The rites of preparing for bed were elaborate and unchanging . 鋪床疊被是細致復(fù)雜而又一成不變的儀式。
She needs to know the intricacies of purchasing on a large scale, as well as how to make beds and clean carpets properly . 她必須懂得如何正確鋪床疊被、清潔地毯,還必須了解采購大宗物品這種復(fù)雜工作。
Maybe with sufficient nagging , he can make his bed [ sort of ] , take the dishes out of the dishwasher and put out the garbage , chores that in another day would have been the province of his sister 或許,當(dāng)大人足夠嘮叨的時候,他能給自己鋪床疊被(疊得不是很好) 、把碗碟之類的東西從洗碗機里拿出來以及把垃圾扔出去,這些家務(wù)雜事在其它時候可能本來都是姐姐妹妹們的專項。