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A rag, "rag," or a rag, depends on what part of the country you are from,
抹布，“抹布”，還是抹布（發音不同），與你來自哪個國家哪個地區有關，
in my part of the country, we say rag, "I take out a rag and start dusting the living room."
在我的家鄉，我們說抹布。“我拿出一個抹布，開始打掃客廳”。
A rag is a small towel; usually it's a small towel you use for cleaning.
抹布是一條小毛巾，通常是用來清潔的小毛巾。
To dust, "dust," means to take a rag or a small towel and remove the little bits of dirt,
“除塵”意思是用一塊抹布或者一條小毛巾，
what we call dust, off of a table or television or other furniture.
把我們稱之為灰塵的小塊污垢，從桌子，電視或者其他家具上除去。
Dust can be both a noun as well as a verb.
灰塵既可以是名詞也可以是動詞。
As a noun, it's the little dirt – pieces of dirt.
作為名詞，是指小塊污垢。
As a verb, it means to remove those pieces of dirt.
作為動詞，意思是去除那些污垢。
Lucy says that she dusts "the TV and the lamps."
露西說她撣去了“電視和燈上”的灰塵。
She wipes "the coffee table, too."
也擦了擦“咖啡桌” 。
To wipe, "wipe," is similar to dust.
“擦”類似于除塵。
It means taking a rag or a towel and cleaning something up.
是用一塊抹布或一條毛巾清理某個東西。
The difference is that dusting is only used when we are talking about these little pieces of dirt that you find after a few days in your house.
不同的是，比如隔幾天，你在屋里發現了小塊污垢，才會使用除塵這個詞。
When you say I'm going to wipe something, however, usually that means there's some water or some other dirt – something bigger than just little pieces of dust.
而當你說我要去擦拭某個東西時，通常是指有水漬或者其他的污垢——比小塊灰塵更大的東西。
So Lucy says she will "wipe the coffee table" also.
所以Lucy說她也“擦了擦咖啡桌”。
