
一星期沒洗的髒盤子
Gemma is on the phone to Sam.
潔瑪正在與山姆講電話。
on the phone用電話交談、在通話phone(n.)電話
Gemma: Hey, Sam, do you want to go shopping?
潔瑪:嘿,山姆,你要不要去逛街呢?
want(v.)要、想要shopping(n.)購物、買東西
Sam: Hi Gemma, I’d love to go shopping, but I can’t join you today.
山姆:嗨,潔瑪,我很樂意去逛街,但今天我無法加入妳了。
I’d=I wouldwould love to想要、樂意but(conj.)但是join(v.)加入today(adv.)今天
Gemma: What? Why not?
潔瑪:什麼?為什麼不行呢?
Sam: It’s my house – it’s a tip!
山姆:是因為我的房子—它是個垃圾場!
Gemma: Do you mean that it’s really messy?
潔瑪:你意思是它非常凌亂嗎?
mean(v.)意思是really(adv.)非常、很messy(adj.)凌亂的、雜亂的、髒的
Sam: Yes. I need to clean it because my parents are coming to visit next week. I have to vacuum the floor, tidy away my dirty clothes, and wash a week’s worth of dishes.
山姆:是的。我需要清理一下,因為我父母下週要來。我必須要吸地、整理髒衣服和洗堆了一個禮拜的髒盤子。
need(v.)需要clean(v.)打掃、把…弄乾淨because(conj.)因為parents(n.)父母visit(v.)拜訪next(adj.)下一個的week(n.)星期、週have to必須vacuum(v.)用吸塵器清掃floor(n.)地板tidy sth. away將…收起來dirty(adj.)髒的clothes(n.)衣服wash(v.)清洗、洗滌a week’s worth of持續一週的dish(n.)盤子
Gemma: Wow, that sounds like a lot of chores. Maybe we can go shopping next week.
潔瑪:哇,聽起來有很多雜務。也許我們下禮拜再去逛街吧!
wow(excl.)哇、呀sound(v.)聽起來like(prep.)像a lot of很多chore(n.)雜務、日常瑣事maybe(adv.)也許、大概
Sam: Sure, I’d like that.
山姆:當然,那樣比較好。
sure(adv.)當然would like想要