英语访谈对话 309 Cleaning

 　　Todd: Adrienne, we're going to talk about cleaning! So, first of all, how often do you clean, like your apartment?

　　Adrienne: Thoroughly¹, I would say I clean once a week.

　　Todd: So, do you consider yourself a clean person?

　　Adrienne: I consider myself an organized person.

　　Todd: OK. So, in your house what is the one room you hate cleaning?

　　Adrienne: Probably the bathroom, which includes the shower, the sink, toilet. (Yeah) All together.

　　Todd: Yeah, so, why?

　　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.

　　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.

　　Adrienne: Exactly. It's just a difficult place to get into to clean, and there's lots of small spaces to get into and.

　　Todd: Yeah! In Japan it's weird² because they have these little portable bathrooms, you know, they're all plastic so,Adrienne: It's easy. You just take the sprayer and spray the whole room.

　　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.

　　Adrienne: Easy! Convenient! Efficient!

　　Todd: What about laundry?

　　Adrienne: I don't like really doing any type of manual labor³, but I don't mind doing laundry from time to time.

　　Todd: Yeah, I like laundry actually. I like the smell of the clothes when you finish.

　　Adrienne: Yeah, that's a good part of it, but I don't like to actually to do the work, washing!

　　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!

　　Adrienne: Yeah, that's not fun for me. (No!) I'd rather sleep given the choice.

　　Todd: Like you can pay me and I'll clean your apartment.

　　Adrienne: Oh, sounds good. Perfect!

　　Todd: How much? How much would you pay me?

　　Adrienne: Um, see, going rate for a maid these day, Todd?

　　Todd: Maid! That's a sexist comment!

　　Adrienne: It is a sexist comment! But it is, the going rate for a maid,Todd: Male cleaning attendant!

　　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.

　　Todd: Ooh! You'd pay me 15 dollars an hour?

　　Adrienne: No, that's the going rate. That's not what I'll pay you.

　　Todd: I thought I was going to make some money!

　　Adrienne: Well, I thought I was going to get a discount.

　　Todd: This web site's expensive.

　　Adrienne: Oh, right, right, right!

　　Todd: So I need the money.

　　Adrienne: Oh! OK, 15 it is!

　　Todd: OK, but how dirty is your place?

　　Adrienne: Pretty, pretty dirty!

　　Todd: Ah, well, I'll take a look at it.

　　Adrienne: You'll me working for the money, for sure!

1 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。