情景会话口袋书人际篇107:做家务(3)

 　　9. I always blame my daughter for not helping¹ with the housework.

　　我总是责备女儿，因为她不帮我干家务活。

　　还能这样说：

　　My daughter is often blamed for not helping me with the housework.

　　Because my daughter doesn't help me do the housework, I always balme her.

　　应用解析：

　　put the blame at the door of another 把责任推到别人的头上；

　　shift the blame on sb. 嫁祸于人

　　10. We do the housework by turns.

　　我们轮流做家务。

　　还能这样说：

　　We spell each other at doing the housework.

　　We took turns at doing housework.

　　谚语：

　　One good turn deserves another.

　　行善积德。

　　11. I'll clear up the dishes.

　　我会清理碟子。

　　还能这样说：

　　I will wash up the dinner things.

　　I will do the washing-up.

　　应用解析：

　　see one's way clear 前途无量；

　　clear oneself of 表白，洗清；

　　clear expense 抵消开支；

　　clear the air 扫清疑团，清除误会

　　12. Do you help your mother do housework?

　　你帮你的妈妈做家务吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Are you willing to do favors when your mother is busy with housework?

　　Do you give your mother a hand with the housework?

　　谚语：

　　Fortune to one is mother, to another is stepmother.

　　命运对一种人如亲娘，对另一种却是晚娘。

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。