Being Tidy and Messy 整潔和邋遢

　　A：It is beyond me how you and Oscar can be roommates. Youre very tidy and hes, well, a slob.

　　我真不明白你和Oscar怎么能成為室友的。你如此整潔，而他那么邋遢。

　　B：Its not always easy, but were making it work.

　　確實(shí)不容易，但是我們做到了。

　　A：Isnt Oscar really messy all the time? Whenever I see him, his clothes are rumpled and his hair is unkempt.

　　難道Oscar不是一直很邋遢嗎?我每次見到他，都是衣服皺巴巴，頭發(fā)亂蓬蓬的。

　　B：His room is really cluttered, but he keeps the common areas in passable condition. I do have to straighten up fairly often, and I sometimes have to pick up after him, but thats because Im pretty nitpicky.

　　他的房間確實(shí)亂七八糟，但是公共區(qū)域還是可以接受的。我確實(shí)需要經(jīng)常清理，有時(shí)甚至跟在他后面收拾，但那是因?yàn)槲液芴籼蕖?/p>

　　A：Thats very tolerant of you.

　　你太寬容了。

　　B：Well, we have set up a system so that if things get too messy, I have some recourse.

　　我們制定了規(guī)章制度，如果太亂了，我有追索權(quán)。

　　A：Really, whats your system?

　　你們的規(guī)章制度是什么呢?

　　B：Oscar and I agreed that every time he leaves a big mess, I can fine him.

　　我和Oscar一致同意，每次他把房間弄得太亂，我可以罰款。

　　A：That seems kind of drastic, but maybe it works for you guys.

　　這聽上去非常嚴(yán)厲，不過或許對你們男孩子來說管用。

　　B：Yeah, it keeps the place pretty clean.

　　是的，這樣可以讓我們的房間非常整潔。

　　A：Still, knowing Oscar, you must have had to fine him a lot.

　　不過，根據(jù)我對Oscar的了解，你肯定罰了他很多次。

　　B：Lets just say that my next vacation will be in Monte Carlo!

　　我只想說，我下一次度假想去蒙特卡羅。

　　Being Tidy and Messy 整潔和邋遢

　　A：It is beyond me how you and Oscar can be roommates. Youre very tidy and hes, well, a slob.

　　我真不明白你和Oscar怎么能成為室友的。你如此整潔，而他那么邋遢。

　　B：Its not always easy, but were making it work.

　　確實(shí)不容易，但是我們做到了。

　　A：Isnt Oscar really messy all the time? Whenever I see him, his clothes are rumpled and his hair is unkempt.

　　難道Oscar不是一直很邋遢嗎?我每次見到他，都是衣服皺巴巴，頭發(fā)亂蓬蓬的。

　　B：His room is really cluttered, but he keeps the common areas in passable condition. I do have to straighten up fairly often, and I sometimes have to pick up after him, but thats because Im pretty nitpicky.

　　他的房間確實(shí)亂七八糟，但是公共區(qū)域還是可以接受的。我確實(shí)需要經(jīng)常清理，有時(shí)甚至跟在他后面收拾，但那是因?yàn)槲液芴籼蕖?/p>

　　A：Thats very tolerant of you.

　　你太寬容了。

　　B：Well, we have set up a system so that if things get too messy, I have some recourse.

　　我們制定了規(guī)章制度，如果太亂了，我有追索權(quán)。

　　A：Really, whats your system?

　　你們的規(guī)章制度是什么呢?

　　B：Oscar and I agreed that every time he leaves a big mess, I can fine him.

　　我和Oscar一致同意，每次他把房間弄得太亂，我可以罰款。

　　A：That seems kind of drastic, but maybe it works for you guys.

　　這聽上去非常嚴(yán)厲，不過或許對你們男孩子來說管用。

　　B：Yeah, it keeps the place pretty clean.

　　是的，這樣可以讓我們的房間非常整潔。

　　A：Still, knowing Oscar, you must have had to fine him a lot.

　　不過，根據(jù)我對Oscar的了解，你肯定罰了他很多次。

　　B：Lets just say that my next vacation will be in Monte Carlo!

　　我只想說，我下一次度假想去蒙特卡羅。