A Messy Apartment|这是我家吗？

A Messy Apartment

这是我家吗？

 

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　　Glen, Bill, and Patrick are classmates sharing an apartment near their university. They usually get along well with one another. Sometimes, though, Bill and Glen forget to clean up their mess, so Patrick has to put things away for them.

　　One morning, when Patrick came out of his room, he saw that the apartment was a total mess. He got upset and asked his roommates what had happened. They said they had come home late after a basketball game, watched some TV, and then went straight to bed. Later, Patrick had a meeting with his roommates to discuss the problem. During the meeting, Glen and Bill blamed each other for the mess. Patrick suggested that they should all take turns cleaning the common areas each week. They also decided that if someone forgot to clean when it was his turn, he had to put NT$100 into a glass jar. After that, no one ever forgot to clean the common areas.

 

　　格伦、比尔以及派崔克是同班同学，他们在就读的大学附近合租了一间公寓。他们彼此间通常相处得很融洽。然而，有时候比尔和格伦会忘了清理他们所制造出来的脏东西，因此派崔克就得帮他们整理。

　　某天早上，派崔克从自己的房间走出来，看见整间公寓乱得一塌胡涂。他非常生气，便询问他的室友发生了什么事。他们说他们打了场篮球回家时已经相当晚了，然后看个电视，接着就直接上床睡觉了。随后，派崔克和室友们开个会来讨论这个问题。在会议中，格伦和比尔互相指责对方，说都是对方把公寓搞得乱七八糟。派崔克建议他们应该每星期轮流打扫公共区域。他们也作出决定，如果有人在轮到他打扫时忘记清理，那个人就得要放一百元在玻璃罐里。在那之后，就再也没有人忘记打扫公共区域了。