家居英语：公寓里里外外 (A2)

basement 在大楼下面。你可以走 stairs 上楼，也可以坐 elevator。

在大楼里

• 试一试: Maya: Where are the washing machines in your friend's building? Wei: Down in the ___. 看图，选出 Wei 会说的话。 (basement / closet / sink) 答案: basement — 洗衣机在楼梯最下面的一个房间里，在大楼底下，所以是在地下室：basement。

单词	发音	例句
basement		There are old boxes in the basement.
stairs		The stairs are next to the front door.
elevator		The elevator goes to the tenth floor.

在公寓里

衣服和鞋子放在 closet 里。洗东西用 sink。refrigerator 让食物保持冰凉，大家也叫它 fridge。

• 试一试: Wei: This butter is too soft. Maya: Put it in the ___ for an hour. 看图，选出 Maya 会说的话。 (closet / refrigerator / sink) 答案: refrigerator — 黄油太软了，那只手正把它放进冰凉的冰箱：refrigerator。

单词	发音	例句
closet		Put your clothes in the closet.
sink		Wash the cups in the sink.
refrigerator		Keep the fish in the refrigerator.

垃圾

不要的东西就放进 trash。把不要的东西扔掉，是 throw away：throw away the box，或者 throw it away。

• 试一试: Wei: We don't need these papers from last year. Maya: You're right. Let's ___ all of them. 选出 Maya 会说的话。 (throw away / wash / fix) 答案: throw away — 那些旧文件他们用不着了，所以全扔掉：throw away。

单词	发音	例句
trash		The trash goes out on Monday.
throw away		Don't throw away that box. I need it.