After we ask — and sometimes repeatedly insist — that he do work around the house like unloading the dishwasher, something always seems to get broken or cracked.

在我们要求——有时候是多次重复的坚持——让他做一些家务如清空洗碗机之类的时候，他总是会打碎什么东西。

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Research says that husbands do not do their fair share of work around the house.

研究表明，丈夫在家没有做他们应该做的家务。

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In the afternoon, our mum makes us do some homework—well, not homework, but more work around the house.

下午，妈妈让我们做一些家庭作业——不是家庭作业，而是更多家务活。

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For example, I occasionally do some basic handyman work around the house. (Very occasionally, says my wife.) But I have no feel for it.

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Older folks need to hire people to do the yard work, clean the gutters on the house, and maybe even drive them around.

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