Unit 46
Organizing the closet for spring
海外生活/日常溝通
Oversea life/Daily Communication
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
How big is your closet?
What is the perfect wardrobe size?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. make some room 騰出空間
I’m gonna make some room in the trunk.
我要在後備箱裡騰出一些空間。
2. organize (v.) 整理
You should try and organize your time better.
你應該嘗試更好地安排你的時間。
3. packing up 打包；整理
Are you packing up already?
你已經打包了嗎？
4. toss (v.) 拋，扔，投
The little girl tossed her ball in the air.
小女孩把球拋向空中。
5. sort (n.) 把…分類；整理；揀選
Let’s try to sort out the mess.
讓我們試著理清這個爛攤子。
6.pile (n.) 一堆
The pile of books toppled over.
那堆書翻倒了。
7. donate (v.) 捐贈
How can I donate to the foundation?
我如何向基金會捐款？
8. worn out (adj.) 破的；不能再用的
Can we sit down? I’m worn out.
我們可以坐下嗎？我累壞了。
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Honey, I need to make some room in the closet. Can you help me organize it?
親愛的，我要在衣櫥裡騰點空間出來。你能幫忙整理一下嗎？
Sure. Are you packing up our winter clothes?
當然。你在收拾冬天的衣服嗎?
Yup, and tossing some old stuff. Can you help me sort them?
是啊，還要扔一些舊東西。你能幫我給它們分分類嗎？
OK, what’s this pile of clothes? Keep, toss, or donate?
好的，這堆衣服怎麼辦？留著，扔掉，還是送人？
Toss. Those shirts are all worn out and don’t fit well. What about this sweater of yours?
扔掉吧。那些襯衫都破了而且也不太合身。這件毛衣你還要嗎？
Keep! It’s new, and I never wear it.
留著！這還是新的，我一次也沒有穿過。
It looks like it’s from the 70s, honey. There’s a reason you don’t wear it.
親愛的，這就像是70年代的衣服。所以你一直沒有穿。
Maybe it will come in handy?
說不定哪天能派上用場呢？
If it doesn’t fit, or you haven’t worn it in a year, you shouldn’t keep it.
如果衣服不合身，或者你一年都沒穿過，就不該留著它了。
Oh, all right. Let’s donate it then. Out with the old and in with the new!
好吧。那我們把它送人吧。舊的不去，新的不來。
Article
Read the article aloud with your teacher.
4 Steps To Clean Out Your Cluttered Closet
1. Take inventory
The first step in your closet clean-out is to completely empty it. Remove everything, including clothes, hangers and shoes and plop it on your bed or floor. Don’t forget to grab items from shelves, bins and drawers, too.
2. Grab some bags
Next, you’re going to need to grab some trash bags, a marker and some tape. Put a strip of tape on the first bag and write on it with the marker “trash.” On the second bag, place a strip of tape on it and label that bag “donate.”
3. Set rules for what goes back in
Start sorting with these rules in mind:
•If you haven’t worn it in a year and it’s still in good condition, it goes in the charity bag.
•If it has holes, worn-out elastic or rips that can’t be repaired, throw it in the trash bag.
•If it needs a button or has a hole you or a tailor can easily fix (and you vow to actually fix it) put the item in the repair pile.
•If it’s not your style, it goes in the charity bag.
•If it’s fantastic, you love it and you wear it, put it in the keep pile.
•If it has stains put it in the repair pile and try these tricks to remove spots.
•If it doesn’t fit, donate it.
4. Finish up
Your closet cleaning journey is almost over. Now you just need to put everything from the keep pile back in your closet.
For the rest, it’s important you get deal with them right away. Taking action will prevent those items from taking up space and potentially making their way back into your closet.
Finally, put the trash bag in your bin right away. Drive the charity bag to your local drop-off point right away. No waiting!
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.How often do you clean and arrange your closet?
2.How do you clean and arrange your closet?
3.What is your favorite outfit that is found in your closet? What made it your favorite?
