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And my name is Rory, and we're the hosts of the IELTS Speaking for Success podcast The podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as as well as your listening skills along the way.
But not your coincidence skills.
Because there are no coincidences in this episode.
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It's about housework!
How can we make housework funny?
Well, but come on. Like, nah.
Even Maria is struggling.
Shall we talk about housework?
Dear listener, yeah, this episode with housework… yeah… it's strange.
And some questions are quite bizarre.
Is your home clean?
Who says no to that?
Oh my God. No, my home is dirty, it's so dirty, you can't even imagine.
No, my home is absolutely filthy.
Do you like housework?
I love it. Housework, wow!
My favourite thing on earth.
Yeah, you might like housework, but well not every day not i don't know too much or like maybe there are people what do you call people who love cleaning everything all the time crazy people.
people with obsessive compulsive disorder.
yeah. actually that's a that's a fairly broad generalization maybe there are people who like to clean things that are not suffering from a mental illness.
Let's talk about housework deals now.
So Rory, is your home clean?
Um. Isn't everyone's?
Yeah, I do some dusting and clean the dishes fairly regularly.
Though for bigger cleaning jobs I usually hire a cleaner to get the place in a good condition before I have company burned or something like that.
Do you like housework?
I like it when it's done.
I'm not a great fan of the actual process of it, it eats into time I could be spending on something else, like reading or just relaxing.
What housework do you dislike?
I'm not a huge fan of cleaning the kitchen or the bathroom really.
The moment you're done people are using those rooms and making the mess again, so it seems rather pointless.
Of course, a home isn't always in the perfect state of homeostasis, so that's not true.
But it definitely feels like a waste of time, at least from time to time.
How often do you do housework?
It depends on the job we're talking about, I suppose.
If it's a whole house clean then that happens every few months or so.
But I do things like sweep the floors every week and doing the dishes as a daily task.
Will you do more housework in the future?
Oh God, I hope not.
I'm not a big fan of it now and I hardly do anything.
Could you imagine what I'd be like if I had more to do?
Um, ideally, I'll have a few robots or machines to take care of all but the most finicky tasks, which they can't do, and that will be it.
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See you soon! housework.
Okay, so do housework, do household chores.
Is your home clean?
You can say yes. It's quite tidy.
That's none of your business.
So like the examiner looks at you like, you know like, um, is your home clean?
They look you up and down, they're like, is your home clean?
I see how dirty you are I wonder what your floors are like so you can say yes it's quite tidy tidy like clean it's quite clean it's quite tidy sometimes it's a bit messy you can say messy I have a messy flat.
I do some dusting and then you can say what chores you do do some dusting dust is this thingy that is everywhere in your house two minutes after you've cleaned everything you have dust already and clean the dishes for example if I have bigger cleaning jobs I usually hire a cleaner so what do you call people who clean our flats cleaners domestic servants I have a cleaner I took I would not call Angela my domestic servant that's crazy yeah or you can say that I have my house cleaned which means that you don't clean it you hire some people and like I pay to get my house cleaned then you can say that I
am I do the laundry when you wash your clothes I do the laundry I enjoy a vacuum Cleaning, like hoovering, when you hoover...
And all this, you know.
All the dirt is sucked into.
That's the sound a hoover makes!
Why is the hoover crossed with the cow?
Have you just totally lost it?
Yeah. Okay. Now that we've established that.
Maybe you do the gardening.
And it could be considered as like a household job.
You clean the floors, you do the dishes, you can say I like housework.
I hate housework, I can't stand housework, I like absolutely hate it.
I'm not a great fan of housework.
Well, like I'm not a fan of it, that's a nice phrase.
Please don't say I like.
If the examiner asks you, do you like?
Well, yes I do or I'm I'm not a great fan.
Oh, I hate it, I can't stand it.
I'm not into it, it's not my thing.
Talking of not being a fan of things.
How many permutations of fan did I use in my answers?
Yeah. I used different ones.
I said, not a great fan, not a huge fan, not a big fan.
I do not recommend doing this for your answers.
It's just showing what can be done.
Yeah, yeah, and to show you what phrases we can use with fan.
It eats into time housework eats into time it takes a lot of time yeah and if you live in a large flat or a house who takes so much time to clean up especially after a big party and you can say that it eats into time I could be spending on studying, working, relaxing.
I'm not a huge fan of cleaning the kitchen.
Oooh. I'm not a huge fan of cleaning the bathroom.
Like, oh, what else do people do when they do housework?
They might mop the floors.
I don't do that. That's the cleaner's job.
Yeah, but usually it's kind of like clean the bathroom.
I – ironing. There you go.
You iron your clothes.
I don't iron my clothes.
Yeah, I hate that. Ooh.
Some people iron bed sheets for bedding.
What? Yeah, but it's nice when, like, all, you know, your sheets and everything is ironed, but, oh, it takes so much time.
You need to hire a special person.
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Yeah, then kind of you wash the dishes if you don't have a dishwasher.
I dislike doing the dishes.
I dislike going shopping for example, for food.
