I. Find in the text the English equivalents of the following word combinations:

профилактическая уборка, грязный дом, нуждаться в более интенсивной очистке, предотвращать, составлять список домашних обязанностей, протирать сверху донизу, еженедельно, слои пыли, быстрая уборка, быть головной болью для кого-либо, собираться на поверхности, решить проблему, тщательная чистка, ежедневно.

II. Translate the following sentences into Russian.

1. Household chores are everyone’s obligation. Nobody is exempted from it.

2. Talk the whole matter out with your family and set house cleaning chore list.

3. Build-ups of dust can trigger allergies and respiratory issues.

4. Some areas of your home need a good once-over once a week.

5. Through no fault of our home, dust collects on every surface.

6. A weekly dusting staves off the need for more in-depth cleaning on a regular basis.

7. Some areas of our homes need to be attended to on a weekly basis.

III. Translate into English:

1. Тщательная еженедельная уборка может решить проблему ведения домашнего хозяйства, которая является головной болью для всех семей.

2. Никто не хочет жить в грязном доме, поэтому каждый прибегает к еженедельной профилактической уборке всего дома.

3. Часто мужья не делают ничего по дому. Чтобы добиться справедливости, нужно составить список домашних обязанностей и объяснить, что никто в семье не освобождается от работы.

4. Чтобы не допускать накопления слоев пыли, необходимо протирать мебель, подоконники, чистить пылесосом ковры, выбивать половики, протирать кухонные приборы.

5. Ежедневно нужно хотя бы быстро прибраться на кухне: вынести мусор, почистить раковину, конфорки, вычистить микроволновку, выбросить недоеденное из холодильника.

Text 2.

I’m not the Maid

How to get your family to help out without resorting to gunfire

Since we can’t custom order willingness to help as a diameter trait, you’ll need to find a way to convince your family that they want to do their part and that it’s essential to a happy family.

Take an accounting

Take an accounting of what your family members do (without asking) to help the family. Get a piece of paper and write down each name and next to each name write down what each does, including yourself. You may be surprised to find that your spouse is, in addition to working out of town five days a week, mowing the lawns, keeping the cars maintained, climbing ladders, hauling laundry to the washer and your son and daughter volunteer to help and do their chores with minimal reminding because you’ve raised them that way.

What Is Left to Be Done

Now that you’ve taken an accounting of what you are doing and what your family members are doing, decide fairly what isn’t getting done at all, the way you want , or divided fairly. Make up a list of these items.

What Cleaning Can a Child Do?

Just because your duties may include «everything» that doesn’t mean you should do everything, especially for your children, in fact, doing everything for your children may be faster and less grating on the nerves in the short run. But you and everyone they’ll be in contact with in the future will be suffering for it in the long run. If your child doesn’t get chances to learn skills, how will they ever learn them?

Don’t underestimate your child’s abilities; they are often able (and willing!) to perform many helpful skills. If you start teaching them at a young age, you’ll be surprised at how enthusiastic they are and how well they get the job done when they’re older. Don’t forget to turn the music on and let them wiggle while they work.

Age appropriate skills.

Ages 1-3 – Room pickup. Provide big and small baskets for stuffed animals, one for legos and blocks, one for junk to sort through twice a year, one for dirty clothes, etc.

Ages 4-7 - The above plus: House pickup. Bed making. Dusting of low shelves. Sweeping. Vacuuming. Laundry pickup. Folded laundry put away in their own drawers. Kitchen table clearing and wiping. Quick bathroom floor clean (give them an already wet towel and have them wipe the floor with it once a week; it keep the scrub job you do later from being too gross).

Ages 8-10: Dusting of high shelves. Laundry, all stages. Emptying the dishwasher. Helping with dishes. Cleaning glass windows and surfaces. Begin teaching can’t handle doing it one more time. Begin teaching clutter control and organization, starting with separating school work and toys into their own areas. Any cleaning beyond their toys and their personal messes is 20 minutes a day maximum. Set the timer.

Ages 11-18: Start teaching them new chores they will use on their own. Show them how to make cleaning supplies on their own, what the basic supplies are; explain why some are dangerous etc. Have them help you find bargains shopping, find coupons in the paper. If they get good enough at home, tell them you will allow them to make money cleaning other’s homes if they wish. Dishes and kitchen tidying 1-3 times a week, ironing their own clothes, if necessary. They should also start learning about home maintenance, such as bill paying, filter changing, garden and lawn care, utility shutoffs and emergency readiness.

Try to Make It Fun

Children love games. Try making cleaning into an after school game. Sure it takes some time on your part, but it will be fun, the job will get done, and there won’t be any yelling for a short while.

One of my kids’ favorites is «Attack the Mess». I will hide a favorite snack or fun ticket (such as YOU WIN A FREE HOUR PAST YOUR BEDTIME!) where the mess is and give them instructions like a treasure hunt to find it, with instructions on what to pick up on their way. Make it worthwhile for them!

Children love gadgets. Ever since I got my cordless small vacuum cleaner and cordless carpet cleaner, my kids volunteer to use them. Of course, you have to control their use of it because once they realize it’s only another cleaning tool and not a fun toy, that’ll be the end of that.

Children also love schedules. If they know they can play, play, and play all day without cleaning up but that they must cleanup from 4:00-5:00 pm every day, they can understand that much better than sporadic requests to clean up games they just can’t bear to pick up yet. Children love earning money. I don’t give my kids an allowance but I do pay them for doing certain chores. These are chores of mine which I don’t want to do, like weeding or mopping the bathroom floors. In addition to getting the yuck chores done and having free time for myself, my kids are learning the value of money and that you don’t get money for nothing (an allowance).