interior decorating 室内装修
People like their personal style to match the furniture.
人们喜欢让家具与他们的个人风格相匹配。
Some people decide how to decorate just based on the feel of their homes.
有些人决定如何装饰,只是基于他们对家的感觉。
People like to show their personality and interests or just their aesthetic preferences.
人们喜欢展示自己的个性、兴趣或审美偏好。
hang things on the walls 墙上挂的东西
collect 收集
beautiful plates 漂亮的盘子
couch/ sofa/ chesterfield 沙发
love seat 两坐沙发
armchair/ chair 一坐沙发
back hurts 背疼
coffee table 茶几
That's make sense. 说得通。
practical 实用的
nursery 新生儿房间
kids room 孩子的房间
bathroom/ washroom 卫生间
toilet 坐便
squatty 蹲便
socks 袜子
slippers 拖鞋
study 书房
bookcases 书架
China cabinet 书柜
parenting books 育儿的书
fiction book 小说
It doesn't take as much energy!
它不会花太多能量。
desk lamp/ desk light/ table lamp 台灯
ceiling light 吊灯
floor lamp 坐地台灯
fireplace 壁炉
It's very cozy to make a fire in winter.
冬天生火很舒服。
hot chocolate 热巧克力
Some people still burn real wood and in that case the smoke goes out of the house through a chimney so it doesn't get smoke in the house.
有些人仍然烧真正的木材,在这种情况下,烟从房子里通过烟囱出去,所以房子里不会有烟。
More modern homes these days have changed the wood fireplace into a natural gas fireplace.
许多现代的家庭,最近已经把用木材的壁炉换成用天然气的壁炉了。
smoky 多烟的
It's also not as messy, and they still make it look like a wooden fireplace.
它也没有那么复杂,看起来仍然像个木制的壁炉。
fake 假的
keep the memory 保存记忆
yards 院子
My in-laws love to grow potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, carrots and all sorts of vegetables but my parents like to grow flowers, like tulips and daffodils.
我的公公婆婆爱种土豆、辣椒、西红柿、胡萝卜和各种蔬菜,但我的父母喜欢养花,像郁金香和水仙。
Sometimes tree branches grow over to the neighbor's yard and they may not like all your leaves and sticks falling on their grass.
有时候,树枝长到邻居的院子里,他们可能不喜欢树叶和树枝落在他们的草地上。
So to be a good neighbor, you need cut the tree back.
所以要成为一个好邻居,你需要把树剪短。
In Canada you don't really need to be afraid of someone shooting you if you go on their property if there is just a normal reason.
在加拿大,如果你有一个正常的理由进入别人的房子,不需要害怕有人向你射击。
Some wealthier people like to hire interior decorators but the average person would just decorate and do simple renovations by themselves.
一些有钱人喜欢聘请室内设计师,但一般人只会自己做简单的装修装饰。
Many houses in Canada were built is that they have wooden frames and then on the inside insulation and dry wall.
在加拿大的许多房子是木制的框架,里面是绝缘体和干墙。
The outside is typically covered with brick or siding and so there is no space where insects can get in.
外面通常覆盖着砖或墙板,所以没有昆虫可以进入的空间。
On top of the wooden roof there are something called shingles which prevent the wood from being damaged by rain and snow.
上面的木制屋顶有一些所谓的瓦,可以防止木材被雨雪损坏。
They are like flexible, waterproof tiles that are nailed onto the roof.
他们像是柔韧的、防水的瓦片被钉在屋顶上。