英語口語情景詞匯學習 大眾話題 Unit 59: 住房

　　Situational Words and Phrases 情景詞匯

　　1.apartment n. 公寓

　　A: What kinds of apartment do you have far rent?

　　甲:你們有什么樣的公寓供出租?

　　B: We have one，two, and three-bedroom apartments.

　　乙:我們有一室、二室和三室的公寓。

　　2.apply for 申請

　　A: I'd like to apply for a two-room apartment.

　　甲:我想申請一套兩室的房子。

　　B: I see. There will be a waiting period of four or six months.

　　乙:我知道了。這需要等四到六個月。

　　3.bathroom n. 浴室

　　A: Could we perhaps see the bathroom?

　　甲:我們可以看一下浴室嗎?

　　B: Yeah, but I'm afraid you have to share the bathroom with other tenants.

　　乙:可以的，但是你們得與其他的房客共用浴室。

　　4.decorate v. 裝修(飾)

　　A: How are you going to decorate the house?

　　甲:你打算怎樣裝修?

　　B: Well, I' m going to paint the walls white and I'm going to have brown carpet on the floor.

　　乙:呃，我打算把墻漆成白色的，地上鋪上棕色的地毯。

　　5.leak v. 漏水，翻

　　A: What a terrible condition!

　　甲:太糟糕了世

　　B: Is the sink leaking again?

　　乙:水池又漏水了嗎?

　　6.lease n. 租約

　　A: Do I have to sign a lease for the apartment?

　　甲:我要先簽租約嗎?

　　B: Yes. You can choose a six-month or a one-year lease.

　　乙:是的。你可以選擇半年或一年的租約。

　　7.occupant n. 居住者

　　A: Sandy, what does the ad say?

　　甲:桑蒂，這則廣告怎么說的?

　　B: It says: "The present occupant is looking for two females to share a three-bedroom house."

　　乙:廣告上說目前的住戶正在尋找兩位女士合用一套三居室的房子。

　　8.rent n. 房租，租金

　　A: What's the rent for an efficiency apartment.

　　甲:一套經(jīng)濟型小公寓的房租多少?

　　B: it's $240 per month.

　　乙:每月240美元。

　　9.security n. 保證金

　　A: Do you require a security deposit?

　　甲:你們要求預付保證金嗎?

　　B: Yes, we require a month's rent as a security deposit.

　　乙:是的，我們要求預付一個月的租金作為保證金。

　　10.sitting-room 起居室

　　A: Could you tell me something about the fiat?

　　甲:您能告訴我關于這套公離的情況嗎?

　　B: Well, there's quite a big sitting-room and a kitchen.

　　乙:好的，這間公寓內(nèi)有一間大的起居室和廚房。

　　11.suburb n. 郊區(qū)

　　A: Where are you lining now?

　　甲:你現(xiàn)在住在哪兒?

　　B: Out in the suburbs.

　　乙:我住在郊區(qū)。

　　12.tenant n. 房客

　　A: Is there parking space for the tenants?

　　甲:房客有停車的位置嗎?

　　B: Yes. Every tenant has his Barking space in front of the building.

　　乙:有的。每個房客在樓前都有一個停車的位置。

　　13.toilet n. 廁所

　　A: The toilet Flushes and the shower has hot and cold water.

　　甲:廁所沖水方便，淋浴有冷熱水供應。

　　B: I think that will be quite all right for us.

　　乙:我想對我們兩個人來說相當不錯了。

　　14.two-story 兩層

　　A: The two-story house rents for only $650 a month.

　　B: OK. I want it.

　　甲:這個兩層的房子每月的租金只需650美元。

　　乙:好的，我租了。