M: Spring Festival is coming. We should do spring cleaning before Spring Festival. We will thoroughly clean the house today. To clean the house symbolizes the idea of getting rid of the old and set up the new. After a thorough cleaning, the house will not be cleaned during the beginning of Chinese New Year as this might cause good fortune to be swept away.
03:10
收拾客厅
First, let's clean the living room.
Can you help mommy put all items that do not belong in the living room in this container.
Put the trashes into the garbage bin.
Arrange the cushions of your couch neatly.
收拾玩具
Wipe your toy table with a rag, then arrange its contents properly.
Baby, your toys are all over the place. Please put them away so that you won’t step on them.
There are so many toys in your toy shelf. But some of them are broken.Let's pick them out and throw them away.
Can you sort the toys in a order.
Can you help me put all the lego pieces back in the box?
Let's Play a sorting game.
Organize your toys and books.
sort like toys with like toys – cars in one, Kitchen toys in one, Trains in one, Dolls in one, and trucks in one, etc.
select several toys that you are willing to get rid of.
Books can be organized by size.
Stack your Chinese books on the shelf.
Unwanted items can be donated to charity or sold to second-hand retailers.
收拾书架
Bookshelves and office files
Dusts can accumulate on the top of the bookshelf. Use a feather duster or dust rag to remove the dust build-up.
You have so many English books since you have studied English for half a year.
Let's categorize your books and office files to make them easier to access.
I will put my books on the top shelf to make room for your books.
洗衣服
Baby, I want to wash those dirty clothes. we can put the dirty clothes into the washing machine, add detergent [di'tə:dʒənt] / washing powder and start the washing machine.
Let’s wring out the wet clothes and hang them on the clothesline to air dry.
收拾厨房
Daddy will wipe down the cabinet fronts and cabinet hardware.
Throw away any old sponges and change the kitchen towels.
Collect the goodies that we prepared for you on Spring Festival and put them in a specific clean place. maybe we can put them away at the little room of the kitchen.
收拾厕所
wipe away soap drips and toothpaste on faucets, mirrors, countertops and in the sink.
Do not forget the shower doors.
Also clean your toilet tank, and around the seat.
Put out some fresh hand towels.
收拾卧室
Take your pillows out and gently beat them by hand to remove dusts.
Wash your beddings and dry them under the sun.
Your mattress can also be home to thousands of dust mites - place them under the sun as well to sanitize. Do not forget to clean your underbeds as well!
Arrange the pillows on the bed.
擦桌子拖地扫地
I’m going to wipe the table with the rag. Could you please help mummy put away the things that are on the table?
Daddy will use the vacuum cleaner to sweep the floor. So we will help daddy move chairs and other mobile furniture.
Baby, please don’t come near this area. I’m sweeping the floor. The air is full of dust.
The vacuum cleaner can suck up the fine dust that couldn’t be collected by the broom. But it gets a bit noisy. You can stay in your room while I vacuum.
Baby, please don’t walk around while I’m mopping the floor. If you walk on the wet floor, you will leave behind dirty footprints.
Let's play a game.
Put on your old pairs of socks and “skate” around the house collecting dust with your feet.
Be careful, don't hurt yourself.
And be sure to collect all of your dust in a trash bag as you go along.
don't hop back onto the floor!
Baby, please remind your dad to take out the trash when he goes out.
chore chart
All hands on deck! Your kids—even the littlest ones—can help out around your home in more ways than you think.
Pump up the music!
Nothing makes the time pass more quickly and puts people in a cheerier mood than some upbeat tunes. Your kids will dance and sing their way to a tidier place. With younger children, you can play “wax museum,” where kids must freeze in place like a wax statue every time the music stops. This simple test of balance, coordination and reflexes can turn any task, whether it's picking up toys or tidying up the dinner table, into a giggle-filled game.
收拾完玩具，书架，客厅，还有他的衣服就累死了，这个FT就这样吧。。没有想法再打扫别的地方了🌚🌚
背景
The 24th day of the 12th month in Lunar Calendar: The folk saying goes like
俗语说：腊月二十四，掸尘扫房子。
On this day, each family will thoroughly clean their house. This practice is similar to the modern idea of spring cleaning。
在这一天，每一个家庭都会彻底的清扫他们的屋子，这与现代理念“春扫”有异曲同工之妙。
However, in Chinese folk belief, cleaning up the house does not only for the hygienic reason, but also for a symbolic one。
但是，在中国传统信仰中，打扫屋子并不是仅仅为了清洁的原因，也有一定的象征意义。
In Chinese, the word of dust (尘) shares the exactly same pronunciation of the word of old (陈). Thus, 掸尘 ， or to whisk the dust, symbolises the idea of getting rid of the old and set up the new, or 除陈布新。
在中文中，“灰尘”的“尘”与“陈旧”的“尘”有同样的发音，所以“掸尘”也就是“去除灰尘”，就象征着“除尘布新”，“摆脱陈旧迎来新生活”的意思。
As such, it is very important that the floor is swept toward the door as this is symbolic of sweeping away all misfortune, diseases and suffering in the past year which is the ‘old’ year。
因此，扫地的方向一定要向着大门，因为这样象征着把不幸、疾病以及去年也就是“旧”年的苦全都扫出门外。
After a thorough cleaning, the house will not be cleaned during the beginning of Chinese New Year as this might cause good fortune to be swept away。
在彻底的清扫之后，在中国春节伊始是不会再次清扫的，因为这样会导致好运也被扫走。
The two feather dusters (鸡毛掸子)， placed inside the porcelain vase, are used for cleaning up the furnitures and porcelains. But it is not easy to find nowadays mainly because the vacuum cleaner is more common。
在瓷花瓶里面放两只鸡毛掸子，就是用来清洁家具以及瓷器的，但是现在已经不常见了，因为有吸尘器替代。