純正地道美語第292期(外教講解):愛乾淨的人傷不起

A:Ugg, this bathroom is a pigsty!
呃，浴室簡直就是一豬圈啦！

B:Helen, why do you keep flushing the toilet? What' s wrong?
海倫，爲什麼你一直在沖洗廁所，出什麼事了嗎？

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!
我實在忍受不了了。這裏真的很髒亂。馬桶座圈上有一點瑕疵，地板又溼又滑的。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?
你做什麼了，海倫？我知道這裏又髒又亂的，但是我見過很多公共洗手間比這裏還要差。爲什麼你要清理櫃檯面，你瘋了嗎?

A:I can' t help myself; it' s just so disgusting in here!
我忍不住，這實在太讓人噁心了！

B:Helen, this is not like your own bathroom. Just leave it to the cleaners, okay?
海倫，這不是你家裏的洗手間，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，我正準備快速把水槽擦乾淨，和掃地。

B:You' re such a neat freak! I' m outta here!
你就是一個潔癖！我要走了！

Vocabulary Acquisition（藍色標示的是之前有講到）:

pigsty n. 豬舍；木垛；髒亂的地方

flush 用水沖洗
Flush toilets are replacing buckets. 抽水馬桶取代了提桶。

stain n. 污點；瑕疵；着色劑
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 櫃檯面

disgusting adj. 令人厭惡的

outta prep. “out of”的簡寫體
Get outta my face you asshole! 把你的屁眼從我的臉上拿開！

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.