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Jackie: For this week's podcastsinenglish.com we're talking about urghh household chores.
Richard: Yes, not very nice.
Jackie: Well, some are nicer than others but some are very unpleasant. Um… the laundry, Richard.
Richard: Yes, washing the clothes.
Jackie: Not too bad.
Richard: Very easy, we have a washing machine.
Jackie: So, actually we’re not really doing that, are we?
Richard: No [Jackie laughs] put it in the washing machine and then… but then, drying.
Jackie: Yes, we don’t have a tumble dryer so…
Richard: We have to hang the laundry out.
Jackie: Yes
Richard: Um… and then [laughs] ironing.
Jackie: Well, we have an ironing board and we have an iron but in fact, Richard, neither of us do the ironing, do we?
Richard: No, now I don’t have an office job I don’t need to iron my shirts.
Jackie: Yes. Er… and another rather boring chore, Richard, is that’s the dusting, isn’t it?
Richard: Yes, I don’t like the dusting.
Jackie: We have a nice feather duster. [both laugh] It’s just a bit boring. I think I do that more than you.
Richard: Yes, you do the dusting and I do the hoovering.
Jackie: Yes, I don’t know why I don’t like the hoovering. I think it’s because of the noise.
Richard: It’s very, very noisy. Yes, I don’t mind that. And the other thing I don’t really mind doing too much is the washing-up. As you do all the cooking I feel I have to do the washing-up.
Jackie: Yes, we um… we don’t have a dishwasher, do we?
Richard: No dishwasher.
Jackie: So you… you do it all by hand.
Richard: Exactly
Jackie: But that’s not too bad.
Richard: No, not at all. I don’t find it too bad, after a good meal.
Jackie: [laughs] And then there actually… there are some things we have to do every day, some chores that we have to do every day, but actually are quite nice.
Richard: [laughs] With our animals.
Jackie: Yes, one of those is taking the dog for a walk.
Richard: I take the dog for a walk, er… well actually the dog takes me for a walk, um… and often I just throw the ball just to make sure she gets lots of exercise.
Jackie: But you do that quite a few times during the day.
Richard: Yes, two or three times a day.
Jackie: Mmm, and the thing that I do um… usually, and that’s feeding the chickens.
Richard: [laughs] Yes, I do that occasionally as well. So, those are our daily chores and I think, Jackie, it’s your turn to get out and feed those chickens.
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