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• SPEAK UP ! 雙語會話

  Let’s get a bucket and a mop and clean up (3/5) 我們一起帶水桶和拖把去幫她打掃（三）

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  A: Well, cleaning the balcony took longer than I’d anticipated, but let’s get on with inside the house. No rest for the wicked.

  B: Let’s do the kitchen next. The sink is full of dirty plates from last night.

  A: Fetch that washing up bowl. You’ll find some sponges next to the sink, and there’s a large bottle of washing up liquid in the cupboard under the sink.

  

  A person wipes a kitchen sink clean. 某人將洗碗槽擦乾淨。

  Photo: Pixabay 照片：Pixabay

  B: Roll up the sleeves and into the breach once more, my friend! I don’t like the look of this saucepan. I don’t think it’s going to be easy to budge these stains.

  A: Scrub it with some steel wool. That will get anything off in a jiffy. Meanwhile, I’m going to attack the oven. It’s caked with grease inside.

  A: 啊，打掃陽台花的時間比我預期的還要久。我們繼續來打掃房子裡面吧。真是一刻不得閒 。

  B: 我們現在來清理廚房。洗碗槽裡有好多髒盤子，是從昨天晚上堆到現在的。

  A: 把那個洗碗盆拿來。水槽旁邊有一些海綿，水槽底下的櫥櫃裡有很大一瓶洗碗精。

  B: 我們挽起袖子再往前衝吧！朋友。你看這燉鍋這副德性，要把這些髒汙去掉不會是件容易的事。

  A: 你用鋼刷來刷。什麼東西用鋼刷一刷，馬上就刷掉了。我來對付烤箱，那裡面有結成塊的油漬。

  （Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱譯）

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  Publication Notes

  LANGUAGE TIP 語文小提示

  “Into the breach once more, my friend!” The original quote is “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,” from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V. It is said by King Henry himself, encouraging his soldiers to attack through a breach (gap) in the wall of Harfleur, a commune in France.
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