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Get most from your washer and dryer
你知道洗衣服的正確方法嗎
Actually we have secrets that can save your time and money thanks to Elisabeth Leamy who is joining us with those. Good to see you.
Elisabeth Leamy參加我們的節(jié)目，為我們帶來一些節(jié)約金錢，節(jié)省時間的秘訣。很高興見到你。
Thank you. Home ec class is in session.
謝謝?，F(xiàn)在是本節(jié)目的家庭課堂時間。
This is important stuff, so let’s talk what’s first, laundry detergent?
洗衣服是非常重要的事情，讓我們首先討論一下洗衣粉的問題？
Yes, most people use way, way, way too much, the truth is most laundry would get plainly clean if you just wash it in water. But what we do? We fill up these dispensers to the very top. Some experts say we are using ten times more detergent than we need to and that can wreck your machine in the long term, make your clothes stiff in the short term. So you should be reading the packaging. How’s that for a concept?
是的，大部分人用得太過量了。事實是，只要用清水洗，大部分衣物就干凈了。但是我們是怎么做的呢？我們把洗衣粉投放盒都裝滿了。一些專家表示，我們用的洗衣粉比實際上需要的多十倍，久而久之會損壞洗衣機，短期內就會讓衣服僵硬。所以，你應該閱讀包裝說明。這是什么概念？
But isn’t the packaging essentially they’re ought to sell more detergent? So they’re telling you…
但是，包裝上的說明不是為了賣更多洗衣粉嗎？他們告訴你……
Well, they say that they have carefully figured out how much you really need and there are actually multiple fill lines which most people don’t notice for different size loads. Hot tip: mark them outside with a pen to make it easier to see. And yeah, experiment was using even less than the soap manufacturers suggest. And here’s how you can tell by the way. If you are over soaping if your guilty is charged, throw some towels in your washer with no detergent. Run it on hot for about five minutes then take it out and squeeze and (Oh, soapy water) if you see suds that’s coming from your towels from the last time you washed them could also explain why you are itchy every time you get out of a shower.
他們說，他們謹慎地計算過真正需要多少洗衣粉，實際上針對衣物不同的負重有幾種不同的填充方式，許多人沒有注意到。我們給大家的一個建議就是：用記號筆在外面寫上，更容易看到。通過實驗你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)，實際需要量少于廠家的建議。如果你因為用了太多洗衣粉而愧疚，丟幾條毛巾到洗衣機里，不要加洗衣粉。設置熱水運轉五分鐘，然后取出來，擰干水分，如果最后一次清洗毛巾時你看到里面有泡沫流出來，你就可以解釋為什么每次沐浴過后會全身瘙癢了。
Ok. Now what about water temperature? I was remembering you know wets and hots colors and cold does that make sense?
那么水溫呢？我記得你知道冷色調和暖色調都有影響，有沒有這回事？
Right. Well, my mum is not gonna be happy about this, but once again, most laundry will do fine in just cold, except for something say oily stains. But the thing is you know the machine 90% of the energy it uses is to heat up the water. You can actually cut your cost a half just by switching from hot to warm. So that’s an improvement.
是的。我母親對這一點肯定感到不高興。但是我們要強調一次，大部分衣物用冷水洗滌就可以了，除非有油漬。但是你知道，洗衣機90%的能量都是用來加熱水的。從熱水轉換為溫水，你可以節(jié)約一半的費用。這也是一個改進。
That’s a great way to save some pennies just energy cost also. The mildew smell that some machines get. How do you get rid of that?
這也是通過節(jié)約能量來節(jié)省費用的好方法。一些洗衣機會有霉菌的味道。應該怎樣清除呢？
Well, using less soap is gonna help cause it’s that soap scum that forms that breeds the bacteria that creates that smell, but check your owner’s manual. There’s a concept read your owner’s manual. And some recommend running some bleach with no clothes through your machine about once a month to get rid of the smell. So washing your wash machine.
少用點肥皂會有效果。因為皂垢會滋生細菌，導致霉味的出現(xiàn)，但是最好查看一下用戶手冊。一些用戶手冊建議不放衣物，加一些漂白粉來運轉洗衣機，一個月一次，可以清除霉味。所以要經常清洗洗衣機。
OK, in interest of equal time we shift to Mr. Dryer here. What should we know about this machine?
好的，為了平均分配時間，我們現(xiàn)在來采訪一下Dryer博士。關于洗衣機，我們應該知道什么？
Well lint is the enemy and it’s hard enough isn’t it just to get people to clean the lint trap if you are living in an apartment building. It’s probably your pet pee. But there is another place that lint forms that people need to know about. Every dryer has one of these vents to take hot air outside your house. That can be thirty or forty feet long and those clogged up with lint makes your dryer stop drying and little thing could set your house on fire. Yeah, so you need to use a brush like this or shop that once a year at least once a year and be cleaning that out and one more no-no a lot of people throw an entire handful of dryer sheets in the dryer but they really should be using just one because if you use too many you end up with not only lint but sticky.
棉絨是洗衣機的敵人，如果你居住在公寓里，清潔棉絨將會非常困難。也可能是寵物的糞便。但是人們還需要知道形成棉絨的其他地方。每一個烘干機都有一個通風管道，將熱空氣排出室外。這樣的通風管道大概30至40英尺長，如果管道被棉絨堵塞，烘干機就會停止工作，一出現(xiàn)問題就有可能讓你的房子失火。所以，你需要用這樣的刷子刷洗，或者每年購買一次，進行清潔。許多人往烘干機里丟很多除靜電紙，但是實際上應該只用一張就可以了，因為太多的話不僅會產生棉絨，還會粘在上面。
