Washing clothes

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小李xiǎo lǐ的de脏zāng衣服yī fu已经yǐ jīng很多hěn duō了le,需要xū yào洗xǐ一yī洗xǐ。Xiaoli's dirty clothes were already very many, so she needed to wash them.

她tā把bǎ所有suǒ yǒu的de衣服yī fu都dōu放fàng进jìn洗衣机xǐ yī jī里lǐ。She put all the clothes into the washing machine.然后rán hòu,她tā加jiā了le洗衣粉xǐ yī fěn和hé水shuǐ。Then, she added laundry detergent and water.小李xiǎo lǐ按àn了le开始kāi shǐ按钮àn niǔ,洗衣机xǐ yī jī就jiù开始kāi shǐ工作gōng zuò了le。Xiaoli pressed the start button, and the washing machine began to work.

洗衣机xǐ yī jī发出fā chū了le嗡嗡wēng wēng的de声音shēng yīn,开始kāi shǐ洗xǐ衣服yī fu。The washing machine made a buzzing sound and began washing the clothes.小李xiǎo lǐ等děng了le三十sān shí分钟fēn zhōng,洗衣机xǐ yī jī终于zhōng yú停tíng了le。Xiaoli waited for thirty minutes, and the washing machine finally stopped.她tā打开dǎ kāi洗衣机xǐ yī jī,发现fā xiàn衣服yī fu都dōu变biàn得de很hěn干净gān jìng了le!She opened the washing machine and found that all the clothes had become very clean!

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