家务活对很多人来说都非常枯燥无趣，还会占用很多的时间。近年来，一个“不做家务日”的冷门节日让人在节日里光明正大、毫不愧疚地“逃避”家务，去做自己喜欢做的事。“洗碗、熨衣服、扫尘”等日常杂务用英语怎么说？做下面的《英语小测验》，学习和“家务活”有关的词汇。

 

1. My flatmate is very good. The dishwasher is broken so every night he does the ______.

 

a) washing down

 

b) washing over

 

c) washing up

 

d) washing on

 

2. I'm very lazy. In the morning I never ______.

 

a) do my bed

 

b) have my bed

 

c) arrange my bed

 

d) make my bed

 

3. The living room's a mess. We really need to ______.

 

a) tidy up

 

b) sort up

 

c) arrange up

 

d) make up

 

4. All the little household jobs we find uninteresting can be called ______.

 

a) bores

 

b) works

 

c) chores

 

d) tediums

 

5. I don't mind having shirts with creases¹ because I hate ______ my clothes.

 

a) ironing

 

b) flattening²

 

c) squashing

 

d) sorting

 

6. I can hardly see the TV screen! When was the last time you ______.

 

a) did the wiping

 

b) did the washing

 

c) did the dusting

 

d) did the clearing

 

答案

1) c, 2) d, 3) a, 4) c, 5) a, 6) c.

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