Housing 住房
Warming-up Dialogues 熱身對話
Dialogue 1
英語情景對話1
A: I understand that you‘ve got an apartment to lease. Mr.Steve. Will you please tell me what the room is like?
甲:史蒂夫先生,我知道您有套房子想出租。您能講一下房子的情況嗎?
B: Sure. It’s a room for twa people, nice and bright.
乙:好的。那是間不錯的雙人房,很明亮。
A: Then what about the rent?
甲:請問租金是多少?
B: 200 dollars per month, including everything.
乙:每月200美元,一切費(fèi)用都包括在內(nèi)。
A: Sounds just wonderful. I wonder if I could come over and have a look.
甲:聽起來還蠻不錯的。我現(xiàn)在可以去看一下嗎?
B: Certainly. I‘ll be expecting you around nine.
乙:當(dāng)然可以。九點(diǎn)鐘左右我在家等你。
Dialogue 2
英語情景對話2
A: May I come in?
甲:可以進(jìn)來嗎?
B: Yeah,please do. Now let me show you the house.
乙:請進(jìn)。我來帶你看一看房子吧。
A: This seems a pretty nice room, I should say.
甲:應(yīng)該說房子還是相當(dāng)不錯的。
B: You bet. This is the nicest room in this district. You know what, I just had all the walls repainted last month.
乙:你說對了。這是這一區(qū)最好的房子了。你知道嗎,上個月我剛把所有的墻壁粉刷了一下。
A: What about the kitchen?
甲:廚房怎么樣?
B: It’s a well-furnished eat-in kitchen. The stove and the ice-hox are in good order, and the plumbing is OK, too.
乙:廚房設(shè)施很全,可以在里面吃飯。爐灶和冰箱均正常,管道也沒問題。
A: I see. I‘d like to live here for about three years.
甲:明白了。我想在這里大約住上三年。
B: Terrific? When are you moving in?
乙:太好了。你什么時候搬進(jìn)來?
A: Next Saturday at the earliest.
甲:最早也得下個周六。
Dialogue 3
英語情景對話3
A: What a house!
甲:這房子真糟糕透頂!
B: I’m sick of it, too.
乙:我也很煩它。
A: The door bell refuses to work, and the sink is leaking.
甲:門鈴不響,水池也漏水。
B: I couldn‘t put up with it any more.
乙:我再也受不了了!
Hints語言提示
1.....you’ve got an apartment to let. to let 意為“出租”。let 一詞除了有使役動詞的含義之外,還有實(shí)意動詞“出租”之意。如: The door with the
words “ta let” on it is tightly closed. 寫有“出租”兩字的那扇門關(guān)得緊緊的。
2.I should say 意為“我得說……”,口語化表達(dá)。
3.You know what... 意為“你知道嗎……”,用以引出下面的話題。也是非常口語化的表達(dá)方式。
4.repaint /v. 給……重新上漆
5.be in good order 意為“運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)正常,狀態(tài)良好”。如: All the parts of the machine are in good order now.目前機(jī)器的所有部件均在正常運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。
6.more in 意為“搬進(jìn),人住”。如: We moped in to the new apartment last week.上周我們搬進(jìn)了新居。
7.at the earliest 最早
(實(shí)習(xí)編輯:于曉偉)