Housework angol tétel – házimunka és a házimunka megosztása a családban

A házimunkához kapcsolódó angol szókincs segítségével be tudsz mutatni egy családon belüli munkamegosztást, valamint el tudod mondani, milyen otthoni feladatokat végzel, milyen gyakran takarítasz, és melyik házimunkát szereted vagy nem szereted.

A témában fontos beszélni a családtagok feladatairól, a takarításról, a főzésről, a mosogatásról, a mosásról, a vasalásról, a bevásárlásról, a ház körüli javításokról és a háztartási gépekről is.

Housework - a legfontosabb szókincs

Hasznos házimunkával kapcsolatos szavak

• sweeping - söprögetés
• dusting - portörlés
• hoovering - porszívózás
• tidying up - rendet rakás
• the mess - rendetlenség
• responsible - felelős

Egy család bemutatása

There are four of us in my family: my mum who earns money, my grandma who has already been retired, my brother and me. We are students, my brother learns in Várpalota and I attend Tóparti in Székesfehérvár.

My mother is employed in Veszprém by the government. She works in an office, but she tend to organise different programs especially for young people, like career counselling and charity concerts. Many years ago, she used to work in Várpalota, dealing with unemployed people. Then she came to Fehérvár for some years.

At first, she may seem to be nice and friendly, but actually, she has to be hard-working because she runs a family alone and she also takes care of my disabled granny.

A házimunka megosztása a családban

How do you share the housework in your family? It is my mum who does most of the housework in my family. I help with the cleaning and with the washing-up, and sometimes with the laundry, too, and I love helping with the cooking.

My brother and I clean our own rooms and take care of our dog, but, what we completely boring find is shopping. My mum can go to plenty of shops a day and she can waste 4 or 5 hours a weekend on buying food and clothes!

We rarely iron our clothes in my family, just our shirts and my brother’s suit. He is into DIY and he can fix things easily, except the water taps (he can fix his desk all by himself! J).

I can change the light bulbs as well and sometimes I clean the windows. For cutting the grass, we always ask a friend of the family.

A családtagok feladatai

Do you usually do some of the household chores? What do you have to do at home? I don’t really like doing the washing up and the washing, ironing and sweeping the floor. Although I hate dusting the furniture, hoovering or cleaning the windows I have to do it sometimes.

There is always a lot to do, so I help my mother with watering the flowers, tidying up, cleaning up the mess, and hanging out the washing. Sharing the housework is never easy, but in my family, everybody has to do something and everybody is responsible for her own room.

Who do you think does the most in the household? I have to admit that my mother does most of the work and I could help my mother more.

A leggyakoribb házimunkák

• make the beds - megágyazni
• do the washing up - elmosogatni
• do the laundry - kimosni a ruhákat
• iron the clothes - kivasalni a ruhákat
• sweep the floor - felsöpörni a padlót
• mop the floor - felmosni a padlót
• dust the furniture - letörölni a port a bútorokról
• vacuum the carpet - kiporszívózni a szőnyeget
• clean the windows - megtisztítani az ablakokat
• clean the bathroom - kitakarítani a fürdőszobát
• clean the kitchen - kitakarítani a konyhát
• tidy up the room - rendet rakni a szobában
• water the flowers - meglocsolni a virágokat
• hang out the washing - kiteregetni a mosott ruhákat
• take care of the dog - gondoskodni a kutyáról
• throw away the rubbish - kidobni a szemetet
• do the shopping - bevásárolni
• fix things - megjavítani dolgokat
• change the light bulbs - kicserélni az izzókat
• cut the grass - füvet nyírni

Háztartási gépek és eszközök

What can make these duties easier? Fortunately, we have some labor-saving devices, like the Hoover, microwave oven, washing machine, and dishwasher. Using these household gadgets can make cooking and cleaning the house a lot easier.

We are environment-conscious and we have energy-saving household devices. We have a vakuum-cleaner, a washing-machine, a microwave-oven, mixers, blenders, an oven, a toaster, a percolator, a lawn-mower and an electric drill.

Unluckily, we don’t have any dishwasher but according to my mum, we will buy some if we have enough place in the kitchen for it.

A saját szoba rendben tartása

How often do you usually clean your room? I like to keep my place clean and tidy, that’s why I always put my things back on the shelf and I have very well-organized drawers.

I usually do the tidying up on Saturday or Sunday morning, because I have time then.

Házimunka és családi felelősség

We all know there are jobs around the house which have to be done regularly, even if they are sometimes boring or unpleasant. But who tends to do the most amount of jobs in your household?

The division of labour is a way of organising work where different tasks are done by different groups of people. Sharing the housework is never easy, but in my family, everybody has to do something and everybody is responsible for her own room.

In addition to their childcare responsibilities, women with young children often have to do more housework, thus making an already unequal balance even more skewed. The division of housework between partners depends on the life cycle of households, including childbearing, which is perhaps the single most relevant factor.

