Lily and her brother Ben shared（共享；分享）/ʃeəd/ a small bedroom（卧室）/ˈbedruːm/. Every（每个；每一）/ˈevri/ school morning（早晨）/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/, they had to get dressed（穿好衣服）/ɡet drest/ and have breakfast（吃早餐）/hæv ˈbrekfəst/ by seven, but clothes（衣服）/kləʊðz/ on the chair（椅子）/tʃeə/ and books（书；书本）/bʊks/ on the floor（地板）/flɔː/ slowed（使慢下来）/sləʊd/ them down. Their mother（母亲）/ˈmʌðə/ stopped（停下）/stɒpt/ at the door. “What a mess（杂乱；混乱）/mes/ this room（房间）/ruːm/ is! This chair blocks（挡住；阻挡）/blɒk/ the door. Tonight, clear（畅通的；清楚的）/klɪə/ the floor and keep（使保持；使处于）/kept/ the door open（空旷的；开放的）/ˈəʊpən/.”

The children（孩子）/ˈtʃɪldrən/ had two different（不同的）/ˈdɪfrənt/ needs. Lily needed to spend time（花时间）/spend taɪm/ on homework（家庭作业）/ˈhəʊmwɜːk/ at the desk（书桌）/desk/. Ben liked（喜欢）/laɪkt/ to build（建造；搭建）/bɪld/ toy（玩具）/tɔɪ/ houses（房子）/ˈhaʊzɪz/ on weekends（在周末）/ɒn ˌwiːkˈendz/. The desk stood（竖立；位于）/stʊd/ in the middle（中间；中部）/ˈmɪdl/ of the room, so Ben had no safe（安全的）/seɪf/ space（空间；空地）/speɪs/ to play. At night（夜晚）/naɪt/, Lily's lamp（灯；台灯）/læmp/ also kept him awake（醒着的）/əˈweɪk/.

Their mother gave（给）/ɡeɪv/ each（每个；各自）/iːtʃ/ child a box（箱子；盒子）/ˈbɒksɪz/. Lily said, “Let us move（移动）/muːv/ the desk under（在……下面）/ˈʌndə/ the window（窗户）/ˈwɪndəʊ/. The daylight（日光；白昼光线）/ˈdeɪlaɪt/ will help me study（学习；书房）/ˈstʌdi/, and the chair will no longer block the door.” Ben replied（回答；回复）/rɪˈplaɪd/, “Then the shelf（架子；搁板）/ʃelf/ can stand beside（在……旁边）/bɪˈsaɪd/ the desk, and both（两者都）/bəʊθ/ boxes can fit under the beds（床）/bed/.”

They packed（把……装进；收拾）/pækt/ the books and toys. They moved the desk and placed（放置；位置）/pleɪs/ the shelf beside it. Lily wrote（写）/rəʊt/ a label（标签）/ˈleɪbl/ for each box. “This one is mine（我的（东西））/maɪn/, that one is yours（你的（东西））/jɔːz/, and the open space in the middle is ours（我们的（东西））/ˈaʊəz/.” Her books went on the left（左边；左边的）/left/ side of the shelf, and Ben's toys went into the right（右边；右边的）/raɪt/ box.

They made（制订；制作）/meɪd/ two daily（每日的；日常的）/ˈdeɪli/ rules（规则）/ruːlz/. “I will turn off（关闭）/tɜːn ɒf/ the lamp at half past nine.” “I will make the bed（整理床铺）/meɪk ðə bed/ and put away my toys.” After a week（星期；一周）/wiːk/, the bedroom stayed（保持；停留）/steɪd/ tidy（整洁的；整理）/ˈtaɪdi/. Every schoolbag（书包）/ˈskuːlbæɡ/ had a place, the door remained（保持）/rɪˈmeɪnd/ clear, and both children could study, play, or rest（休息）/rest/. Their mother smiled（微笑）/smaɪld/. “Now everyone knows where each thing belongs.”