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Steven has just got home from work. He saw Julia was doing housework. Now he's talking about the housework with Julia. 

史蒂文刚下班回到家。他看见朱莉娅在做家务。现在他正在和茱莉亚谈论家务事。

A: Darling, I'm back. What are you doing? 

亲爱的，我回来了。你在做什么？

B: I'm washing clothes. Are you hungry now? Wait for a moment. I'll cook dinner for you.

我在洗衣服。你现在饿了吗？稍等一下，我来给你做晚饭。

A: Julia, should we get a maid? 

茱莉亚，我们请个保姆吧。

B: I can do all the housework. We don't need a maid. 

家务事我都能做。不需要请保姆。

A: You have worked very hard in the office. If we can get someone to help you, you can have more rest. 

你在办公室已经很辛苦了。请个保姆帮你，你可以多休息。

B: We really don't need to. 

真的不用。

A: You're a good wife, Julia. But you must take care of yourself. 

你是一个好妻子，茱莉亚。但是你应该多关心你自己。

B: Give me some time to think about it.

让我考虑一下吧。

讲解：

get home from work

下班回家

例句：

I usually get home from work around 6pm.

我通常在六点左右下班。

It takes me at least one hour to get home from work.

下班到家至少得花一个小时。

wash clothes

洗衣服

do the laundry

洗衣服

do housework

做家务

例句：

I have to do housework every weekend.

我每个周末都要做家务。

I need to help my mom do housework.

我要帮我妈妈做家务。

cook dinner

做晚饭

例句：

I can cook dinner for you, but don't expect me to do everything for you.

我可以为你做晚饭，但别指望我为你做一切。

I usually get home from work at 6. Then I cook dinner and do housework.

我通常在六点下班到家。然后我做晚饭，做家务。

maid

女仆；女佣

例句：

We need a maid to cook dinner and do housework.

我们需要一个女佣来做晚饭和家务。

She got a part-time job as a maid.

她找了一份兼职女佣的工作。

have more rest

多休息

例句：

You should have more rest and don't push yourself too hard.

你需要多休息，不要逼自己太紧。

You should take the medicine and have more rest recently.

你最近需要吃药，多休息。

think about it

考虑一下

例句：

I need some time to think about it before making a decision.

在做出决定前，我需要时间思考一下。

I tried not to think about it.

我试图不去想它。

Don't rush into anything. Let's take some time to think about it.

不要急于做任何事情。让我们花时间考虑一下。