英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)每天說(shuō)上半小時(shí) 048

48.Apartment 公寓(上)

1.Where can I find an apartment? 哪里可以找到房子?

2.I'm going to find a place near my office. 我打算在辦公室附近找個(gè)地方住。

3.Do you have your own house? 你有自己的房子嗎?

4.It's a long trip to work every day. 每天去上班是一個(gè)漫長(zhǎng)的旅程。

5.How can you find an apartment? 你如何找房子?

6.Can I find an apartment by checking the ads. in a newspaper?

我可以通過(guò)報(bào)紙上的廣告找房子嗎?

7.Apartments in the suburbs are cheaper. 郊外的房子比較便宜。

8.I've got a vacancy. 我有一間空房。

9.When do you think is convenient to see the room. 你什么時(shí)候方便去看房子。

10.Can you tell me your present address? 你可以告訴我你目前的住址嗎?

Dialogue One

A:Are you going home now?

你現(xiàn)在要回家嗎?

B:No,I'm not.

不，我不是。

A:What are you going to do?Are you going to work late?

你打算去做什么?你想上班遲到嗎?

B:No,I'm not.I'm going to look for an apartment.

不，我不是。我想去找一套公寓。

A:An apartment?Why?

一套公寓?為什么?

B:I'm going to try to find a place near the office.

我想試著在我辦公的地方附近找個(gè)房子。

A:Where are you living now?

你現(xiàn)在住在哪里?

B:Out in the suburbs.It's a long trip to work every day.

在郊區(qū)。每天去上班路程都很遠(yuǎn)。

A:How are you going to find an apartment ?

你打算怎么找房子?

B:I'm going to buy a newspaper and check the classified ads.

我打算買份報(bào)紙，看看上面的分類廣告。

A:Apartments in the city are expensive.

城市里的公寓都很貴。

B:I know,but I'm going to enroll in a night school to take a course in business management.

我知道，但是我想報(bào)讀夜校，參加企業(yè)管理的課。

Dialogue TWo

A:Now darling,I know that we've bought this house together,but it's just going to be far too expensive to decorate it.I think we should sell it.

現(xiàn)在，親愛的。我知道我們一起買了這套房子，但是裝修太貴了。我覺(jué)得我們應(yīng)該賣了它。

B:Oh,no,Nathan,I...I really think we've bought this flat at the right time,you know.Market prices are going to go up,and I think you'll find in a year or two it will be worth a lot more.

噢，不，內(nèi)森，我…我真的認(rèn)為我們買這套房子買得是時(shí)候，你知道的。市場(chǎng)價(jià)正在上漲，我想你會(huì)在一至兩年內(nèi)發(fā)現(xiàn)它會(huì)增值很多。

A:But we're going to spend so much money in furnishing and decorating.I think we could get a much cheaper place that's already furnished.

但是我們要在家具和裝修上花很多錢。我覺(jué)得我們可以買一個(gè)更便宜的，又裝修好的房子。

B:But don't you like this place? I remember when we came to see it we thought it would be lovely.

但是你不喜歡這個(gè)地方嗎?我記得我們來(lái)看的時(shí)候，我們都覺(jué)得它很好。

A:Well,only you liked it really,darling.

額，親愛的，事實(shí)上，只有你喜歡它。

B:Oh,why didn't you say so then?But I still think we've made a good buy.

噢，那時(shí)你為什么不這么說(shuō)?但是我忍讓覺(jué)得我們買得很對(duì)。

Dialogue Three

A:Good morning.May I help you?

早上好。我可以幫你嗎?

B:Yes.I'm looking for an apartment_I'd like two bedrooms.

是的。我在找一間公寓。我想要兩個(gè)房間的。

A:All right. Have a seat,please.Let me ask you a few questions.First of all,may I have your name,please?

好的。請(qǐng)坐。我想問(wèn)你一些問(wèn)題。首先，你的名字是?

B:My name's Donald Eakins.

我叫Donald Eakins。

A:How do you spell your last name,Mr.Eakins.

你的姓如何拼寫，Eakins先生。

B:It's E-A-K-I-N-S.

E-A-K-I-N-S。

A:E-A-K-I-N-S.First name :Donald.And what's your present address,Mr.Eakins?

E-A-K-I-N-S。名字：Donald。你目前的住址是哪里，Eakins先生?

B:It's 1446 Pine Street.

Pine街1446號(hào)。

A:1446 Pine.That's in San Francisco,isn't it?

Pine1446號(hào)。是在舊金山，對(duì)嗎?

B:Yes,it is.

是的，它是。

購(gòu)買新居

The Smiths have bought a new house.Mr.Smith think that the house is very beautiful,and they are lucky.It's in a small town 20 miles south of the capital city.The location is very good.The house looks quite new from outside.It has a nice living room, a dinning room and two large bedrooms.One for them and the other for the kids.The kitchen is modern.It has a new refrigerator,and an electric stove and a dishwasher.They plan to buy some furniture for their new house.They will move in next week.

