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Friends,《老友记》

A:What's that?

甲:那是什么？

B:Uberveiss. It's new, it's German, it's extra-tough.

乙:Uberveiss，是新产品，德国货，清洁力超强。

A:Rachel starts to load her clothes.

甲:瑞秋开始放自己的衣服。

B:Rach, do you uh, are you gonna separate those?

乙:瑞秋，你，恩，你不准备把这些分开洗么？

A:Oh god. Oh, am I being like a total laundry spaz? I mean, am I supposed to use like one machine for shirts and another machine for pants?

甲:哦，天哪，哦，我是不是就像一个洗衣怪人啊？我是说，我是不是应该用一台洗衣机洗上衣，用另一台洗裤子？

B:Rach, have you never done this before?

乙:瑞秋，你以前没有洗过衣服吗？

A:Well,not myself, but I know other people that have. Ok, you caught me. I'm a laundry virgin.

甲:嗯，我自己没洗过，不过我认识这样洗的人。好吧，被你逮到了，这是我的处女洗。

B:Uh, well, don't worry, I'll use the gentle cycle. Ok, um, basically you wanna use one machine for all your whites, a whole nother machine for colors, and a third for your uh, your uh, delicates, and that would be your bras and your under-panty things.

乙:嗯，好的，别担心，那我就用慢水循环，好了。恩，基本上你要用一台洗衣机洗你的白色衣服，其他颜色的衣服用另一台洗，还有第三台用来洗你的，嗯，你的贴身衣物，也就是你的胸罩和内裤之类的东西。

A: (holds a pair of panties in front of Ross) Ok, Well, what about these are white cotton panties. Would they go with whites or delicates?

甲:（把一条内裤举在罗斯面前）好的，嗯，但是这种白色的卡通内裤怎么办？放在洗白衣的还是洗内衣的洗衣机里？

B: (visibly nervous) Uh, that, that, that would be a judgment call.

乙:（有点紧张）恩，那个，那个，就随你便了。

生活口语

Kids,it's time to get up.It's Saturday.Let's do laundry.

孩子们，起床了，今天周六，咱们去洗衣服。

Oh,mum,can't wait until noon?We're so tired.

噢，妈妈，就不能等到中午洗嘛？我们很累。

重点讲解:

Let's wash the clothes.

Let's do laundry.

表达“洗衣服”，最常用的是wash one's clothes,但是口语中老外更喜欢用do laundry,laundry作名词表示“洗衣店”，也有“要洗的衣服”的意思。