb. good 有好处,有益处，有用处
例句：This prize that I got for not getting a prize did not do me good.
我这个因为没有得奖而得到的奖对我没有好处。
5.do the cooking 做饭
例句：Women do the cooking in 80% of households, but 90% of TV chefs are men.
80%的家庭都是女人做饭，但是90%的电视大厨却都是男性。
6.do the dishes 洗碗
例句：Do the dishes, even though it's his turn.
饭后主动洗碗，即使本来该轮到他了也无所谓。