初中英语短篇阅读欣赏:A Clean Toilet Bowl
编者按：阅读能够提高我们的知识水平，对于英语这门语言同样也是如此。以下是一篇适合初中生阅读的英语小短文，供大家阅读参考。
A Clean Toilet Bowl
Mildred’s sister called.
米尔德里德的妹妹打过电话。
She was going to drop by.
她要来顺道拜访她。
And whenever she visited, she usually made at least one trip to the bathroom.
每次她来的时候，她通常至少要去一次卫生间。
That meant one thing—Mildred needed to clean her toilet bowl.
那意味着一件事：米尔德里德需要清洗马桶。
This was the household chore that she hated the most.
这是她最讨厌的家务活。
It was so icky!
它是如此的讨厌!
She grabbed the cleanser from beneath the bathroom sink.
她抓起浴室水槽下面的清洁剂。
She sprinkled lots of it into the toilet bowl.
她在马桶里撒了很多清洁剂。
Then she got out of her clothes, put on a big T-shirt, and pulled on her long-sleeved rubber gloves.
探后她脱下她的衣服，穿上一件大T恤，并戴上她的长袖橡胶手套。
Finally, she put on her goggles, because she didn’t want any toilet water to splash into her eyes.
最后，她戴上她的护目镜，因为她不想让马桶里的水溅到她的眼睛里。
She didn’t know if toilet water could cause an eye infection, but she wasn’t going to take any chances.
她不知道马桶水是否会引起眼睛感染，但她不会冒险。
She grabbed the long-handled toilet bowl brush that was beneath the sink.
她抓起水槽下面的长柄马桶刷。
She started scrubbing.
开始刷洗。
She scrubbed under the rim, all around the bowl, and deep into the throat of the bowl.
她擦洗着马桶边，马桶的四周，还有马桶的深处。
Five minutes later, she figured she was finished.
五分钟后，她觉得自己刷完了。
She flushed the toilet and checked the bowl.
她检查了卫生间和马桶。
It was clean as a whistle.
它就像哨子一样干净。
Mildred breathed a sigh of relief, because usually she had to scrub the bowl twice to remove all the stains.
米尔德里德宽慰地松了口气，因为通常她必须擦洗马桶两次，以清除所有污渍。
She removed her goggles, gloves, and T-shirt.
她摘下了护目镜、手套和T恤。
Then she hopped into the shower.
然后蹦蹦跳跳地进了淋浴间。
重点知识讲解
【相关句型辨识】
She didn’t know if toilet water could cause an eye infection.她不知道马桶水是否会引起眼睛感染。
这是一个条件状语从句，由引导词 if 或 unless引导的状语从句叫做条件状语从句。在英文中，条件是指某一件事情实现之后(状语从句中的动作)，其它事情(主句中的动作)才能发生，通常译作"假如"。
例如：
1) If you ask him,he will help you.
如果你请他帮忙，他会帮你的。
2) If you fail in the exam,you will let him down.
如果你考试不及格，你会让他失望的。
知识讲解老师：Linda
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