Sharing the Chores 分擔家務

Ivy’s mother, Rose, is handing out chores for her children, Ivy and Larry, to do while she goes grocery shopping.
R: Rose 　　L: Larry 　　I: Ivy
L: What’s up, Mom?
R: I’m going to go to the grocery store to get some things for tonight. I want you guys to clean up the house before your father gets home.
I: OK. What do you need us to do?
R: Ivy, you worry about the kitchen, the garage, and downstairs. Larry, you can sweep the floor, wash the windows, clean the toilets, take out the garbage, and tidy up the bedrooms.
L: Why do I have more to do than Ivy?
R: Because Ivy does her homework and doesn’t get in trouble at school like you do.
L: That’s not fair.
I: Mom, what time will Dad get home?
R: He should be here by three.
I: Then we’d better hurry up then.
L: Can Ivy at least take out the garbage?
R: When I start to get phone calls from Ivy’s teacher, then she’ll take out the garbage.
I: Yeah. You’d better hop to it, Larry.


艾薇的媽媽蘿絲正在分配家事給她的孩子艾薇和賴瑞來做，因為那時她要出門採買雜貨。
賴　瑞： 什麼事，媽？
蘿　絲： 我要去雜貨店買些今天晚上要用的東西。在你們的爸爸回家前，我希望你們能打掃好房子。
艾　薇： 好的。妳要我們做什麼？
蘿　絲： 艾薇，妳來清理廚房、車庫還有樓下。賴瑞，你來掃地、洗窗戶、清馬桶、把垃圾拿出去倒和整理房間。
賴　瑞： 為什麼我要做的事比艾薇還多？
蘿　絲： 因為艾薇都會寫好功課，而且不像你會在學校惹麻煩。
賴　瑞： 那不公平。
艾　薇： 媽，爸什麼時候回家？
蘿　絲： 他三點前應該會回來。
艾　薇： 那我們最好趕快來做家事了。
賴　瑞： 艾薇可以至少把垃圾拿出去倒嗎？
蘿　絲： 當我開始接到艾薇學校老師的電話時，她就會把垃圾拿出去倒了。
艾　薇： 沒錯。賴瑞，你最好快一點來做家事。


生活必備字詞
hand out... 　　分配／分發……
Johnny helped Lydia hand out the textbooks to the students.
fair a. 公平的；合理的
It’s not fair to ask Eric to do all the work just because he is the smartest student in this group.

資料來源:
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/international/20140919/36094199/SharingtheChores