Apartment
All my friends in Paris seemed very happy when I was leaving. To them they were not losing a friend but gaining an apartment.
當我要離開時,我所有在巴黎的朋友好象都很高興,對他們來說他們一個朋友也沒有失去,但卻得到了一套公寓。
注:他要暫時離開半年,有套單元房留給朋友們住,朋友們很高興,他們的友誼得以繼續(xù)。
I really enjoy camping, especially since I don’t have enough money to buy an apartment.
我喜歡野營,特別是因為我沒有足夠的錢買房子。
注:他不是喜歡野營,他是沒錢買房子,被逼無奈才住在帳篷里。
We’re lucky we have an apartment. If we lived in our car, we'd be home by now.
幸運地是我們還有房子住,我們?nèi)绻≡谄嚴铮F(xiàn)在就到家里了。
注:你爸爸在車里抱怨交通擁堵,你這么勸他。
注:應該樂觀地看問題。