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【生活‧Life】Sono casalinga 當一天的家庭主婦

My Italian course has started since Monday with learning how to greet. We’ve learned how to introduce ourselves in simple sentences in the past few days and today we talked about the profession. Since I do not have a job yet and I am hesitate to say I’m student again at this age, I decided to say "Sono casalinga. (I am housewife)"

週一開始上的義大利文課,從問候開始,也已經進入了自我介紹的階段。今天,在課堂中,學著問大家做甚麼工作,沒有工作又覺得年紀大的自己,不好意思再說自己是學生,只好改成回答是家庭主婦。
Well, it is nothing wrong with this profession but for the past few weeks, I knew I did not perform well. Although I cleaned the house before I went back to Taiwan, there were already some places that can be cleaner. Since S is busy working as usual, he would prefer using the time after work to rest as much as possible. Therefore when I arrived home on Saturday, I said to S, I think our home needs to be clean. Today with the little help (or stimulation) from the profession "casalinga" I admitted in class, I decided to do it after class. Wow it was tiring even though our flat is merely 70m2.

想想,這也沒甚麼不對,只是回台灣前就已經有點小偷懶,再加上我這個家庭主婦連續兩個星期不在家,且S因為工作忙碌,回家之後的時間真是用來休息都不夠哩!所以回到米蘭後,看著稱不上髒亂的家,但總是覺得自己這個家庭主婦有點不稱職。趁著上課時帶來的小小刺激,今天下課回家後,便立刻開始打掃。 我們在米蘭的家大概只有 20 坪左右,但打掃起來也是相當地驚人。(OS: 真的是自己當了家庭主婦之後,才知道一直是職業婦女的張媽有多麼辛苦!)

I was exhausted after cleaning all the floor in our flat. Why? Because I have a very complicate and time consuming process. First I use the vaccine cleaner to clean solid things on the floor. Then I need to use Swiffer to broom and mop the floor again because there are always some hairs and dusts left. Finally I need to use floor cleaner to clean all the floor. Well, guess how long did it take me to finish the less than 70-m2 floor? 2 hours!! Maybe I need a better process.

首先,要拿出房東的吸塵器,將客廳、主臥房、浴室及廚房通通吸塵一次,然後,再用 Swiffer 紙拖把將剛剛吸塵過的地方再除塵一遍。為什麼像是要做重複的工作呢?因為我頭髮多,也容易掉,有時候吸塵器會遺漏飄到角落的頭髮;另外,房間裡不知哪裡來的毛絮也可以用紙拖把再次通通除盡。最後,再用濕布加 CifAjax 之類的地板清潔劑,將地板徹底地擦拭乾淨。啊~不知道是我手腳慢,還是自己搞得手續繁多,前前後後這麼打掃也搞了兩個小時!喝,真是費力呀!

By the way, I like very much the US version TV commercials of Swiffer. They make me laugh and feel that cleaning can be so interesting. I would recommend whoever is bored from work should check the site of Swiffer US. TV commercials are under "Demos & Videos" section of each product.

話說道打掃的用具,Swiffer 是寶僑的產品,Cif 是聯合利華的產品,Ajax 是高露潔公司的產品,不過這些台灣通通沒有賣。雖說跨國企業經常會將同一產品銷往世界各地,但某些產品會因為市場本身的因素而無法順利進入。像 Swiffer 這類的除塵紙拖把,在台灣市場應該已經是競爭相當激烈,大公司也不願意躺這淌渾水呢!(OS: Swiffer 在美國的電視廣告看了以後,會莞爾一笑唷~有空閒的話再上 Swiffer 的美國網站看看,消遣一下哩!)

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