居家住房
你對自己住的房子滿意嗎?你是否能夠處理住房過程中出現的一系列問題?你是否正在找新的住處?對話中,Jason和Alice看中了一套公寓,關于這套公寓,來看看他們在談些什么。
你覺得這個公寓怎么樣?What do you think of this apartment?
= How do you like this flat?
我喜歡客廳,比較大,而且陽光充足。I love the living room; it’s huge and filled with sunshine.
○ The bedroom is a little small for us.
對我們來說臥室有點小了。
請到客廳來。Please come into the living room.
○ Go to your room.
回你的房間去。
收拾一下你的房間。Clean your room.
= Clean / Pick up your room.
○ Pick up your clothes. 收拾一下你的衣服。
請用吸塵器把整個房子打掃一下。Please vacuum the whole house.
○ Sweep the floor. 掃掃地。
★ vacuum [] v. 用真空吸塵器打掃
這地方跟豬圈一樣。This place is a pigsty.
○ What a mess! 真夠臟亂的!
★ pigsty [] n. 豬圈
★ mess [] n. 臟亂,混亂
打開窗戶,給房間通通風。Open the window and air the room.
○ It’s stuffy in here.
這兒太悶了。
★ stuffy [] a. 不通氣的,空氣悶的
水池子堵了。The sink is clogged.
○ The drain is backed up. 下水道堵了。
★ sink [] n. 水池子,水槽
★ clog [] v. 堵塞
★ drain [] n. 下水道
● back up(使)淤塞
抽水馬桶漏水了。The toilet is running.
○ The toilet overflowed. 馬桶溢水了。
這個水龍頭在不停地漏水。This faucet leaks day and night.
★ faucet [] n. 龍頭
★ leak [] v. 漏
沒有電。The electricity isn’t working.
★ electricity [] n. 電
沒有暖氣。There’s no heat.
○ The heat is out. 暖氣不供暖了。
把空調打開/關上。Turn on/off the air conditioner.
○ Turn up/down the air conditioner. 把空調調高/低點。
★ conditioner [] n. 調節裝置
你打算怎樣裝飾這個房間?How are you going to decorate this room?
★ decorate [] v. 裝飾,裝修,布置
也許我們應該買些新家具。Maybe we could get some new furniture.
★ furniture [] n. 家具