英语洗衣服正确步骤（用英文教宝宝洗衣服）

作者：小雅和英美友人

★ 脚“沾地”，英文怎么说？

★ Basin是脸盆还是洗手池？

★ 衣架到底是hanger还是drying rack？

Washing Socks 洗袜子

Child: Mom, my feet stink.

宝宝：妈妈，我的脚好臭啊。

Mom: It's probably your dirty socks, not your feet, that stink.

妈妈：可能是你的脏袜子臭，不是脚臭。

Why don't you put on a pair of clean ones?

你换一双干净的吧。

Child: I don't have any clean socks.

宝宝：我没有干净袜子了。

Mom: I think you're old enough

妈妈：我觉得你已经足够大了，

to learn how to clean your own socks.

可以学学怎么自己洗袜子了。

Child: Okay, I can do it.

宝宝：好的，我可以的。

Mom: Alright, go get all of your dirty socks

好的，把你的脏袜子都找到，

and meet me in the bathroom.

然后到洗手间来找我。

I'll teach you how to wash them by hand.

我教你怎么手洗袜子。

In the bathroom 在洗手间

Child: Here are all my dirty socks.

宝宝：这些是我所有的脏袜子。

Mom: Good.

妈妈：好的。

First, we're gonna fill this basin with warm water.

首先，我们往盆里接点温水。

提到basin，英国人大多首先想到洗手池，但也认同洗手池叫sink，会管塑料脸盆叫plastic bowl。提到basin，美国人大多首先想到塑料脸盆。

人们也会用plugged sink-塞上塞子的洗手池洗袜子。

Then put your socks in the water.

然后把你的袜子放到水里。

Submerge them for a few seconds to make sure they get wet.

把它们浸到水中弄湿。

Child: Now what?

宝宝：现在呢？

Mom: Take the bar of laundry soap

妈妈：拿起这块肥皂，

and dip it in the water

在水里蘸一蘸，

to get it a little wet.

让它稍微有点湿。

Child: OK, what's next?

宝宝：好的，然后呢？

Mom: We scrub the heel and toe areas of the sock.

妈妈：咱们搓一搓袜子后跟儿和脚趾头那儿，

Child: Why those areas?

宝宝：为什么是这些地方啊？

Mom: They're the dirtiest.

妈妈：这些地方是最脏的。

They touch the floor the most.

它们沾地最多。

Child: You're right.

宝宝：你说得对。

Mom: So we need to rub the soap over the heel area.

妈妈：所以我们需要在后跟那儿打点肥皂。

Count slowly to 5 while you rub.

搓的时候慢慢数5下。

Child: All done.

宝宝：好了。

Mom: Now rub the toe area

妈妈：然后搓搓脚趾头那儿，

and count slowly to 5 again.

也慢慢数到5。

Child: OK.

宝宝：好的。

What's next?

然后呢？

Mom: We let the socks soak in the water for a few minutes.

妈妈：咱们把袜子在水里泡几分钟。

Child: I think it's been a few minutes.

宝宝：我觉得已经有几分钟了。

It's 是it has的缩写。

Mom: OK.

妈妈：好的。

Take the socks out of the basin

把袜子从盆里拿出来，

and squeeze as much water out of them as you can.

然后把水尽量都拧出来。

Squeeze和后面提到的wring在洗衣服场景可以互换。

Child: OK.

宝宝：好的。Mom: I'll pour the soapy water out,

妈妈：我把肥皂水倒了，

and then refill it with clean water.

然后再接上清水。

Child: What's the clean water for?

宝宝：清水是干什么用的？

Mom: We'll use it to rinse the soap out of the socks.

妈妈：我们用它来投袜子。

Now put the socks back in the water.

现在把袜子放回水里。

Move them around a little

在水里稍微动一动，

to get the water through them.

让它们过一遍水。

Child: Are we almost done?

宝宝：好了吗？

Mom: Almost.

妈妈：差不多了。

The last step is gently wringing all of the water out of them,

最后一步是轻轻把水拧干，

and then hanging them on a clothesline, hanger or drying rack to dry.

然后把它们挂到晾衣绳、衣架或者晾衣架上晾干。

Child: Will do!

宝宝：好的！

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