ESL杰夫的一天 第19期:清洁讲解(8)

 　　We use that word, curtain, also for the things that you can put over your window in your house or apartment, 我们也用“curtain”这词来表示你挂在房子或公寓窗户上的东西，

　　so nobody can see inside; that's also called a curtain. 有了它，就没人能看到里面；那个东西也叫做“curtain”。

　　Well, "I pull the shower curtain aside," meaning I put it to one side—the left side or the right side.  那么，“我先把浴帘拉到一边，”意思是我把它放到了一边——要么是左边，要么是右边。

　　I "step into the tub, and I pull the curtain back," I put it back in its original position. 我“踏入浴缸，然后拉回浴帘，”我把它放回到它原来的位置。

　　"I turn on both the hot and the cold water." “我把冷水和热水水龙头都打开。”

　　To turn on means that I turn the faucet¹ on so that the water comes out. 打开的意思是我拧开水龙头，这样水就能流出来。

　　Remember, the faucet is where water comes out for a sink; it's also where the water comes out for a tub or a shower. 请记住，水龙头的水不仅可以流到水槽中，而且还可以流到浴缸或淋浴器里。

　　Actually, for the shower—the top of the shower, we don't normally call that a faucet, we call that a showerhead, "head." 事实上，流到淋浴器里——淋浴器的顶部，我们一般不把它叫做水龙头，而叫莲蓬头。

　　So, the showerhead is where the water comes out when you're taking a shower. 所以，你冲澡时，水从莲蓬头流出来。

　　And, if you are drawing a bath, meaning if you are putting water into your tub to take a bath—to draw a bath—then you use the faucet. 而且，如果你在放浴水，意思是你把水放到浴缸里来洗澡——要放浴水——那你就要用水龙头。

1 faucet   

n.水龙头

参考例句：

• The faucet has developed a drip.那个水龙头已经开始滴水了。
• She turned off the faucet and dried her hands.她关掉水龙头，把手擦干。