英語流行口語:86.Talking About Housing談論住房

[00:00.00] 86 Talking About Housing

[00:04.05]談論住房

[00:08.10]A:What a terrible house!

[00:09.84]A:房子太糟糕了!

[00:11.57]I'm sick of it,too. A:The door bell doesn't work,the sink is leaking,

[00:14.80]我也討厭透了。 門鈴不響,水池漏水,

[00:18.02]there's no hot water,and the buiding is falling apart!\

[00:20.82]沒有熱水，樓都要倒塌了!

[00:23.61]It's no use complaining.If we had got enough money,we wouldn't put up with it!

[00:27.44]抱怨有什么用?有錢的話我們才不忍受這些呢

[00:31.27]A:Come on in.Let me show you the house.Isn't it something?

[00:34.46]快請進，我來帶你看看房子.漂亮不漂亮?

[00:37.64]Spacious,bright and clean.And the walls were newly painted.

[00:40.72]寬敞、明亮、整潔。墻壁是新刷過的。

[00:43.81]Have you ever seen such a nice house?\

[00:46.04]見過這么好的房子嗎?

[00:48.27]B:Not really.A:This is the kitchen.Every-thing's new.

[00:51.20]B:還真沒有見過. A:這是廚房，全是新的。

[00:54.13]B:It's great!

[00:56.16]B:太棒了。

[00:58.20]I've found a nice place in this district.Three bedrooms,a large kitchen,

[01:01.88]在這個區(qū)我找到一個好地方.三居室,廚房很大,

[01:05.57]high ceilings,a tile bath and a big drawing room.

[01:08.35]屋頂很高,瓷磚裝修的洗澡間,還有一個大客廳。

[01:11.13]It sounds nice,but don't forget this is a seedy,run-down neighborhood.

[01:14.96]聽起來不錯,但是別忘了周圍都是破舊骯臟的房舍

[01:18.79]A:What about the one on the Yellow River Road?

[01:21.27]A:那么黃河路上的那一套怎么樣?

[01:23.75]It's a two-bedroom one,and renovated building with an eat-in kitchen.\

[01:27.01]兩居室,全樓經(jīng)過整修,廚房很大,可以在里面就餐

[01:30.28]B:It's a bit small but looks nice.

[01:32.46]B:面積不大，但是看起來不錯。

[01:34.64]What's more,it's only ten minutes' walk to the company.

[01:37.27]此外，離公司只有十分鐘的路。

[01:39.89]A:Hello,may I help you?

[01:42.31]A:你好，能幫你嗎?

[01:44.72]B:Yes.We're interested in seeing the rooms for rent.

[01:47.45]是的，我們很想看看你要出租的房子。

[01:50.18]A:Oh,how nice.They're bright rooms and the house is very quiet.

[01:53.31]太好了.房間很明亮，房子也很安靜。

[01:56.43]B:A nice quiet house is exactly what we're looking for.

[01:59.07]B:我們找的就是安靜合適的房子。

[02:01.70]A:Well,gentleman.Each room is $40 a week if you think that's OK.

[02:05.34]先生,如果你認為可以的話,每個房間每周40美元

[02:08.97]B:That sounds just wonderful to us.

[02:11.24]B:我們認為完全可以。

[02:13.51]A:When do you want to move in?

[02:15.34]A:想什么時候搬進來?

[02:17.17]B:How about this afernoon?

[02:18.98]B:今天下午怎么樣?

[02:20.80]A:Fine.I'll be expecting you around two.

[02:23.53]A:很好，我兩點鐘左右等你。

[02:26.26]A:My dear,it's five flights up!

[02:28.69]A:親愛的，要爬上五段樓梯呀!

[02:31.12]B:That's all right.We'll get used to it.Besides,it is quiet up there.

[02:34.70]沒關系,我們會適應的.此外高處很安靜,

[02:38.28]We're little further away from the street and traffic noise

[02:40.90]我們遠離街道，聽不到交通噪音，

[02:43.53]and there's no one living over us.

[02:45.60]上邊還沒有人居住。

[02:47.68]A:Is the place well-furnished?

[02:49.56]A:房子裝修得好嗎?

[02:51.44]Yes,it's pretty bright in there and big enough for our children to play.

[02:54.76]是的,明亮寬敞,孩子們可以在里面玩.

[02:58.08]A:What about the kitchen?

[02:59.91]A:廚房呢?

[03:01.73]B:The stove and refrigerator are in good working order,

[03:04.40]B:爐灶和冰箱不錯，

[03:07.06]and I don't see any loose electric wiring that could cause fires.\

[03:10.39]沒有見到松動容易引起火災的導線。

[03:13.72]A:Are the plumbing all right?

[03:15.45]A:管道好嗎?

[03:17.17]The plumbing seems OK,too.

[03:19.35]好像不錯,

[03:21.53]The toilet flushes and the shower has hot and cold water

[03:24.66]廁所沖水方便,淋浴有熱水冷水供應

[03:27.78]and the sinks don't seem to leak.

[03:29.82]水槽好像不漏水。

[03:31.85]A:The place is OK.Let's go there and have a look at it again.

[03:35.08]A:地方不錯，咱們再去看看吧!