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0收拾完餐桌，坐沙发上看剧、翻杂志、读小说，享受惬意。
With the dinner dishes done, my wife and I each sit down on the couch to chill out and watch the national news which comes on at 6:30. During the newscast, I sort through the day's mail. Most of it is junk mail and bills. There are also several fliers for houses for sale in the area. I check the front stoop and see that there are no packages.
I like to watch TV and my wife likes to watch reality shows. One thing I hate is having to watch all of the commercials, so I turn the sound down when they come on. After the show is over, I thumb through the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly, while my wife reads a novel by her favorite mystery writer.
At around 9, I remember that tomorrow is trash day, so I take the kitchen garbage out and dump the recycling bins as well. I roll the trash container out to the street ready for the garbage trucks, which come by early in the morning.
1. dinner dishes – 晚餐餐具
2. couch – 沙发
3. chill out – 放松
4. national news – 全国新闻
5. newscast – 新闻播报
6. sort through – 整理
7. junk mail – 垃圾邮件
8. bills – 账单
9. fliers – 传单
10. houses for sale – 待售房屋
11. front stoop – 门前台阶
12. packages – 包裹
13. reality shows – 真人秀节目
14. commercials – 广告
15. turn the sound down – 调低音量
16. thumb through – 翻阅
17. Atlantic Monthly – 《大西洋月刊》
18. mystery writer – 推理小说作家
19. trash day – 垃圾清运日
20. kitchen garbage – 厨房垃圾
21. dump – 倾倒
22. recycling bins – 回收箱
23. roll out – 推出
24. garbage trucks – 垃圾车
