Tres (United States): Clean freak1? Those
guys don't exist
anymore2. I'm a neo-clean
freak. I cannot leave my house without scrubbing
my bathroom floors3, without washing down the kitchen,
washing my dishes4,
even you know, scrubbing under my sinks5.
That little area where you put your plastic or what
have you, so everything has
to be cleaned. I usually wear gloves6,
see! I'm wearing gloves now.
Vocabulary
Rina (Canada): Am I a clean freak? Yes, I definitely
am a clean freak. I hate7
when my place is messy8,
particularly kitchens. I don't like when my kitchen is dirty9
because it makes the whole10
house look11
messy and I like it when other people pay me the same12
respect and have their places clean when I'm over13
because I think it's rude14
if you're place is messy and you have company, and I just, it drives me nuts15,
if I, if my room is messy. I don't know, I just like it, I like it clean, tidy16
and organized.
Jeannie (United States): OK, am I a neat17
freak? No! Not
at all18. My room is always messy. It usually kind of mirrors what is
going on in my mind19. If my room is junky20
my mind is junky as well21, so every now and
then22 I try to clean my room just to make things neat in my
own23
mind again.
Jim (England): I don't think I'm a clean freak. I
would describe24
my mother as a clean freak. Her hobby is hoovering and dusting. Uh, not really, but she likes to keep the house very
clean. I suppose I'm a clean freak for myself. I always have a shower26
every day.
Marion (Ireland): I'm definitely not a clean freak. In fact27
I find it quite difficult to deal with28
clean freaks. I like to be clean but I don't go overboard29 with
it, so my house is sometimes29
messy, but I know where everything is most of the time. And I tidy up30
maybe (once) every
couple of weeks31 depending on how messy my
house gets32. I don't like it too messy.
Todd (United States): Ah, am I a clean freak? No. I'm
a total slob34.
I'm about the biggest slob that I know. When people come over to my apartment,
they're disgusted35
all the time. I have trash36
all over the
place37. I let it get out of control38. I leave dishes39
in the sink40
all the time. I have my dirty clothes41
in a pile42
in the corner43
of my room. This is not a knock44
on my poor mother, because my mother is very, very clean and she raised45
me to be clean, and I don't know, something went
wrong46, and I'm just a total slob.
Vocabulary
1.
Clean freak = maluco por limpeza
/ arrumação
2.
don't exist anymore = não existem mais
3.
without scrubbing my bathroom floors = sem
esfregar os pisos do meu banheiro
4.
dishes = pratos
5.
sinks = pias
6.
wear gloves = uso luvas
7.
hate = odeio
8.
messy = bagunçado
9.
dirty = sujo(a)
10.
whole = todo(a)
11.
look = parecer
12.
the same = o mesmo
13.
when I'm
over = quando estou por perto
14.
rude = indelicado
15.
drives me
nuts = me deixa maluco(a)
16.
tidy = organizado , arrumado
17.
neat = limpo, arrumado
18.
Not at all = Não, absolutamente
19.
mirrors what is going on in my mind = reflete o
que está acontecendo em minha mente
20.
junky = bagunçado
21.
as well = também
22.
every now and then = de vez em quando
23.
own = próprio(a)
24.
describe = descrever
26.
have a shower = tomar banho
27.
In fact = na verdade
28.
to deal with = lidar com
29.
go overboard = exagerar
30.
Sometimes = as vezes
31.
tidy up = arrumar
32.
every couple of weeks = a cada duas semanas
33.
how messy my
house gets = o quanto bagunçada minha casa fica
34.
slob = desleixado, porcalhão
35.
disgusted = com nojo
36.
trash = lixo
37.
all over the place = por todo o lugar
39.
leave dishes = deixo pratos
40.
sink = pia
41.
dirty clothes = roupas sujas
42.
pile = pilha
43.
corner = canto
44.
knock = golpe
45.
raised = criou
46.
something went wrong = alguma coisa saiu errado