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Learn English with this laundry English lesson

Date: Sep 18 2018

Themes: How To, Time

Intro

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Do you like doing laundry? Some people think it’s a totally boring chore, but 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 sleep. Or take your dirty clothes and detergent to a laundromat and talk to the people around you. You never know who you might meet!

Vocab

laundromat n.

Definition

Example I'm going to the laundromat today to wash my clothes.

detergent n.

Definition

Example We prefer the detergent that smells like lemons.

ruin v.

Definition

Example If you open your eyes, it'll ruin your surprise. Keep them closed!

therapeutic adj.

Definition

Example I think that gardening is very therapeutic after a long day at work. It relaxes me.

white noise n.

Definition

Example I can't sleep well unless I listen to white noise, so I always use a fan at night.

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Quiz

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Discussion

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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?

Comments

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hermitlady

China

doing laundry doesn’t become a burden for me.  it is not a thing that you like or dislike. because i always do it whether i like it or not.  

06:11 AM Sep 18 2018 |

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vik32

vik32

India

i dont like washing my clothes at all. it is really a chore. i would rather somebody else to do it for me. however, i have done this chore many times myself and found it very tiring and boring. 

07:22 AM Sep 01 2014 |

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DanielBorges

Portugal

I think it’s is chore that have to be done. I have a wash machine at home and I make more or less two loads a week. I like the fact that it is an easy task. You can quickly and easily chose the things you need to wash. I always chose a low temperature to allow me to mix different colors. 


My wash machine has clock that allows me to chose the hour to start working. So it’s go on autopilot. I agree with the fact that the white noise of laundry is therapeutic. I dislike a little to put the clothes drying, because of the time that it takes. I really like the smell of the detergent that stays in the cloth and that spreads all over the house when you finish laundry.

11:02 AM Oct 20 2013 |

Lyn77

Lyn77

China

I have to do my laundry almost every day,because we don’t have washing machine in our dormitory.We only have a dehydrator.But we don’t need to use it everyday in summer.On the contrary, we use it everyday in winter.


 

08:42 AM Oct 20 2013 |

jazzkhan

jazzkhan

Pakistan

Laundry is not my business and i’ve never ever done in my life.When I  was child, My mother did it and Now my wife does this chore, So I can’t say any thing about laundry experience, because, I don’t have. But it looks like very much borring task.

08:31 AM Oct 20 2013 |

katyushka

katyushka

Ukraine

When you have personal wash machine at home laundry is not a problem. You can put dirty clothes to machine and do to computer lear English or speak with friends. 

08:28 AM Oct 17 2013 |

selo1987

selo1987

Turkey

Heyy

10:06 PM Oct 16 2013 |

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Dizekile

South Africa

in my side Laundry isn’t  bad thing to do it but only if i will do it early in the morning and it mustn’t be loaded then i enjoy doing it before i start doing any thing else

05:32 PM Oct 16 2013 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

My admiration to all the women that in the past had  to hand-washed  the   household clothes and  worst of all in winter and with cold water . I have seen my mum in the past doing this chore ,was it therapeutic  for her  freezing her hands  hand-washing clothes, linen and a bundle of diapers   ? I doubt it.   Nowadays, we have all kind of automatic machines  that do  this work for us.  

10:37 AM Oct 16 2013 |

Seiyf_khawas

Turkey

doing laundy is chore or therapeutic ? certainly its terrible chore for me ..)


normally ım very away from doing laundry ..anyway ,if its necessary ,ı can do laundry good as women ..:)

09:40 AM Oct 16 2013 |

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shorio

shorio

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Doing laundry never bothers me, but I found doing the dishes very therapeutic among other household chores.


 

08:17 AM Oct 16 2013 |

YunxiaChen

China

I’ve lived with my parents in law for a long time. They help me doing laundry while i am out for work.

07:59 AM Oct 16 2013 |

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CandiceAcclo

China

i am not care for the laundry. but i would like to do laundry rather than to wash the dishes. i have to do my owm laundry by myself because i live alone and the weather is hot so i have take bath everyday and change my clothes. and i don’t have the washing machine in my apartment

06:12 AM Oct 16 2013 |

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Odyssee

Odyssee

China

i think doing laundry is not so hard . cos most of clothes can be washed by washing machine . haha .


as for me , every day i wash some clothes by hand .

06:09 AM Oct 16 2013 |

leilabita

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i never enjoy of worh for house 


i dont like it

05:35 AM Oct 16 2013 |

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WongYoga

Hong Kong

I like to do laundry because I can see the results how clean of your clothing in the end. This feeling is good.  I also like to tidy up things and keeping it clean all the time.  This feel great and organised.

03:01 AM Oct 16 2013 |

becirickySuper Member!

South Korea

Doing laundry.. is hard to do, especially early in the morning. Here the weather is not always sunny.. so do the laundry should be finishd in morning so can be dried in a day.

01:17 AM Oct 16 2013 |

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