每天说半小时英语口语048

48.Apartment 公寓(上)

1.Where can I find an apartment?

2.I'm going to find a place near my office.

3.Do you have your own house?

4.It's a long trip to work every day.

5.How can you find an apartment?

6.Can I find an apartment by checking the ads. in a newspaper?

7.Apartments in the suburbs are cheaper.

8.I've got a vacancy.

9.When do you think is convenient to see the room.

10.Can you tell me your present address?

Dialogue One

A:Are you going home now?

B:No,I'm not.

A:What are you going to do?Are you going to work late?

B:No,I'm not.I'm going to look for an apartment.

A:An apartment?Why?

B:I'm going to try to find a place near the office.

A:Where are you living now?

B:Out in the suburbs.It's a long trip to work every day.

A:How are you going to find an apartment ?

B:I'm going to buy a newspaper and check the classified ads.

A:Apartments in the city are expensive.

B:I know,but I'm going to enroll in a night school to take a course in business management.

Dialogue TWo

A:Now darling,I know that we've bought this house together,but it's just going to be far too expensive to decorate it.I think we should sell it.

B:Oh,no,Nathan,I...I really think we've bought this flat at the right time,you know.Market prices are going to go up,and I think you'll find in a year or two it will be worth a lot more.

A:But we're going to spend so much money in furnishing and decorating.I think we could get a much cheaper place that's already furnished.

B:But don't you like this place? I remember when we came to see it we thought it would be lovely.

A:Well,only you liked it really,darling.

B:Oh,why didn't you say so then?But I still think we've made a good buy.

Dialogue Three

A:Good morning.May I help you?

B:Yes.I'm looking for an apartment_I'd like two bedrooms.

A:All right. Have a seat,please.Let me ask you a few questions.First of all,may I have your name,please?

B:My name's Donald Eakins.

A:How do you spell your last name,Mr.Eakins.

B:It's E-A-K-I-N-S.

A:E-A-K-I-N-S.First name :Donald.And what's your present address,Mr.Eakins?

B:It's 1446 Pine Street.

A:1446 Pine.That's in San Francisco,isn't it?

B:Yes,it is.

购买新居

The Smiths have bought a new house.Mr.Smith think that the house is very beautiful,and they are lucky.It's in a small town 20 miles south of the capital city.The location is very good.The house looks quite new from outside.It has a nice living room, a dinning room and two large bedrooms.One for them and the other for the kids.The kitchen is modern.It has a new refrigerator,and an electric stove and a dishwasher.They plan to buy some furniture for their new house.They will move in next week.

Apartment 公寓（下）

1.Would you like to rent a house or buy a house?

2.How long do you want to rent the house?

3.I've got a furnished house to let.

4.I'm afraid I just want to rent the house for three months.

5.What's the condition of the house?

6.Do you have a refrigerator and a dishwasher in the kitchen?

7.Do we have to paint the wall?

8.We can decorate the house ourselves.

9.I think it's a good bargain.

10.I like the house very much because it faces the south.

Dialogue One

A:Good morning!May I help you?

B:Yes.My wife and I are interested in renting a house for the summer.

A:Do you want a furnished house or an unfurnished one?

B:Furnished.

A:Very well.How long do you want the house?All summer?

B:No,not all summer.Just for six weeks.

A:I'm afraid I can only rent it for two months.

B:My holiday is only six weeks,but I think my brother and his family would take it for the other two weeks.Is the house in good condition?

A:Yes,it is .It was just painted and it has all the modern conveniences.

Dialogue Two

A:I wonder if you could help me_I'm looking for a room.

B:Well,I have got a vacancy.

A:What sort of price are you asking?

B:Eight doalls fifty a week excluding laundry.

A:Would it be convenient to see the room?

B:Can you call back later?We're right in the middle of lunch.

Dialogue Three

A:May I come in?

B:Yeah,Please do.Now let me show you the house.

A:This seems a pretty nice room,I should say.

B:You bet.This is the nicest room in the district.You know what, I just had all the walls repainted last month.

A:What about the kitchen?

B:It's a well furnished eat-in kitchen.The stove and the ice-box are in good order,and the plumbing is OK,too.

A:I see.I'd like to live here for about three years.

B:Terrific!When are you moving in?

A:Next Saturday at the earliest.

租房

There are different types of renting-houses,such as furnished apatments,partly furnished apartments or unfurnished apartments.For a furnished one, it usually includes a refrigerator, a washing machine,a stove,a dinning room table ,beds,etc. You needn't buy those things when you move in.Sometimes you can even find knives,forks,plates and so on.As to the partly furnished apartment,maybe you can onlu find refrigerator and stove,but it is different in various places.