情景会话口袋书人际篇108:做家务(4)

 　　13. Can you wash your clothes by yourself?

　　你能自己洗衣服吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Can you yourself do the washes?

　　Will you wash your clothes by yourself?

　　应用解析：

　　won't wash 经不起考验；

　　send to the wash 送去洗；

　　wash away 洗掉；洗净；冲走

　　14. Will you help me fold up the clothes?

　　你能帮我把衣服叠起来吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Can you pack the clothes for me?

　　Could you please do me a favor to fold the clothes?

　　应用解析：

　　fold one's arms 交臂（常指袖手旁观）；

　　fold up 折叠起来；崩溃；倒闭；

　　fold away 折叠起来

　　15. Help me set up the table.

　　帮我摆下餐桌吧。

　　还能这样说：

　　Please lay the table.

　　Would you be kind to lay the table?

　　谚语：

　　Set a thief to catch a thief.

　　以毒攻毒。

　　16. Please mop the floor.

　　请拖拖地。

　　还能这样说：

　　Please make the floor clean.

　　Could you scrub¹ the floor?

　　应用解析：

　　mop one's brow 擦去额头上的汗水；

　　be mops and brooms 半醉，微醉；

　　mop up 擦去，揩干；肃清，扫荡

　　17. I bought a dishwasher for my wife.

　　我给妻子买了一台洗碗机。

　　还能这样说：

　　I purchased a dishwasher for my wife.

　　I bought my wife a dishwasher.

　　谚语：

　　The shoemaker's wife often goes in ragged² shoes.

　　鞋匠的老婆没鞋穿。

1 scrub   

n.用力擦洗，矮树，渺小之物；v.用力擦洗

参考例句：

• I got paint on my hands and it won't scrub off.我手上沾上了油漆，擦不掉。
• The great plain was covered in scrub and small lifeless trees.浩瀚的平原覆盖着灌木和毫无生气的矮小树林。

2 ragged   

adj.衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，刺耳的

参考例句：

• A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
• Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。