美語會話 157 I assume 我猜

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Beth: Hello, Mr. Gao. We appreciate your letting us have the apartment.

LL: My pleasure. You're a sweet couple. Do you have any questions?

Beth: The ad said rent was thirty thousand. That includes utilities and phone, I assume.

LL: No, it doesn't. And there's a maintenance fee for each month. It's forty NT per ping.

Beth: That's another one thousand six hundred?

LL: Yes, but that doesn't include cable. It's for cleaning and trash removal. You just leave your trash outside your door.

rent (v.,n.)

房租;出租

A: We also want to move because it's too expensive.

我們也想搬家，因為太貴了。

B: Yes, the rent must be really high here.

是啊，這里房租一定很貴。

utility (n.)

瓦斯、電力、自來水等設(shè)施

A: Does your rent include utilities?

你的房租包括水電瓦斯費嗎?

B: It includes water, but you have to pay for gas and electricity.

包括水費，不過要付瓦斯跟電費。

assume (v.)

假定，假設(shè)

I assumed you had a boyfriend.

我猜妳有男朋友了。

maintenance fee

維修保養(yǎng)費。這里是指大樓管理費

Maintenance fees are just another way for landlords to rip us off.

管理費只是房東剝削我們的另一種方法。

removal (n.)

搬運，移動

A: What is the government doing about that toxic waste?

政府如何處理那些有毒廢物?

B: The new laws call for its removal by 2010.

新立法要求在二○一○年之前移除。

和房東見面

貝絲：哈啰，高先生。我們很感激你讓我們承租這間公寓。

房東：榮幸之至。你們這對夫婦人很好。有任何問題嗎?

貝絲：廣告上說房租是三萬元。我猜那包括水電瓦斯跟電話費吧。

房東：不，沒有包括。而且每個月還有管理費。一坪四十元。

貝絲：那就是還要外加一千六百元?

房東：對，不過那不包括有線電視。那是清潔跟收垃圾的費用。你只要把垃圾放在門外就好了。