按表操課效率高
Tim and Ellen are cleaning their house. They are finishing up.
蒂姆和艾倫正在打掃房子。他們快整理好了。
finish up結束、收尾
Tim: Mmm... Let’s see. The car has already been washed. The laundry has also been done.
蒂姆：嗯⋯⋯讓我看看。車已經洗好了，衣服也洗好了。
Passive=BeV + P.P. 被動、例子主動是A car hits him. 被動He is hit by a car. 過去被動He was hit by a car. 未來被動He will be hit by a car.完成式的被動has been washed已經被洗、has been done已經做完do the laundry洗衣服
Ellen: We still need to hang the clothes up to dry on the balcony.
艾倫：我們只差把衣服掛起來晾乾。
hang(v.)吊掛dry(v.)乾balcony(n.)陽台
Tim: Okay. All the books on the shelf have been arranged, too.
蒂姆：好。書架上的書也都整理好了。
have been arranged也是完成被動arrange(v.)安排、排序
Ellen: And the old newspapers have been taken out for recycling.
艾倫：舊報紙也都拿出去回收了。
have been taken out已經被拿出去recycle(v.)回收
Tim: What about the garbage?
蒂姆：那垃圾呢？
garbage(n.)垃圾
Ellen: It was taken out yesterday. Our house is cleaner than ever.
艾倫：昨天就倒好了。我們家比起以前真是乾淨多了。
was taken out過去被動…than ever前所未有、放比較級
Tim: We’ve almost done all the items on the list. Hurray!
蒂姆：原本計劃做的事情幾乎都完成啦。太棒了！
item(n.)事項、物品hurray萬歲
Ellen: What should we do now?
艾倫：我們現在該做什麼呢？
Tim: Let’s eat some ice cream and just relax.
蒂姆：不如來吃冰淇淋放鬆一下吧。
Ellen: Alright. I’ll go get it.
艾倫：好，那我去拿。