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【英语趣味课堂】自己住还是租房子住-Rent or Own

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Todd: So Mark, you are going back to America. (Yes) Man, where are you going to live when you go back?
 
Mark: Well, temporarily, I'll stay at my parents in Birmingham, Alabama.
 
Todd: OK, and where're you gonna live after that?
 
Mark: Well, I'm not sure. I might move down to South Florida. Florida is kind of my second home, and, yeah, I'd like to actually one day, get a house down there.
 
Todd: Oh, really.
 
Mark: Yeah.
 
Todd: You're just going to buy a house?
 
Mark: Well, I'd like to someday. I mean, I prefer to own my own home instead of always renting an apartment somewhere.
 
Todd: Yeah, but see, I think it's better to rent, cause you know, when you rent a house, you don't have to worry about losing your job, or if you have to relocate. You don't have to worry about if there's a natural disaster, and in Florida you seem to love those hurricanes1 down there.
 
Mark: That's definitely2 true.
 
Todd: You know.
 
Mark:But there's something about owning your own house, that's just, this is my house but I'm renting. It's like someone else, you know, I mean someone else does own your house, and you know, there's that feeling of like, you depend on them, you know for lodging3 but if it's your house, you own it, then there's a sense of independency there.
 
Todd: Yeah, that true. That's a good point but on the other hand, I just love my free time, and when you rent, you just got more free time. You know when you own a house. You have to do maintenance4. You have to do all the paperwork for taxes, and you know, city government stuff5, like that. When you rent it's just really easy.
 
Mark:Well, you know, the maintenance stuff can be fun. It depends on how you look at it. Like, you know, if it's your house, you actually might be motivated6 to make it look better cause it's, you take pride in, you know, where you live and it's your house, and what do you do in your free time anyway? Like what do you do in your free times?
 
Todd: What do I do in my free time?
 
Mark: Yeah.
 
Todd: Well, I don't fix pipes and work on plumbing7 and garden, that's for sure.
 
Mark: But, well, but why not? I mean.
 
Todd: Good point. That's true. 

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1 hurricanes f91463b65f69e395e352ab7701a2a5fc     
n.飓风, (尤指西印度群岛的)旋风( hurricane的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Most hurricanes occur before leaf drop and during or following heavy rains. 大多数飓风出现在落叶以前,暴雨之时或暴雨之后。 来自辞典例句
  • Hurricanes never find people prepared. 飓风总是乘人不备突然袭击的。 来自辞典例句
2 definitely RuJzx0     
adv.一定地,肯定地;明确地,确切地
参考例句:
  • The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛,这个队肯定会输。
  • I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前,我一定回家。
3 lodging wRgz9     
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
参考例句:
  • The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
  • Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?
4 maintenance U8rzP     
n.维修,保养,扶养费,维持,保持
参考例句:
  • His small farm provides maintenance,but not much more.他的小农场能使他们维持生活,但仅此而已。
  • He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须给前妻赡养费。
5 stuff Itsw1     
n.原料,材料,东西;vt.填满;吃饱
参考例句:
  • We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
  • He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
6 motivated snNzij     
adj.有积极性的
参考例句:
  • His actions were motivated by greed. 他的作为是贪婪之心所驱使的。
  • He is motivated entirely by self-interest. 他做事完全出于私利。
7 plumbing klaz0A     
n.水管装置;水暖工的工作;管道工程v.用铅锤测量(plumb的现在分词);探究
参考例句:
  • She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. 她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
  • They're going to have to put in new plumbing. 他们将需要安装新的水管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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