After giving birth, women tend to be more burdened with housework, as well as having increased childcare responsibilities. This depends partly on practical circumstances, such as maternity leave, and partly on cultural and value-related attitudes.

In Hungary, studies on the division of housework within households have shown that even though their labour market participation is very high, women traditionally bear the brunt of household responsibilities.

The prevalence of this phenomenon - also known as the ‘second shift’ - depends not only on the external workload, but also on place of residence, education and age, including the age difference between partners.

Házimunka a gyermek születése után

In a recent study, my colleagues and I analysed the amount and share of housework performed by women during pregnancy and when the child is 6 months old. According to data from the Cohort ’18 survey, already during pregnancy, the burden of everyday domestic tasks - cooking, washing, shopping, cleaning, etc - is heavily skewed towards women.

Men are most likely to do maintenance work in or around the house. The most common joint or shared activities include shopping, managing household finances and organizing leisure activities.

These data reflect the average Hungarian couple with a 6-month-old child. However, when this baby is not the first child in the household, the division of housework is even more heavily tilted against mothers.

Not only do fathers with more children take on fewer tasks, but there is also a big reduction in shared household activities.

On average, a pregnant woman mainly or always performs 2.4 household tasks out of 7. For those with a 6-month-old child, the average is higher: 2.75 tasks.

Breaking the data down by parity, we find, not surprisingly, that mothers with more children do most of the housework in absolute terms. However, the relative increase in the number of tasks is smaller for them - with the exception of families with four children or more, where both the absolute and the relative burden on mothers increases significantly with the arrival of a new child.

Legkevésbé kedvelt házimunkák

Unloading the dishwasher, mopping the floor, cleaning the loo. what is your most hated household chore? We all know there are jobs around the house which have to be done regularly, even if they are sometimes boring or unpleasant.

According to a survey conducted by Good Housekeeping magazine earlier this year, what is the most hated household chore in Britain? 23% said cleaning the windows.

I don’t really like doing the washing up and the washing, ironing and sweeping the floor. Although I hate dusting the furniture, hoovering or cleaning the windows I have to do it sometimes.

Hasznos kifejezések a témához

• take a breather - abbahagyni, amit csinálsz, és rövid időre pihenni
• pull your weight - ugyanúgy kivenni a részed a munkából, mint mások
• labor-saving devices - munkát megtakarító, munkát megkönnyítő eszközök
• energy-saving household devices - energiatakarékos háztartási eszközök
• be responsible for something - felelősnek lenni valamiért
• keep a place clean and tidy - tisztán és rendben tartani egy helyet
• put things back on the shelf - visszatenni a dolgokat a polcra
• clean up the mess - eltakarítani a rendetlenséget
• hang out the washing - kiteregetni a ruhákat
• take care of the dog - gondoskodni a kutyáról

Lehetséges szóbeli vizsgakérdések és válaszok

Do you usually do some of the household chores?

I don’t really like doing the washing up and the washing, ironing and sweeping the floor. Although I hate dusting the furniture, hoovering or cleaning the windows I have to do it sometimes.

There is always a lot to do, so I help my mother with watering the flowers, tidying up, cleaning up the mess, and hanging out the washing.

Who does the most in the household?

I have to admit that my mother does most of the work and I could help my mother more.

How do you share the housework in your family?

It is my mum who does most of the housework in my family. I help with the cleaning and with the washing-up, and sometimes with the laundry, too, and I love helping with the cooking.

My brother and I clean our own rooms and take care of our dog, but, what we completely boring find is shopping.

How often do you clean your room?

I like to keep my place clean and tidy, that’s why I always put my things back on the shelf and I have very well-organized drawers.

I usually do the tidying up on Saturday or Sunday morning, because I have time then.

What makes household chores easier?

Fortunately, we have some labor-saving devices, like the Hoover, microwave oven, washing machine, and dishwasher.

Using these household gadgets can make cooking and cleaning the house a lot easier.

What is your most hated household chore?

I don’t really like doing the washing up and the washing, ironing and sweeping the floor. Although I hate dusting the furniture, hoovering or cleaning the windows I have to do it sometimes.

Rövid, összefüggő felelet a témához

There are four of us in my family: my mum who earns money, my grandma who has already been retired, my brother and me. My mother does most of the housework in my family. I help with the cleaning and with the washing-up, and sometimes with the laundry, too, and I love helping with the cooking.

My brother and I clean our own rooms and take care of our dog. I can change the light bulbs as well and sometimes I clean the windows. There is always a lot to do, so I help my mother with watering the flowers, tidying up, cleaning up the mess, and hanging out the washing.

Sharing the housework is never easy, but in my family, everybody has to do something and everybody is responsible for her own room. I like to keep my place clean and tidy, that’s why I always put my things back on the shelf and I have very well-organized drawers.

Fortunately, we have some labor-saving devices, like the Hoover, microwave oven, washing machine, and dishwasher. Using these household gadgets can make cooking and cleaning the house a lot easier.

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