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Mom: Ugh. No, I can't today. I have a list of errands a mile long and the babysitter left the sink backed up.

哎，今天真的不行。我有一大堆杂事要处理，保姆还把水槽弄堵了。

List /lɪst/ 名单；目录；清单 a shopping list 购物单

er·rand /ˈerənd/ a job that you do for sb that involves going somewhere to take a message, to buy sth, deliver goods, etc. 差使；差事

on an errand 跑腿

拓展例句：

• Her boss sent her on an errand into town. 老板派她进城办事去了。

mile /maɪl/ 英里 a mile long 一公里长

baby·sit·ter /ˈbeɪbisɪtər/ 临时保姆；代人临时照看小孩的人

Leave /liːv/ 让…处于（某种状态、某地等）

拓展例句：

• Leave the door open, please. 请把门开着吧。

Sink /sɪŋk/（厨房里的）洗涤池，洗碗槽

拓展例句：

• Don't just leave your dirty plates in the sink! 别把脏盘子往洗碗槽里一放就不管了！

Back up（Of running water） accumulate behind an obstruction （流水）积聚

Mom: No, I'm not complaining. I'm venting. There's a difference.

不，我不是在抱怨，我是在发泄情绪。这是有区别的。

com·plain /kəmˈpleɪn/ to say that you are annoyed, unhappy or not satisfied about sb/sth 抱怨；埋怨；发牢骚

Vent /vent/ to express feelings, especially anger, strongly 表达，发泄（感情，尤指愤怒）

拓展例句：

• She telephoned her best friend to vent her frustration. 她打电话给自己最好的朋友来发泄她的沮丧。

There's a difference 有所不同

拓展例句：

• This time, though, there's a difference. 只是这次的情况有所不同。

Mom: Okay. Talk to you later. I have to get breakfast on the table. Right after I unclog this drain again! Ugh! It's like concrete.

好的，待会儿聊。我得先准备早餐了……就在我再次疏通这个下水道之后！天啊，简直像水泥一样堵死了。

Talk to you later. = I'll talk to you later 以后再谈

I have to 我得

get breakfast on the table 把早餐放在桌子上

Right immediately; without delay 立即；马上；毫不耽搁

拓展例句：

• I'll be right back. 我马上就回来。

right after 在…之后立刻

拓展例句：

• I'll come home right after Christmas. 圣诞一过，我就会回家。

Clog /klɑːɡ/（使）阻塞，堵塞 Unclog /ˌʌnˈklɑːɡ/ 使畅通；清除堵塞

Drain /dreɪn/ 下水道；排水管 unclog the drain 疏通下水道

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