聽懂老外聊生活英語對話 住房 21：不做房奴——租房住

　　Topic21 不做房奴——租房住

　　情境導讀

　　Cherry和Bryan準備租一套房子，他們一起來到房東家看房。

　　英語情景會話

　　(以下C代表Cherry，B代表Bryan，L代表Landlord)

　　C: Hello. We have seen your advertisement. We're here to see the apartment.

　　L: Oh, come in and have a look.

　　B: The location seems nice. It's quiet and close to our companies.

　　C: Yes. Neither of us is good at getting up in the morning and the closer it is. the later we can get up.

　　B: Both of the bedrooms face south. I like it. And the living room is larger than I expected.

　　L: Yes, it's about forty square meters.

　　C: The kitchen is a little small.

　　L: It is not very big, but well-equipped. The refrigerator, the microwave oven and even the dining table, everything is ready.

　　B: How much is the rent?

　　L: 2000 yuan a month, including electricity and water fees.

　　C: What's the deposit?

　　L: 500 yuan. And you'll get the deposit back when you move out.

　　英語筆記

　　1.注意quiet/'kwa??t/“安靜的”與quite/kwa?t/“十分”在發(fā)音時舌位的區(qū)別。

　　2.closer 與it 連讀，中間增加輔助音/r/，連讀為/'kl??z?r?t/。

　　3.refrigerator“電冰箱”，簡寫形式為"fridge"。

　　4.讀作/'ma?kr?we?v/，復合名詞，重音在第一音節(jié)。

　　英語語音語調

　　復合詞的重音規(guī)則

　　復合詞是指由兩個或兩個以上的詞構成、能表達一個新的意思的詞。比如：fast-food，good-hearted等，不同詞性的復合詞在發(fā)音上有不同的規(guī)律：

　　1.復合名詞的重音一般在第一個音節(jié)上，如：

　　handbag /?hændbæg/手提包

　　blackboard /?blækb?:d/黑板

　　headache /?hede?k/頭疼

　　feedback /?fi:dbæk/反饋

　　2.復合動詞的重音一般在第二個音節(jié)上，如：

　　ill-treat /??l?tri:t/虐待

　　sleep-walk /'sli:pw?:k/踮腳走