Podcast 17 Doing the laundry

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Welcome to Blabbinit. This is Missy. In this podcast I would like to talk about doing the laundry.

Laundry is not an easy task in my house. Kids always like to dirty their clothes and little girls like to change their clothes 20 times per day in order to look pretty.

When clothes are dirty sometimes people throw them on the floor. Other people put them in baskets or in hampers. A basket has no lid and a hamper has a lid to cover the dirty clothes.

When you are ready to wash a load of clothes it is best to separate the darks and the lights so that the dark clothes can be washed in cooler water and so that they don't bleed on the lighter clothes. Many people will also make a load of just white clothes so they can wash in hot water and add bleach to make them whiter.

Once you have the clothes separated, you can take a load and put it inside of the washing machine. Make sure not to fill it too much so that the clothes have enough room to move around during the wash to get clean.

You must then select the water temperature and the water level. For the water temperature you can select cold, warm, or hot. For the water level you can select low, medium, or high, depending on how many clothes you have put into the washing machine.

Once the washing cycle is complete, you will have to take the clothes out of the machine and put them into the dryer.

When you remove them from the washing machine, it is a good idea to shake out each piece of clothing in order to get out the wrinkles.

After shaking them out and filling up the dryer, many people put in a fabric sheet which is a small sheet that softens the clothes so that they do not have static.

When the clothes are dry, you can take them out of the dryer and bring them to a place where you can fold them.

Folding the clothes is the part that usually takes the most time, especially with little kids' clothes.

Some people prefer to hang their clothes in the closet on hangers.

Usually by the end of this whole process there is another load of dirty clothes ready for you to wash, dry and fold. A never-ending cycle!

Thank you all for listening in today. This is Missy. Check out our website at www.blabbinit.com for more ways to practice your English. See you all next time and have a wonderful day!