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ChoreBores討厭的事情Todd:Okay.SoJosh,inanotherinterviewweweretalkingaboutfoodsthatwedon'tlike,nowlet'stalkaboutactivitiesorthingswedon'tliketodo.托德：喬什，我們之前談?wù)撨^我們不喜歡吃的食物，現(xiàn)在我們來談?wù)勎覀儾幌矚g做的事情。Josh:Okay.喬什：好。Todd:Likeforexample,washingdishes,ironingclothes,mowingthelawn,thingslikethat.托德：比如洗碗、熨衣服、修剪草坪之類的事情。Josh:Alright.喬什：好。Todd:Isthere...arethereanyotheractivitiesyoureallydislikedoing?托德：你有不喜歡做的事情嗎？Josh:Well,youmentionedwashingdishes,Idon'tlikethatone.喬什：你剛提到了洗碗，我不喜歡洗碗。Todd:Oh,really?托德：哦，真的嗎？Josh:rdmuchrathermowthelawnthanwashdishes.喬什：我寧愿修剪草坪，也不愿意洗碗。Todd:Sowhat'sitaboutwashingdishesthatyoudon'tlike?托德：你為什么不喜歡洗碗？Josh:Iguess,it'sjusttheideaoftouchingdirtyplatesthateveryoneateoffofandthentheysatatthesinkforacoupleofhoursanditgrossesmeout.SorIIdoitbutit'snotsomethingIenjoy.喬什：我想是因為要碰所有人吃完的臟盤子，而且這些盤子還在洗碗槽里放了幾個小時，這讓我感覺惡心。我可以洗碗，但我不喜歡。Todd:Yeah.That'sinterestingbecauseI'mactually...likeIdon'tlikecooking.IhatetocookbutIdon'tminddoingthecleanup.托德：好。這有點(diǎn)兒意思，因為我并不喜歡烹飪。我討厭做飯，但是我不介意做清理的工作。Josh:Really?喬什：真的嗎？Todd:Yeah.托德：對。Josh:Yousee,Ilovecooking.喬什：我喜歡烹飪。Todd:Oh,youdo?托德：哦，是嗎？Josh:Icookallthetime.喬什：我經(jīng)常做飯。Todd:Really?托德：真的嗎?Josh:Yeah.喬什：對。Todd:It'slikesomessyandtimeconsuming.托德：我認(rèn)為做飯很麻煩，而且又浪費(fèi)時間。Josh:AndIguessItreatitmoreasanartthananythingandthenIjustworkonit.Andthenwhenit'sdone,Ilikewhenpeoplearelike,"Oh,it'ssogood."Andrmlike,"Thankyou."喬什：我把烹飪當(dāng)做一種藝術(shù)，我認(rèn)為我是在完成一件藝術(shù)品。在完成以后，我喜歡聽到人們說：“哦，這太棒了。”我會說：“謝謝”。Todd:That'strue.That'strue.That'sagoodpoint.IguessformeIdon'tlikecookingbecauseit'stheoppositeofcleaningandlikeeverything'sgettingprogressivelydirtieranddirtier.Ofcoursewhenyouclean,everythingisgettingprogressivelycleanerandcleaner.托德：對，沒錯。說得好。對我來說，我不喜歡烹飪是因為這與清理工作相反，所有東西變得越來越臟。而清理時，所有東西會越來越干凈。Josh:That's...that'sverytrue.喬什：沒錯。Todd:Ikindoflikethat.托德：所以我喜歡清理。Josh:Yeah,cookingmakesamess.喬什：對，烹飪是會弄得一團(tuán)亂。Todd:Soarethereanyotherhouseholdchoresyoudon'tliketodo,likedusting,there'sdusting.托德：你還有其他不喜歡做的家務(wù)嗎？比如打掃之類的。Josh:Ican'tstanddusting.Iwasactuallygoingtosaythatone.喬什：我受不了打掃。我剛要說這個。Todd:Oh,really?托德：哦，真的嗎？Josh:Becauseitjustgetsmyallergiesgoingsobadly.喬什：因為那會讓我的過敏更嚴(yán)重。Todd:Ah,right.托德：啊，這樣啊。Josh:Andsothat'sapain.Andyouknowdustseemslikeofwhereitjustbuildsandbuildsandbuilds,andit'slike...