情景會話口袋書人際篇 第109期:做家務(4)

13. Can you wash your clothes by yourself?
你能自己洗衣服嗎?
還能這樣說：
Can you yourself do the washes?
Will you wash your clothes by yourself?
應用解析：
won't wash 經不起考驗;
send to the wash 送去洗;
wash away 洗掉;洗凈;沖走
14. Will you help me fold up the clothes?
你能幫我把衣服疊起來嗎?
還能這樣說：
Can you pack the clothes for me?
Could you please do me a favor to fold the clothes?
應用解析：
fold one's arms 交臂(常指袖手旁觀);
fold up 折疊起來;崩潰;倒閉;
fold away 折疊起來
15. Help me set up the table.
幫我擺下餐桌吧。
還能這樣說：
Please lay the table.
Would you be kind to lay the table?
諺語：
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以毒攻毒。
16. Please mop the floor.
請拖拖地。
還能這樣說：
Please make the floor clean.
Could you scrub the floor?
應用解析：
mop one's brow 擦去額頭上的汗水;
be mops and brooms 半醉，微醉;
mop up 擦去，揩干;肅清，掃蕩
17. I bought a dishwasher for my wife.
我給妻子買了一臺洗碗機。
還能這樣說：
I purchased a dishwasher for my wife.
I bought my wife a dishwasher.
諺語：
The shoemaker's wife often goes in ragged shoes.
鞋匠的老婆沒鞋穿。