Hope:

Hey, Joey, how come you didn’t come in this morning?

Joey:

Oh…I took a half day off.

Hope:

Oh? Why?

Joey:

I was busy doing the laundry. You know washing all my clothes for winter.

Hope:

Washing your clothes? You mean…by hand?

Joey:

Yes. By hand! My washing machine 突然罷工. You know, 它上演抗議戲碼，可能是覺得自己真的太老舊了。

Hope:

Hehe…You mean it was officially on strike and it staged a protest against being too old and out of style?

Joey:

Yes. That’s right. It staged a protest against being too old and out of style just because I said I would like to get a new washing machine the other day. And it might have heard it!

Hope:

Oh! No! So, because of its stopping working, you had to wash all the clothes by hand!

Joey:

Yes. This Wednesday evening, when it was about to脫水時，and一震跳動，然後就…

Hope:

You mean during the spin circle…

Joey:

Yes, …during the spin circle and it did that Cha-Cha dance, and then it went dead.

Hope:

So, how old is your washing machine?

Joey:

At least 15 years old!

Hope:

Wow, it’s time for you to get a new one.  And it’s also time for me to get a new fridge, too.

Joey:

A new Fridge? 冰箱?

Hope:

Yes. My fridge starts making some weird noise this week.

Joey:

怪聲音?

Hope:

Yes, some weird noise.It sounds especially scary at midnight when you go to the kitchen.

Joey:

I guess it’s time for both of us to 升級我們的家電了!

Hope:

Yes, it’s time for both of us to upgrade our household appliances. Hey, Joy, why don’t we go appliance shopping this weekend?

Joey:

Sure. Why not?