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A Day of Chores

Un sábado de tareas domésticas en una casa compartida de Bristol.

Palabras clave de esta historia

  • to pick up · tomar, levantar (una carta, un objeto)
  • the washing-up · lavar los platos (inglés británico)
  • chores · tareas domésticas
  • housework · trabajo de la casa, labores domésticas
  • the lowest · la más baja
  • to turn over · dar la vuelta (a una carta)
  • fair · justo
  • to get to work · ponerse a trabajar

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Palabras útiles (9)
  • chores · tareas domésticas
  • housework · trabajo de la casa, labores domésticas
  • the washing-up · lavar los platos (inglés británico)
  • to pick up · tomar, levantar (una carta, un objeto)
  • the lowest · la más baja
  • to turn over · dar la vuelta (a una carta)
  • fair · justo
  • to get to work · ponerse a trabajar
  • proud · orgulloso

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Four friends share a flat in Bristol: Sam, Priya, Leo and Hannah. During the week, nobody does any On Saturday morning, the kitchen was a disaster and the bathroom was worse.

"Okay," said Priya. "Today we're going to do the Let's make a list." She wrote four jobs on a piece of paper: do the do the shopping, make dinner and clean the bathroom.

"I'll do the Sam said quickly. "I'll do the shopping," said Leo. "I'll make dinner," said Hannah. "I make great pasta." Everybody looked at Priya. "No way," she said. "I made the list! I'm not going to clean the bathroom."

They talked about it for twenty minutes. Nobody wanted to do it. In the end, Leo had an idea. "Let's each up a card. The person who gets the card cleans the bathroom."

Sam up a king. Hannah up a seven. Leo up a nine. Priya her card over slowly: a two. "That's not she shouted. But she put on some old clothes and got to

At eight o'clock, the flat was clean, the fridge was full and the pasta was ready. Priya came out of the bathroom, tired but "It looks great," said Hannah. "Next Saturday, we'll do it all again." Priya looked at her. "Next Saturday, you get the two."

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0/4 respondidas

1. ¿Por qué deciden hacer las tareas el sábado?

2. ¿Qué tarea no quiere hacer nadie?

3. ¿Cómo deciden quién limpia el baño?

4. ¿Qué carta saca Priya?