The Browns are a very busy family. Mr Brown is a bank manager, his wife, Mrs Brown works as a doctor in a private health care centre. They hardly have time to do the housework, so they pay a cleaning lady to help them with the housework. Mr Brown is not a 'Jack of all trades'; he can't even change a bulb. When something goes wrong in their house they need to call a repairman who can fix it. If you don't have a cleaner, you have to do the housework at home.

learn some useful expressions:

1. doing the washing
2. hovering the carpets
3. doing the washing up/doing the dishes
4. cleaning
5. doing the ironing
6. doing the gardening
7. mopping the floor
8. watering the plants