情景会话口袋书人际篇 第109期:做家务(4)

13. Can you wash your clothes by yourself?
你能自己洗衣服吗?
还能这样说：
Can you yourself do the washes?
Will you wash your clothes by yourself?
应用解析：
won\'t wash 经不起考验;
send to the wash 送去洗;
wash away 洗掉;洗净;冲走
14. Will you help me fold up the clothes?
你能帮我把衣服叠起来吗?
还能这样说：
Can you pack the clothes for me?
Could you please do me a favor to fold the clothes?
应用解析：
fold one\'s arms 交臂(常指袖手旁观);
fold up 折叠起来;崩溃;倒闭;
fold away 折叠起来
15. Help me set up the table.
帮我摆下餐桌吧。
还能这样说：
Please lay the table.
Would you be kind to lay the table?
谚语：
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以毒攻毒。
16. Please mop the floor.
请拖拖地。
还能这样说：
Please make the floor clean.
Could you scrub the floor?
应用解析：
mop one\'s brow 擦去额头上的汗水;
be mops and brooms 半醉，微醉;
mop up 擦去，揩干;肃清，扫荡
17. I bought a dishwasher for my wife.
我给妻子买了一台洗碗机。
还能这样说：
I purchased a dishwasher for my wife.
I bought my wife a dishwasher.
谚语：
The shoemaker\'s wife often goes in ragged shoes.
鞋匠的老婆没鞋穿。