為了傳達台灣大掃除的概念,在冬天說「spring cleaning」可能會讓人們感到困惑「現在是冬天啊?」,所以請使用「year end cleaning」來進行說明吧。
★關於大掃除的例句★
・在台灣,我們通常會在年底大掃除。
→We usually do our “spring cleaning” at the end of the year in Taiwan.
・我沒有大掃除就過不了年!
→I can’t ring in the New Year before I have to finish the year end cleaning!
・我在大掃除清出很多垃圾!
→I did year end cleaning and had a lot of garbage to take out!
在這裡,讓我們看一下進行式的英文表達方式。
What are you doing?
(你在幹嘛?) I am just cleaning my cat’s litter tray!
(我正在清潔貓砂盆!)
※對於doing,使用cleaning進行式。
★使用以上單字的例句★
・我用抹布打掃了走廊。
→I cleaned the hallway with a rag.
・請幫我把水桶裝滿水
→Please fill this bucket with water.
・使用清潔劑後我的手變粗糙了。
→My hands got rough after using a cleaner.
Mike:Hi. How was your weekend?
(嗨。週末過得怎麼樣?)
Hana:It was good. I cleaned up my room.
(還不錯。我打掃了我的房間。)
M:Oh that’s great. Was your room messy?
(真棒,你的房間那麼亂嗎?)
H:It’s not that. My mother will come over to my room this week.
(才不是,我媽這周會來看我。)
M:I see. I hope that she wouldn’t scold you.
(原來是這樣。希望她不要生氣。)
H:Thank you. Maybe, I think there’s no problem.
(謝謝。我想應該沒問題。)
Hana的媽媽要來找她。為了不讓媽媽生氣,所以Hana周末打掃了房間。
想說 「房間髒亂」的時候,我們可能會想使用「dirty」,但這個詞只在真的很髒的時候使用。
例如當物品沾滿泥巴,或是沾上清潔劑洗不掉的汙垢使用。
物品雜亂的「髒亂」要使用「messy」表達,請不要搞混了。
在飯店要求打掃時
接下來看看住在飯店要求打掃時的會話例句:
Hana:Excuse me. Could you please clean up my room?
(不好意思,可以幫我打掃房間嗎?)
Staff:Sure. May I clean your room now?
(當然。可以現在打掃嗎?)
H:I’m sorry. Can you wait for a minute? I’m getting ready right now.
(不好意思,能稍等一下嗎?我現在正在準備。)
S:OK. I will come back later.
(好的,我稍後再來。)
H:Thank you. By the way, can I have another towel, please?
(謝謝。順便問一下,我可以再要一條毛巾嗎?)
S:Sure. I’ll bring it to your room. Anything else I can do for you?
(當然。我會拿一條到你的房間。還有什麼我可以為你做的嗎?)
H:That’s all. Thank you!
(就這些了,謝謝!)
S:Great. See you.
(太好了,再見。)
Mike:Hey, do you want to join me for a clean up volunteer?
(欸,要不要一起跟我去參加志工打掃活動?)
Hana:That’s nice! When is it?
(好啊!甚麼時候?)
M:It will be this weekend from 9 am to 11 am.
(這個周末的早上9點到11點。)
H:I want to join. Do I need to bring anything with me?
(我想參加。我需要帶什麼東西嗎?)
M:You need a broom, a dustpan, and a garbage bag.
(你需要帶掃帚和簸箕,以及一個垃圾袋。)
H:Oops! I don’t have a broom and a dustpan.
(糟了!我沒有掃帚和簸箕。)
M:Oh. I’ll let you borrow one of mine.
(我可以借妳。)
H:Thank you! I’m looking forward to it.
(謝謝!好期待喔。)