打扫房间 Cleaning the Room

星期六xīngqīliù早上zǎoshang，妈妈māma说shuō房间fángjiān太tài乱luàn了le，让ràng我wǒ打扫dǎsǎo一下yíxià。

Saturday morning, mom said the room was too messy and told me to clean it up.

我wǒ先xiān整理zhěnglǐ桌子zhuōzi上shàng的de书shū，再zài收拾shōushi地上dìshang的de衣服yīfu。

First I tidied the books on the desk, then picked up the clothes on the floor.

打扫dǎsǎo了le一yì个gè小时xiǎoshí以后yǐhòu，我wǒ觉得juéde又yòu累lèi又yòu饿è。

After cleaning for an hour, I felt both tired and hungry.

妈妈māma看kàn了le看kàn房间fángjiān，笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“打扫dǎsǎo得de真zhēn干净gānjìng！”

Mom looked at the room and smiled, saying: "You cleaned it really well!"

我wǒ也yě擦cā了le擦cā窗户chuānghu，房间fángjiān更gèng亮liàng了le。

I also wiped the windows a bit, and the room became brighter.

因为yīnwèi房间fángjiān干净gānjìng了le，所以suǒyǐ我wǒ的de心情xīnqíng也yě变好biàn hǎo了le。

Because the room was clean, my mood also got better.

妈妈māma说shuō，如果rúguǒ每měi个gè星期xīngqī都dōu打扫dǎsǎo，房间fángjiān就jiù不会bú huì那么nàme乱luàn了le。

Mom said if I clean every week, the room won't get so messy.

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Key words 生词

打扫dǎsǎoto clean

房间fángjiānroom

乱luànmessy

整理zhěnglǐto tidy up

干净gānjìngclean

心情xīnqíngmood

又…又… — both...and...

又 + adjective + 又 + adjective describes two qualities happening at the same time.

我觉得又累又饿。 — I feel both tired and hungry.

如果…就… — if...then...

如果 introduces a condition, and 就 introduces the result that follows.

如果每个星期都打扫，房间就不会那么乱了。 — If you clean every week, the room won't get so messy.

1. Why did mom tell the writer to clean the room?

2. How did the writer feel after cleaning for an hour?

3. What did mom say when she saw the clean room?

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