As a matter of fact, the couple are cleaning their house in preparation for the new baby's coming.

事实上，这对夫妇正在打扫他们的房子，为新生儿的到来做准备。

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Food preparation makes up the bulk of the chores, with cleaning and shopping the next most time-consuming.

准备食物在家务事中占了很大一部分，接下来最花时间的是打扫卫生和采购。

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However, while men work more hours than women, we also observe that women are spending more time providing childcare and doing household work such as cleaning and food preparation.

然而，我们同样注意到，尽管男性工作时间多于女性，但女性在照看小孩和进行清洁、烹饪等家务工作上花费的时间更长。

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Okay, right it's easy because there's less cleaning, less preparation and things, right?

不用清洗餐具,所以很方便,不用准备食材之类的,是吧

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