My cousin and DIY
我的表弟与DIY
My cousin Andrew is crazy about DIY.
我的表弟安德鲁是DIY发烧友。
He loves to repair things and decorate his house.
他喜欢修理东西和装饰他的房子。
But when he finishes, the house always looks terrible!
但是当他完成时，房子看起来总是很糟糕！
He once tried to put in a brighter light in his bedroom, but he made a mistake.
有一次他试图把一盏更明亮的灯放进他的卧室，但他犯了一个错误。
Then his w hole house had a power cut.
然后，整座房子都断电了。
Another time, he wanted to put up a picture on his bedroom wall, but he hit a pipe and filled the room with water.
还有一次，他想要在卧室墙上挂一幅画，但是他敲裂了水管，弄得房间里到处都是水。
Last month, he thought the living room in his house was boring, so he painted it blue.
上个月，他觉得他的客厅很无趣，于是就把它漆成了蓝色。
His mum said, "Stop it."
他的妈妈说，“快停下。”
But he kept on painting.
但是他继续刷。
Now the living room has not only blue walls but also a blue ceiling and floor.
现在客厅不仅墙壁是蓝色的，天花板和地板也是蓝色的。
Even his cat is blue now!
甚至他的猫现在也是蓝色的！
When I wanted a shelf above my bed, he said, "No problem!"
当我想在床头上安装一个书架，他说：“没问题！”
He then spent five hours putting up the shelf on the wall.
然后他花了五个小时把架子挂在了墙上。
Then I put my books on the shelf.
然后我把我的书放在了架子上。
Whoops! They couldn't stay there because one end of the shelf was much higher than the other!
哎呦！书无法放在上面，因为架子的一端比另一端要高得多。
I bought some books about DIY for him and I also advised him to take a course in DIY.
我为他买了一些DIY的书，同时也建议他参加一些DIY的课程。
But this just made him angry--he says he already knows everything about it.
这些让他感到不高兴——他说他已经非常了解它了。
So instead, I am reading all the books myself and attending lessons every Saturday.
所以反而我自己在读所有这些书，并且每周六去上课。
Now I know much more about DIY than my cousin!
现在我比我的表弟了解更多DIY知识了！