• To talk about jobs in the home you can use such phrases as wash the dishes, clean the kitchen floor, set the table, etc. In conversation the verb do is often used instead. 做家务活可用下列短语表示：wash the dishes（洗餐具）、clean the kitchen floor（擦洗厨房地板）、set the table（摆餐具）等，在口语中常用动词 do 取代：◆Let me do the dishes. 我来洗碗吧。◆Michael said he would do the kitchen floor. 迈克尔说他来擦洗厨房地板。◆It's your turn to do the table. 轮到你摆餐具了。 Do is often used with nouns ending in -ing. * do 常与以 -ing 结尾的名词连用：◆to do the shopping/cleaning/ironing/vacuuming 买东西；打扫卫生；熨衣服；用吸尘器吸尘
• The verb make is used especially in the phrase make the beds and when you are talking about preparing or cooking food. 动词 make 尤用于短语 make the beds（铺床）以及谈论烹调：◆He makes a great lasagne. 他做的宽面条真好吃。◆I'll make breakfast while you're having a shower. 你淋浴时我就做早餐。 You can also say get, get ready and, especially in NAmE, fix for preparing meals. 做饭亦可用 get、get ready 和 fix（尤用于美式英语）等词：◆Can you get dinner while I put the kids to bed? 我照料孩子们上床睡觉时你做饭行吗？◆Sit down—I'll fix supper for you. 坐下吧，我给你做晚饭。

These words all mean to make sth from parts or materials, or to cause sth to exist or happen. 以上各词均含制造、使产生之义。

• make to create or prepare sth by combining materials or putting parts together; to cause sth to exist or happen 指制造、做、组装、使产生：◆She makes her own clothes. 她自己做衣服。◆She made a good impression on the interviewer. 她给主持面试者留下了很好的印象。
• do (rather informal) to make or prepare sth, especially sth artistic or sth to eat 指制作、准备（尤指艺术品或食品）：◆He did a beautiful drawing of a house. 他画了一栋漂亮的房子。◆Who's doing the food for the party? 谁准备聚会的食物？
• create to make sth exist or happen, especially sth new that did not exist before 指创造、创作、创建：◆Scientists disagree about how the universe was created. 科学家对宇宙是怎样形成的有分歧。

make or create? 用 make 还是 create？

Make is a more general word and is more often used for physical things: you would usually make a table/dress/cake but create jobs/wealth. You can use create for sth physical in order to emphasize how original or unusual the object is. * make 较通用，较常用以指物质的东西，如制造桌子、做衣服、做蛋糕通常用 make，但创造就业机会/财富用 create。要强调某物品或实体事物是原创的或不同寻常，也可用 create：◆Try this new dish, created by our head chef. 品尝一下这道新菜吧，是我们厨师长首创的。

• develop (used especially in business contexts) to think of and produce a new product （尤用于商务语境）指开发、研制（产品）：◆to develop new software 开发新软件
• produce to make things to be sold; to create sth using skill 指生产、制造（商品），（运用技巧）制作、造出：◆a factory that produces microchips 微芯片制造厂
• generate to produce or create sth, especially power, money or ideas 指创造、产生（电、财富或主意）：◆to generate electricity 发电◆Brainstorming is a good way of generating ideas. 集思广益是出主意的好办法。
• form [often passive] to make sth from sth else; to make sth into sth else 指制作、组成、制成：◆Rearrange the letters to form a new word. 重新排列字母，组成另一单词。◆The chain is formed from 136 links. 这根链条由 136 个链节组成。

Patterns

• to make/create/develop/produce/generate/form sth from/out of sth
• to make/form sth into sth
• to make/produce wine
• to create/develop a new product
• to create/produce/generate income/profits/wealth
• to produce/generate electricity/heat/power