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；洗淨；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 摺疊起來；崩潰；倒閉；
fold away 摺疊起來
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，揩乾；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。
