英文短篇故事（纽约）155 Wipe Your Feet!

　　He came home. "Wipe your feet!" his wife yelled from the living room. He wiped his feet. "Take off your shoes! Put on your slippers¹!" she said. He took off his shoes and put on his slippers. "Wash your hands!" she said. He went into the bathroom and washed his hands. "Rinse² all the soap off your hands!" she said. He rinsed³ his hands. He dried his hands on his pants. "Don't dry your hands on your pants!" she said. "Use the towel!" He walked out of the bathroom. "Shut the bathroom door!" she said. He shut the bathroom door. He went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. "Make sure you run the water before you drink it!" she said. He ran the water for about ten seconds. He filled the glass. He drank the water. It was cool and refreshing⁴. "Wash the glass!" his wife yelled.

1 slippers   

n. 拖鞋

参考例句：

• a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
• He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。

2 rinse   

v.用清水漂洗，用清水冲洗

参考例句：

• Give the cup a rinse.冲洗一下杯子。
• Don't just rinse the bottles. Wash them out carefully.别只涮涮瓶子，要仔细地洗洗里面。

3 rinsed   

v.漂洗( rinse的过去式和过去分词 )；冲洗；用清水漂洗掉（肥皂泡等）；（用清水）冲掉

参考例句：

• She rinsed out the sea water from her swimming-costume. 她把游泳衣里的海水冲洗掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The clothes have been rinsed three times. 衣服已经洗了三和。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 refreshing   

adj.使精神振作的，使人清爽的，使人喜欢的

参考例句：

• I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
• The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼，特别解乏提神。