86 Talking About Housing
談論住房
A:What a terrible house!
A:房子太糟糕了！
I'm sick of it,too. A:The door bell doesn't work,the sink is leaking,
我也討厭透了。 門鈴不響,水池漏水,
there's no hot water,and the buiding is falling apart!\
沒有熱水，樓都要倒塌了！
It's no use complaining.If we had got enough money,we wouldn't put up with it!
抱怨有什么用?有錢的話我們才不忍受這些呢
A:Come on in.Let me show you the house.Isn't it something?
快請進，我來帶你看看房子.漂亮不漂亮？
Spacious,bright and clean.And the walls were newly painted.
寬敞、明亮、整潔。墻壁是新刷過的。
Have you ever seen such a nice house?\
見過這么好的房子嗎？
B:Not really.A:This is the kitchen.Every-thing's new.
B:還真沒有見過. A:這是廚房，全是新的。
B:It's great!
B:太棒了。
I've found a nice place in this district.Three bedrooms,a large kitchen,
在這個區我找到一個好地方.三居室,廚房很大,
high ceilings,a tile bath and a big drawing room.
屋頂很高,瓷磚裝修的洗澡間,還有一個大客廳。
It sounds nice,but don't forget this is a seedy,run-down neighborhood.
聽起來不錯,但是別忘了周圍都是破舊骯臟的房舍
A:What about the one on the Yellow River Road?
A:那么黃河路上的那一套怎么樣？
It's a two-bedroom one,and renovated building with an eat-in kitchen.\
兩居室,全樓經過整修,廚房很大,可以在里面就餐
B:It's a bit small but looks nice.
B:面積不大，但是看起來不錯。
What's more,it's only ten minutes' walk to the company.
此外，離公司只有十分鐘的路。
A:Hello,may I help you?
A:你好，能幫你嗎？
B:Yes.We're interested in seeing the rooms for rent.
是的，我們很想看看你要出租的房子。
A:Oh,how nice.They're bright rooms and the house is very quiet.
太好了.房間很明亮，房子也很安靜。
B:A nice quiet house is exactly what we're looking for.
B:我們找的就是安靜合適的房子。
A:Well,gentleman.Each room is $40 a week if you think that's OK.
先生,如果你認為可以的話,每個房間每周40美元
B:That sounds just wonderful to us.
B:我們認為完全可以。
A:When do you want to move in?
A:想什么時候搬進來？
B:How about this afernoon?
B:今天下午怎么樣？
A:Fine.I'll be expecting you around two.
A:很好，我兩點鐘左右等你。
A:My dear,it's five flights up!
A:親愛的，要爬上五段樓梯呀！
B:That's all right.We'll get used to it.Besides,it is quiet up there.
沒關系,我們會適應的.此外高處很安靜,
We're little further away from the street and traffic noise
我們遠離街道，聽不到交通噪音，
and there's no one living over us.
上邊還沒有人居住。
A:Is the place well-furnished?
A:房子裝修得好嗎？
Yes,it's pretty bright in there and big enough for our children to play.
是的,明亮寬敞,孩子們可以在里面玩.
A:What about the kitchen?
A:廚房呢？
B:The stove and refrigerator are in good working order,
B:爐灶和冰箱不錯，
and I don't see any loose electric wiring that could cause fires.\
沒有見到松動容易引起火災的導線。
A:Are the plumbing all right?
A:管道好嗎？
The plumbing seems OK,too.
好像不錯,
The toilet flushes and the shower has hot and cold water
廁所沖水方便,淋浴有熱水冷水供應
and the sinks don't seem to leak.
水槽好像不漏水。
A:The place is OK.Let's go there and have a look at it again.
A:地方不錯，咱們再去看看吧！