THE DUTCH PEOPLE

The Dutch people are very clean and neat.

 

Indeed, Holland is said to be the cleanest country in the world.

The Dutch mothers scrub¹ their houses both inside and outside. They scrub the bricks on the sidewalks. If there is a tree near by, they scrub the trunk of that.

Oh, they are very, very clean. You would find no dust in their houses. Their houses are always clean and shining.

1 scrub   

n.用力擦洗，矮树，渺小之物；v.用力擦洗

参考例句：

• I got paint on my hands and it won't scrub off.我手上沾上了油漆，擦不掉。
• The great plain was covered in scrub and small lifeless trees.浩瀚的平原覆盖着灌木和毫无生气的矮小树林。