史密斯夫婦買了一套新房子。史密斯先生覺(jué)得那套房子很漂亮，而且他們很幸運(yùn)。房子位于首都以南20英里的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上。地理位置優(yōu)越。從外面上看房子很新。它有一個(gè)很漂亮的客廳、一個(gè)餐廳和兩間很大的臥室。一間他們住，另一間孩子們住。廚房很新式。有一臺(tái)新冰箱、一個(gè)電爐和一臺(tái)洗碗機(jī)。他們計(jì)劃為新房子添一些家具。他們將在下星期入住。

Apartment 公寓(下)

1.Would you like to rent a house or buy a house? 你想租房子還是買房子?

2.How long do you want to rent the house? 房子你想租多久?

3.I've got a furnished house to let. 我有一套帶家具的房子要出租。

4.I'm afraid I just want to rent the house for three months. 恐怕我只想租三個(gè)月。

5.What's the condition of the house? 房子的情況怎么樣?

6.Do you have a refrigerator and a dishwasher in the kitchen? 你廚房里有冰箱和洗碗機(jī)嗎?

7.Do we have to paint the wall? 我們必須粉刷墻嗎?

8.We can decorate the house ourselves. 房子我們可以自己裝修。

9.I think it's a good bargain. 我認(rèn)為這挺劃算的。

10.I like the house very much because it faces the south. 我非常喜歡這套房子，因?yàn)樗稀?/p>

Dialogue One

A:Good morning!May I help you?

早上好!我可以幫你嗎?

B:Yes.My wife and I are interested in renting a house for the summer.

是的。我和我的妻子這個(gè)夏天有興趣租一套房子。

A:Do you want a furnished house or an unfurnished one?

你想要配家具的還是不配家具的?

B:Furnished.

配家具的。

A:Very well.How long do you want the house?All summer?

非常好。你們想租多久?整個(gè)夏天嗎?

B:No,not all summer.Just for six weeks.

不，不是整個(gè)夏天。只是六個(gè)星期。

A:I'm afraid I can only rent it for two months.

恐怕我只能租兩個(gè)月。

B:My holiday is only six weeks,but I think my brother and his family would take it for the other two weeks.Is the house in good condition?

我的假期只有六個(gè)星期，但是我想我的兄弟一家可以租另外兩個(gè)星期。房子的環(huán)境好嗎?

A:Yes,it is .It was just painted and it has all the modern conveniences.

是的，很好。它剛剛粉刷過(guò)，配有全部現(xiàn)代化設(shè)施。

Dialogue Two

A:I wonder if you could help me_I'm looking for a room.

你可以幫我嗎?我正在找一間房子。

B:Well,I have got a vacancy.

嗯，我有一件空房。

A:What sort of price are you asking?

你要價(jià)是多少?

B:Eight doalls fifty a week excluding laundry.

一周8.5美元，包括洗衣費(fèi)。

A:Would it be convenient to see the room?

方便看一下房子嗎?

B:Can you call back later?We're right in the middle of lunch.

你可以一會(huì)兒再打回來(lái)嗎?我們正在吃午餐。

Dialogue Three

A:May I come in?

我可以進(jìn)來(lái)嗎?

B:Yeah,Please do.Now let me show you the house.

是的，請(qǐng)進(jìn)。現(xiàn)在讓我給你看看房子。

A:This seems a pretty nice room,I should say.

我應(yīng)該說(shuō)，這房間似乎很好。

B:You bet.This is the nicest room in the district.You know what, I just had all the walls repainted last month.

當(dāng)然。這是這個(gè)地區(qū)最好的房子了。你知道嗎，我上個(gè)月才刷了墻。

A:What about the kitchen?

廚房怎么樣?

B:It's a well furnished eat-in kitchen.The stove and the ice-box are in good order,and the plumbing is OK,too.

廚房設(shè)備齊全，還可以在里面吃飯。爐子和冰柜運(yùn)行良好，水果裝置也沒(méi)問(wèn)題。

A:I see.I'd like to live here for about three years.

我知道。我想在這里住三年左右。

B:Terrific!When are you moving in?

太好了!你什么時(shí)候搬進(jìn)來(lái)?

A:Next Saturday at the earliest.

最早下周六。

租房

There are different types of renting-houses,such as furnished apatments, partly furnished apartments or unfurnished apartments.For a furnished one, it usually includes a refrigerator, a washing machine,a stove,a dinning room table ,beds,etc. You needn't buy those things when you move in.Sometimes you can even find knives,forks,plates and so on.As to the partly furnished apartment,maybe you can only find refrigerator and stove,but it is different in various places.

租賃房有很多種，例如帶家具的、帶部分家具的和不帶家具的。對(duì)一個(gè)帶家具的房子來(lái)說(shuō)，它通常包含電冰箱、洗衣機(jī)、爐子和餐桌、床等等。你入住的時(shí)候無(wú)需買那些東西。有時(shí)，你甚至可以找到刀、叉和碟子等等。至于帶部分家具的房子，你可能只能看到冰箱和爐子，但是不同地方會(huì)有所不同。