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John and Ann are from Dublin.Ireland.They've been friends since they were children.They lived in the same neighborhood when they were young and they went to the same university.
Today John is a 34-year-old engineer.He works in the heart of Dublin.He is very busy and doesn't have much free time.He found a maid (女佣)to clean his house on Saturdays,but during the week he has to make the bed and tidy up his room.He must also wash the dishes.Sometimes he cooks a meal,but most of the time he stops at a restaurant near his home and buys a meal for dinner.He often arrives home very late.Luckily, his maid is quite professional and takes good care of the house.In just 6 hours,the house begins to shine,with a fresh look and clean air to breathe.
Ann is 35 years old.She lives in a small village in Dublin.She works as a doctor at the village's health center.She starts working at 9 a.m.and finishes at 4 p.m.There is a half-hour lunch break at 12:30 p.m.After work,Ann has to pick up her two daughters from school.After they arrive home, the children do their homework while Ann prepares dinner.Her husband(丈夫)usually does part of the chores when he gets home.First he prepares the children's bath and then he washes clothes.Before dinner, he hangs up the clothes and then the children help him to lay the table(摆好餐具)and…it's dinner time! After dinner, Ann's husband usually does the dishes while she tidies up the kitchen.When there is too much rubbish.she takes it out.
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Linda,14 My mother does most of the housework like cooking and folding the clothes.My father can only do the washing,sweep the floor and take out the rubbish.He really needs to learn how to do the housework. |
Celina,13 My mother and my father do 50% of the housework each.My mother does the washing and cleans the living room.My father makes the bed and drives me to school. |
Paul,16 My father doesn't do a lot but he tries to help.He hangs__up the clothes after my mother washes them and my mother is happy that he always gives her a hand. |
Bill,15 My mother is a doctor.She is busy with her work every day,so she has little time to do the housework.In fact,she isn't good at doing it.So my father has to do most of it.Sometimes my grandmother comes to help. |
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When Norman left high school, he went to a college to learn cooking for two years. He enjoyed cooking and was good at creating (创造) his own dishes. Then he got a job in the kitchen of a big hotel as an apprentice (学徒) for four years.
①Norman soon found that cooking in a hotel was nothing like cooking for his family at home. He needed to work in a hot kitchen for a long time every day. A lot of people couldn't stand it, but Norman enjoyed it. He always made new and unusual cakes on Friday. More and more people visited the hotel on Friday just ②________ his cakes. The hotel owner soon found out why.
When Norman decided to leave the hotel, ③the hotel owner offered(提供) him more money and the position (职位) of the head cook. Norman took the position and saved most of the money he made. Finally, he bought his own hotel last year. Then he found he needed a lot more skills than just cooking skills. So he went to an evening school to learn business every Tuesday and Friday.
Norman enjoys having his own hotel. But he also enjoys working in the kitchen and ④thinking up new creations when the hotel is not too busy.
The hotel owner him more money and the position of the head cook.
To get more , Norman went to an evening school to learn every Tuesday and Friday.
Most students in America do housework after school. Parents often ask their children to do something1or interesting at home. Also, they2their children to do something hard or boring. Parents would like to give their children some pocket money for their3. And the children can4the money by doing the housework.
The former President Obama5that he gives his eight and eleven-year-old daughters Sasha and Malia just a dollar every week, 6they often set the table, wash the dishes and clean up their7at weekends. One dollar is little for the housework, but the two8are very happy to make their pocket money. They buy their favorite books or food with9. Obama hopes his daughters can10some money-management skills.
—Yes, I did. But now things get better.
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Doing chores