生活英語情景口語:關於租房的二三件事

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H: how is your house hunting going?
L: not very well. I haven’t found anything within my price range yet.
H: how much are you looking to spend?
L: I can only afford about 300 pounds a month.
H: looks like you’re not going to get more than a bedroom in a shared flat with that.
L: really? That’s a lot of money to pay for one room.
H: well, if you want to live in London, you have to pay the price!
L: do you know of anyone who needs a roommate?
H: I can ask around at work. Do you have a preference for smakers or non-smokers?
L: I’d prefer non-smoking roommates, but I guess I’ll have to take what I can get!
H: how long do you want to sign a contract for?
L: I can sign a contract up to a year. I don’t know where I’ll be after that.
H: do you need a furnished or unfurnished apartment?
L: I don’t have any furniture, so it’d be great if it were furnished.
H: you know that you’ll have to pay utilities on top of the rent, right?
L: no, I thought that would be included in the rent.
H: it’s not usually included, so you’ll have to factor in about 100 pounds more each month for utilities.
L: I don't think I can afford that.
H: don’t worry. Sometimes people will give you a discount if you promise to do the clearing or take care of the children.
L: that’s agood idea. I’ll look into finding something like that.

你的房子找的怎麼樣了？
不怎麼樣。還沒找到價格能在我承受範圍內的。
你想找多少錢的？
我只能承受月租300英鎊以內的。
那我看你也頂多就是和別人合租一套公寓，自己住其中一間。
真的嗎？一居室也要很多錢。
對啊，如果你想住在倫敦，就得付這麼多錢。
你知道還有誰在找合租夥伴嗎？
我可以問問周圍的同事們、你會優先考慮吸菸的還是不吸菸的？
我希望合租者不吸菸。不過，我想我總得爲得到的付出點代價。
你的租房合同打算籤多久？
頂多一年。我不知道一年之後自己會去哪裏。
你需要房子配了傢俱還是沒配傢俱的。
我什麼傢俱都沒有，所以如果傢俱能一應俱全那就太好了。
你知道水電費會在房租以外另算，是吧。
不知道，我以爲都包含在房租裏。
一般都不包含。所以你得考慮到這個因素，每月要水，電，煤氣等費用多付100英鎊。
我覺得我會租不起。
別擔心。有時候如果你願意打掃房間或者照看小孩，房東會給你打折的。
這真是個好主意。我就按照這個條件去找找看。

Furnished 有傢俱的
On/off campus 在校內/外
Block of flats 公寓樓
Surrounding 環境
Facility 設施
Kitchen 廚房
Radiator 電暖氣
Deposit 押金
Landlady 女房東
Lease 租期
Renew 續約
Balcony 陽臺
Fitting 裝置，傢俱
Fit up 裝備
Apartment 公寓單元房

What type of apartment do you live in?
你住什麼類型的公寓？