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70.Buying a House
70.買房
As the sale was drawing to a close, Mark looked around at his dream house and drank to his success!
隨著拍賣接近尾聲，馬克仔細(xì)打量著他那稱心如意的房子，為他的成功干一杯！
The owner had driven a hard bargain, but Mark had outbid everyone and the house was his.
房主很會迫使對方接受苛刻條件，但馬克的出價最高，所以拿到了這所房子。
Now if only his wife would be happy about it!
要是妻子對這房子滿意就好啦！
Hopefully she wouldn't drive him up the wall with how much he had spent.
但愿她不會問他花了多少錢而把他逼得發(fā)瘋！
Whatever, Mark would find the right words to drive home what a good deal this purchase was.
無論如何，馬克會找到合適的話把事情說得明明白白，告訴她這樁買賣是多么合算。
The house was still full of people.
房子里仍然擠滿了人。
They were dressed up in fancy clothes, also in awe of the home, and somewhat dejected that they had not been able to buy it themselves.
他們穿著髙檔衣服，他們也對這所房子驚嘆不已，對自己沒能把它弄到手顯得有些垂頭喪氣。
One of them drew their attention to Mark as he walked by and they all raised their glasses to him.
馬克走過的時候，其中一個人把他們的注意力引向了馬克，大家都對他舉起了酒杯。
Cheers! They all said.
干杯！他們一起說道。
Drink up, Mark thought, I'd like to drive you all out now, but the home is not mine yet!
喝光了吧，馬克想，我想把你們都趕出去，可這房子還不是我的！
When everyone finally started to drift away Mark went into a back room with the owner to draw up the papers for the sale.
等到大伙兒終于開始逐漸離去，馬克和房主來到一間后房起草買賣合同。
There was a slight change to the sale, however, but when Mark figured out what the current owners were driving at he was still okay.
不過，買賣合同發(fā)生了一點(diǎn)小小的變化，當(dāng)馬克弄明白目前的房主是何用意之后，他還是答應(yīng)了。
They just wanted to finish out the month before they vacated the premises.
他們不過是想住滿這個月再把房屋騰出來。
Mark drew the papers to himself, shook their hands and took his leave.
馬克拿起文件和他們握手，然后就告辭了。
He could wait one month to live in the house he had always dreamed of.
他可以等一個月再住進(jìn)這套他一直夢寐以求的房子。
Now to find the right words to break the news to his wife!
現(xiàn)在他要尋找合適的詞把這個消息告訴妻子！
