夏天是杜德尔先生一年中最喜欢的时光。因为有很多值得期待的事情:他侄子和侄女的生日、棒球比赛、在沙滩上看看书,还有躺在吊床上打盹。不过,夏天也有很多家务活要做,比如修剪草坪、清除杂草、给房子刷漆等等。这些事情往往会影响到杜德尔先生的休息计划。所以在春天的时候,他说:“今年夏天我要好好放松一下,绝对不干家务!”但是要偷懒也不容易。当杜德尔先生不再修剪草坪后,草坪就变成了一片茂盛的草场,邻居们很不满意。“我们连你家的房子都看不见了!” Summer is Mr Dudell's favorite time of the year. Because there are a lot of things to look forward to: his nephew and niece's birthday, baseball games, reading books on the beach, and napping in a hammock. However, there are a lot of housework to do in the summer, such as mowing the lawn, clearing weeds, painting houses and so on. These things often affect Mr. Dudell's rest plan. So in the spring, he said: “This summer I want to relax, never do housework ” But to be lazy is not easy. When Mr. Duder stopped mowing the lawn, the lawn turned into a lush pasture, and the neighbors were not satisfied. “We can not even see your house! ”