6. Complete the sentences using the text.
1. Nearly all the women but a queen
2. But different women
3. The so-called lady-type women can afford to have
4. A live-in maid is like a magician who
5. A live-in help is usually an old hand at
6. Efficient housewives
7. An experienced housewife
8. She keeps all the rooms
9. The third type of women finds doing the everyday household chores
10. You can often hear her say
11. So you may find a huge pile of
12. Theyd rather save time and
13. They persuade their husbands
14. Another way for them to avoid
7. What will you do if
your room is in a mess
you have a huge pile of dishes in the sink
there is a thick layer of dust everywhere in the living-room
your carpets are filthy
the linen is dirty
you have stains on your jeans
your shirt is torn
you need to treat the friends to something tasty
each room of your apartment needs tidying up
domestic duties take all of your time
the suit or dress is crumpled
you want your floor and furniture shining
8. Answer the following questions.
1. Who runs the house in your family?
2. Do you have any household duties? What do they involve?
3. What is the most unpleasant thing about the housework for you?
4. How often do you have a thorough cleaning? How long does it take you to do it?
5. What are usual excuses you make up if you want to skip general cleaning or put it off?
6. What labour-saving devices can you name and which of them do you use doing your household chores?
7. Do you find running the house rather a boring and time-consuming business or do you cope with it quickly and effortlessly?
8. What kind of domestic work do you prefer:
- washing, bleaching and pressing the linen;
- cooking dinner and washing up;
- dusting, polishing the furniture, vacuuming? Why?
9. Do you think its possible to be a successful business-lady and at the same time run the house properly?
10. Is it better for you to have a job and earn money or to be a housewife and run the house?
11. Should every member in the family be in charge of some definite chores?
12. Can sewing (knitting, cooking) be considered a hobby or a household duty?
9. Fill in the gaps with prepositions and conjunctions where necessary.
1. My granny is an efficient housewife: she is an old hand ___ doing the cleaning and washing, cooking dinner and making a pie ___ one hand. 2. Kitty hates the days when it comes her turn to wash ___ and put everything ___ its place. 3. Efficient housewives never have untidy rooms, a thick layer ___ dust ___ the furniture or a sink piled high ___ plates ___ their flats. 4. My mother is a housewife and runs the house perfectly, but all the members of our family help her ___ the home. 5. My domestic chores include beating ___ the carpets, dusting ___ the furniture and putting everything ___ its place. 6. Every two weeks Nancy takes a huge pile ___ washing ___ the laundry. 7. To cook dinner for her big family Mrs. Johns has to peel tons ___ potatoes and spend not fewer ___ three hours ___ the kitchen. 8. Sandy doesnt feel like tidying ___, she would rather iron, starch collars or cook dinner ___ vacuuming and scrubbing the floor ___ a brush. 9. I prefer washing ___ to bleaching and removing stains ___ the clothes. 10. Vacuuming is far more convenient ___ sweeping the floor ___ a broom. 11. An experienced housewife copes ___ all sorts ___ domestic work ___ no time.
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10. Give synonyms of the following words and expressions.
a)
| a besom a rag a heap of washing a room in disorder house work laundering to clean the floor | pressing idle to wash the dishes to brush the floor a wash-bowl a dishdomestic duties |
b)
| pressing idle to wash the dishes to brush the floor | domestic duties a dish a wash-bowl |
C)
| To wash out cups and plates To clean the room Garbage can To repair smth To press clothes To clean the room from top to bottom | A sweeper To wring the linen To wash the dishes Household duties A skilful wife To remove finger marks on the furniture |
