英語(yǔ)播客初級(jí)版 第292期(外教講解):愛(ài)干凈的人傷不起

A:Ugg, this bathroom is a pigsty!
呃，浴室簡(jiǎn)直就是一豬圈啦!
B:Helen, why do you keep flushing the toilet? What' s wrong?
海倫，為什么你一直在沖洗廁所，出什么事了嗎?
A:I just can' t stand it. It' s really gross in here! There' s a stain on the toilet seat, and the floor was wet and slippery. So I cleaned it!
我實(shí)在忍受不了了。這里真的很臟亂。馬桶座圈上有一點(diǎn)瑕疵，地板又濕又滑的。所以我剛剛清理了一下。
B:You did what? Helen, I know it' s gross, but I' ve seen many public washrooms that are much worse. Why are you cleaning the counter top? are you out of your mind?
你做什么了，海倫?我知道這里又臟又亂的，但是我見(jiàn)過(guò)很多公共洗手間比這里還要差。為什么你要清理柜臺(tái)面，你瘋了嗎?
A:I can' t help myself; it' s just so disgusting in here!
我忍不住，這實(shí)在太讓人惡心了!
B:Helen, this is not like your own bathroom. Just leave it to the cleaners, okay?
海倫，這不是你家里的洗手間，讓清潔工處理，好嗎?
A:Hang on. I' m just gonna quickly wipe the sink and sweep the floor.
等等我，我正準(zhǔn)備快速把水槽擦干凈，和掃地。
B:You' re such a neat freak! I' m outta here!
你就是一個(gè)潔癖!我要走了!
Vocabulary Acquisition (藍(lán)色標(biāo)示的是之前有講到):
pigsty n. 豬舍;木垛;臟亂的地方
flush 用水沖洗
Flush toilets are replacing buckets. 抽水馬桶取代了提桶。
stain n. 污點(diǎn);瑕疵;著色劑
You can remove a red wine stain from a carpet with salt. 你可以用鹽去除地毯上紅葡萄酒的污跡。
slippery adj. 滑的;狡猾的;不穩(wěn)定的
The slippery bar of soap seemed to jump from his hands.一塊很滑的肥皂好象從他手中跳了出去似的。
counter top 柜臺(tái)面
disgusting adj. 令人厭惡的
outta prep. “out of”的簡(jiǎn)寫(xiě)體
Get outta my face you asshole! 把你的屁眼從我的臉上拿開(kāi)!
Wanna share with you:
My Nice Grand Aunt(my father' father' younger sister,即我的姑奶奶), a medical officer of health(軍醫(yī)官), is a neat freak to some extend. When my family is invited into her place, she always supervises our washing hands before meal and address me and emphasize the importance of keeing invisible bacteria away in our daily life. And I feel she is a respectable elder and I like her. Is there anybody who is tend to be a neat freak and want to keep everything clean in your surroundings? And do you like or dislike him or her? Just talk freely.