I don't know what to listen.
Oh, um, when I take out my rubbish, what do you call it?
I hate taking out my rubbish?
Taking out the rubbish, that's it.
Throwing the trash out.
Yeah, throw the trash out.
So cleaning, vacuuming, mopping, gardening.
So that's the main ones, you know, like nothing too fancy, doing the dusting.
Cleaning toilets. How much effort does cleaning a toilet really take though?
You just put some bleach down there?
Depends how dirty the toilet is and whose toilet it is.
Look at us talking about dirty toilets as if any of this is going in the episode.
Oh no, you can't discuss dirty toilets?
Nope. Nope. So what housework do you dislike?
You know, I really dislike cleaning dirty toilets, especially not in my house.
I hate all of it. The worst thing about housework is that the moment you're done...
it's dirty. Again. It's all messy.
Again, like five minutes and that's it.
There's hair everywhere, fur, you know, water, dust, it's...
Well, oh my god, what's going on?
I've just cleaned everything, and it's dirty.
Rory, you've said a strange word. Homeostasis is like a disease?
No, homeostasis is like a state of equilibrium, everything is in balance.
Really? Yes. So, if your house is in homeostasis, it means that it's always in a good condition, it's always in a balanced condition.
But I pointed out that's not true.
I just said doing these things seems pointless, but a house is not always unoccupied and in balance.
So, it's not really a waste of time.
It just feels like a waste of time.
There's a difference between feelings and reality.
Perhaps someone could talk to the President of the United States about that.
When the examiner asks you how often, so you should say, like, rarely, usually, hardly ever, once a week, twice a week, or not often, I sweep the floors every week.
But doing the dishes is a daily task.
Oh, Rory, so you don't have a dishwasher?
You do the dishes yourself?
Yeah, but I only … I use one dish a day, so it's hardly a big deal.
So you don't cook? No. Well, I cook in the evening.
That's when I need the plate.
Yeah, but to do the cooking you need supports and pans.
No. Don't tell me you're using a microwave. Oh you don't.
You just fling the steak on the grill and then grill it for about 10 minutes, put it the plate.
Clean the grill. Eat from the plate.
And then clean the plate.
Easy. Okay. So you don't cook the veggies, potatoes, no?
just the steak. No. Just the steak.
Interesting. Or for example, sweeping the floors is a daily task.
I do the dusting daily, like every day.
Oof. I'm not a fan of doing housework so in the future i'll have a few robots like or machines to take care of my housework what do you call this robot who cleans the floor hoover robots robot hovers some people call them roomas but that's a specific brand of robot hoover and we are not being paid to advertise yeah like um robot vacuum cleaner Robotic, or you can say robotic vacuum cleaners or robotic vacuums so you can say like oh I'm if I had more money I'd buy a robotic vacuum cleaner and robots or machines can take care of it and I can spend this time on studying and now are we ready for housework
jokes? Oh will we ever be ready for housework jokes?
No, no no we we need some pre -teaching so some like Rory tell me if I want to clean my floors what equipment do I usually use in my hands that goes like oh?
the mop the mop or another one a mop is usually wet but if I love how you're talking to me about these things as If I have a clue what any of them are oh my god a broom a broom Okay a broom like a witch yeah which exactly a witch has a broom like a broom a brush with a long handle so you kind of like sweep the floor and if I sweep the floor what do I do 4 4 4 I don't know my god I sweep the floor I clean the floor by using a brush to collect the dirt.
Okay. But sweep is a specific verb, dear listener.
So you clean the floor, but with a broom you sweep the floor.
All right. So, the joke.
Why was the broom late?
Why was the broom late?
It over -swept. It over -swept.
Thank you everyone for joining this wonderful episode on Icework.
When you get up late, then usually you oversleep, and you can say, why was the broom late, it's over swept.
I have another one, Rory, I have another one!
No, I know you do, but we don't have the time.
Have a nice day everyone!
Bye! Thank you very much for listening!
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So Rory, is your home clean?
Isn't everyone's? Yeah, I do some dusting and clean the dishes fairly regularly.
Though for bigger cleaning jobs I usually hire a cleaner to get the place in good condition before I have company burned or something like that.
Do you like housework?
I like it when it's done!
I'm not a great fan of the actual process of it, it eats to time I could be spending on something else like reading or just relaxing.
What housework do you dislike?
I'm not a huge fan of cleaning the kitchen or the bathroom really.
The moment you're done people are using those rooms and making them messy again so it seems rather pointless.
Of course a home isn't always in a perfect state of homeostasis so that's not true but it definitely feels like a waste of time at least from time to time.
How often do you do housework?
It depends on the job we're talking about I suppose if it's a whole house clean then that happens every few months or so but I do things like sweep the floors every week and doing the dishes is a daily task.
Will you do more housework in the future?
Oh god I hope not I'm not a big fan of it now and I hardly do anything could you imagine what I'd be like if I had more to do?
Ideally I'll have a few robots or machines to take care of all but the most finicky tasks which they can't do and that will be it.