喬什：那很痛苦。你知道灰塵會越積越多，就像 Josh:Absolutely,youcoulddoiteverydayandstillneedtodoitthenextday.喬什：每天都要打掃，雖然今天打掃過，明天還是要打掃。Todd:Yeah.Andlikeyoucan...likemyhouseisreallybad,likeitbuildsupandyouknow,youalmostdon'twanttolookonthetopledgesoranything.托德：對，你可以……像我家的情況就很糟，灰塵越積越多，讓你幾乎不想去看壁架的頂部。Josh:Yeah.喬什：嗯。Todd:That'sdefinitelymymotto,justdon'tlookatanythingaboveeyelevelandthenitdoes...托德：那是我的座右銘，不要看視平線以上的任何東西……Josh:Right.Youdon'thavetoworryaboutit.喬什：好。你不用擔(dān)心。Todd:Right.Anditdoeslike...it'stheonethingwhereit'sprobablynothealthyforyou,right?Becauseyoucanbebreathingitin.托德：好。就像……這可能是你不健康的東西，對吧？因為你可能會吸入灰塵。Josh:Yeah,that'strue.喬什：對，沒錯。Todd:Yeah.托德：對。Josh:Actually,Ireadsomewherethatdustisactually98%deadskinthatjustdriftsoffyou.喬什：實(shí)際上，我之前看到有文章說灰塵有 98%是人體脫落的死皮細(xì)胞。Todd:Isthattrue?托德：這是真的嗎？Josh:Yeah.喬什：對。Todd:That'sdisgusting,isn'tit?Andwebreathethatin,it'sallfloatingintheairallthetime.托德：這太惡心了，不是嗎？我們會吸入灰塵，而且它一直在漂浮在空氣里。Josh:Ohmygosh.喬什：哦，我的天哪。Todd:Andifyouleaveyourwindowsopen,it'syou'rewholeneighborhood.Wellthere'salotofdeadpeopleinthishouseItellyouthat.Whataboutoutdoorstuff,youknowyou'vegotpullingweeds,mowingthelawn,wateringthegrass,takingoutthetrash,anyoutdoorstuff?托德：如果開著窗戶，你就會吸入整個社區(qū)的灰塵。那房子里就會有很多人的死皮細(xì)胞。那室外活動呢，比如拔雜草、修剪草坪、給草坪澆水、倒垃圾，這里面有你討厭的事情嗎？Josh:Well,Iactuallylikemowingthelawn.It'sagoodworkout,youknow,especiallyifyouhaveanoldfashionedpushlawnmower.喬什：其實(shí)我喜歡修剪草坪。這是一種很棒的鍛煉，用老式推草機(jī)更鍛Todd:Yeah,ohyeah.托德：對，是的。Josh:Soyougetagoodworkoutandpushitaroundandthegrasslooksalotbetter.Andthenweedingisapainbecauseyou'vegottogetdownonthegroundandgetinthemudandpullitalloutandlikebuckets,andit'sneverdonelikedusting,yeah.喬什：修剪草坪是很棒的鍛煉方式，用推草機(jī)修剪草坪，草坪會看起來更好。不過拔雜草是痛苦的工作，因為你要蹲下來，進(jìn)入泥地，把雜草拔出來放到桶里，那像清理灰塵一樣永遠(yuǎn)做不完。Todd:Andweedslikecomeback,right?托德：雜草還會再長出來，對吧？Josh:Yeah,exactly.Everyday,there'sanewone.喬什：對，沒錯。每天都會長出新的雜草。Todd:Right,Andthepositionthatyouhavetobeintopulltheweeds,it'ssouncomfortable.托德：對，而且拔雜草的姿勢非常不舒服。Josh:Exactly.Yeah,likecrouchdownandyeah.喬什：沒錯。要蹲下來。Todd:Yeah,Ihearyou.托德：對，我剛聽到了。Josh:It'shotandit'shorrible.喬什：非常熱，非常可怕。Todd:Yeah,there'salwaysjobsyouhatetodo.托德：對，總有你不喜歡做的事情。Josh:Yeah.喬什：對。重點(diǎn)講解：eatoff吃掉；例句：Thatdayweweresohungrythatweateoffachickenasbigasthis.那天我們太餓了，以致于吃了一只這么大的雞。grossout使（人）作嘔；例句：MikegrossedSueo