我真想睡个午觉。

I want to take a nap. =

I want to take a catnap.

But you just woke up. (你不是刚刚起来吗?)

I’d like to lie down for a while. (我想躺会儿。)

*catnap “打盹”、“小睡一下儿”。

◎我去躺一会儿。

I’m going to lie down. = I’m going to take a rest. (我休息一会儿。)

*用于稍感疲劳的时候。

◎你在装睡啊!

You’re pretending to be asleep.

= You’re not really asleep. (你其实没睡吧!)

= I know you’re still awake. (我知道你还没睡。)

◎你睡着了吗?

Were you sleeping?

◎没有，还没睡呢。

No, I was awake.

◎你能给孩子换块尿布吗?

Will you change the baby’s diaper?

Again? (又要换呀?)

I just changed it ten minutes ago. (10分钟前我刚换过的。)

*diaper“尿布”。

◎想尿尿吗?

Do you need to pee? *主要对小孩子用。

◎该尿尿了。

It’s time to go wee-wee. *主要对小孩子用。

It’s time to go pee-pee. *对儿童用wee和pee，对婴幼儿用重叠wee-wee和pee-pee的形式表示“小便”。

◎蒙一儿。

Peekaboo!

Do it again. (再来一次。)

◎胳肢胳肢。

Kuchi-kuchi-koo.

*胳肢婴儿时用。大人有时开玩笑时也用。

◎我们来投球吧。

Let’s play catch. = Let’s play ball.

Great! (好呀!)

◎漏水了。

The water is leaking.

= The pipe is leaking. (水管漏了。)

◎全是灰呀。

It’s so dusty.

I didn’t notice. (我倒没注意。)

It needs to be dusted. (得扫扫了。)

*dusty“到处都是灰尘”、“沾满尘土”。

◎这间屋子通风真差。

It’s stuffy in this room. = The air is thick. (这里真闷。)

I can’t breathe in this room. (这屋让人喘不过气来。)

The air is dense. (空气混浊。)

*stuffy 房间等地方“通风不好”、“憋闷得慌”。

◎这个房间很通风。

It’s drafty in this room.

*drafty “有穿堂风的”。

◎你能去喂喂狗吗?

Will you feed the dog?

= Please give the dog some food.

*feed “喂食”。

◎你去遛遛狗吧?

Will you take the dog for a walk?

◎帮我照看一下弟弟和妹妹啊。

Take care of my brother and sister.

You bet. (放心吧。)

◎请(给植物)浇点水。

Please water the plants.

Can I help? (要我帮忙吗?)

*water在这里是动词“浇水，洒水”。

◎啊!怎么这么乱呀!

What a mess! *母亲看到孩子们的房间时常说的一句话。

= Look at the mess!

What a pigsty! * 含有脏得像个猪窝的语气。

◎帮帮我吧。

Help me.

What do you want me to do? (我能帮你做什么呢?)

◎把你的屋子收拾收拾。

Clean up your room.

= Straighten up your room.

= Tidy up the room.

But I’m watching TV now. (可我正在看电视呢。)

◎帮我打扫打扫卫生。

Help me clean up the house.

◎洗涤灵用完了。

We’re out of dish detergent([dɪ’tɝdʒənt]).

*“洗衣粉”是laundry detergent。

I’ll go get more. (那我去买一瓶。)

◎你能把衣服晾上吗?

Would you put up the clothes to dry?

*put up是“向上挂”的意思，但在这里表示“晾衣服”。

◎你能帮我把衣服叠起来吗?

Will you help me fold up the clothes?

*fold up“叠整齐”。

◎把地扫扫。

Please sweep the floor.

*sweep“扫”、“打扫”。

◎把厨房的池子洗干净。

Please scrub the sink.

*“洗”一般用动词wash和clean来表示，但是“使劲搓洗”这一动作，用scrub表示最合适。

◎我得用吸尘器吸吸我房间了。

I have to vacuum my room.

*vacuum“用吸尘器打扫”。

◎掸掸柜子上的土。

Please dust the shelves.

= Please wipe the shelves. (请擦一擦柜子。)

*dust“掸土”。

◎请拖拖地。

Please mop the floor.

◎你能把那件衬衫熨熨吗?

Will you iron the shirt?

◎我的裙子得熨了。

I have to iron my skirt.

*iron不仅是名词，它还可以用作动词“熨”。

◎我们去超市买东西吧。

Let’s go grocery shopping.

We need more milk. (还得再买点牛奶。)

◎公园里人挤人。

The park was crowded.

= The park was filled with people.

◎今晚能帮我照看一下孩子吗?

Can you baby-sit tonight?

Sure I can. (当然可以。)

*baby-sit“父母不在时帮忙照顾孩子”。