售房英语对话-Preparing to Move Out(3)

A: I want our moving day to go smoothly¹ and am open to your suggestions.
B: I would suggest that you make a list and check off the items as you go along. The list will get shorter as your moving date approaches.
A: What things do people usually put on their moving-out list?
B: One thing that can be done ahead of time is to get rid of excess stuff by having a garage sale.
A: That would mean a lot less time wasted in packing up our things.
B: List scheduling your moving van as an item on your to do list.
A: Do people ever start packing a month or so before moving?
B: You can certainly start packing things that you won’t be using right away.
A: I don’t know if I should have my utilities shut off or leave them on for the people who are moving in.
B: You could simply have all the utilities shut off on the day you move out, but you might want to coordinate² that with the new owners.
 

1 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

2 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。