Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
How do you feel about doing laundry? Some people think laundry is a totally boring chore. To them, laundry is something to knuckle down and finish, even though they would prefer to be doing something else. Unfortunately, washing your clothes isn’t a chore you can stop doing. Well, you can, but your friends might not like it very much!
Don’t let doing laundry ruin a perfectly good day. Try to look at it as a therapeutic activity. Enjoy the white noise it creates and use the time to write, read, or meditate. Or take your dirty clothes to a laundromat and talk to the people around you. You never know who you might meet!
Read more to learn about Mason’s system for doing laundry in this English lesson about an important chore.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Mason: I’m pretty excited to just knuckle down and do three loads of laundry this weekend.
Jeff: What?
Mason: Oh, yeah. It’s totally therapeutic. The white noise, the feeling of accomplishment…
Jeff: I still wish I lived with my parents so they would do it. Do you have to go to the laundromat?
Mason: I’ve got a washing machine at my house.
Jeff: So, you can just go on autopilot?
Mason: Yeah, I can do something. Go watch TV, fold the clothes while doing the next load.
Jeff: Wait, what do you find therapeutic about it? You like the process, huh?
Mason: First of all, you’ve got to imagine my rack set up with all of the different detergents, the bleaches and whatnot. It’s perfectly organized. Everything has its space in its little boxes. It’s very Zen. So, I’ve got that. Then, I’m really precise with ordering both my lights and my darks. So, if I’m doing three loads, I’ll probably have whites, blacks, and colors, right? Just to make sure that things go extra good and I can do the exact right temperatures.
Jeff: See, I just throw all my stuff together in one big bunch, which is why all of my white shirts are pink and…
Mason: You’ve got to be real careful with that, man. Real careful. It’s a good way to ruin a bunch of perfectly good clothes.
Jeff: Sounds like you know what you’re doing.
Mason: I’m a pro.
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Discussion
Jeff and Mason could not feel more differently about laundry. It’s a chore to Jeff and he’d much rather ask his parents to do it for him. He’s surprised to hear that Mason seems to enjoy washing his clothes, and that Mason actually finds the activity therapeutic. How is that possible?
It’s true that Mason enjoys doing laundry, though. He organizes his supplies, separates his clothes into whites and colors, and knows the right temperature for every load. Completing this chore gives him time to relax and feel like he’s accomplished something at the same time. As Mason says, “It’s very Zen.” He means that it’s a quiet and calming activity for him.
How do you feel about doing laundry? Is it an activity you’d rather not do, or do you enjoy it (even a little)? What do you like or dislike about this chore?
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