移动英语－精选对话2级第 3 部分-04

　　B: Thanks. This one on the Mirrors Street looks nice. Can I see it please?
A: Sure. Let me get the key and we will go to look at it together.
B: Right. Thank you.
Unit Seven Rent (Eric is talking with the landlord² about the rent.)
A: How do you like the two bed room?
B: Oh, it’s nice, I like it. How much is the rent?
A: The rent is nine hundred dollars a month.
B: OK, all so. What are the moving-in fees?
A: There is a one hundred dollar cleaning de - posit³. And the first and last month’s rent must be paid in advance. So your total move-in cost is one thousand eight hundred dollars.
B: When should I pay you the rent?
A: On the eighth of every month.
B: Is the rent of nine hundred dollars for a six month or one year lease¹?
A: The six month one.
B: OK. Thank you.
Unit Eight Water, electricity, gas and apartment renting (Jason is looking for an apartment. He is talking with the owner.)
A: Are you satisfied with the apartment, Mr. Jason?
B: Looks fine, but I wonder how about the gas, water and electricity?
A: No problem. There are gas high pipes and gas cooker, very convenient to do the cooking.
B: Is the hot water offer all day and night?
A: Yes.
B: How about the electricity? Does the power cut often happen?
A: Never.
B: Great! Are the charges for the gas, water and the electricity included in the rent?

1 lease   

n.租约，租期，租；v.出租，租出，租得

参考例句：

• When does the lease of the house run out?这房子的租约何时到期？
• He signed the lease yesterday.昨天他在租约上签了字。

2 landlord   

n.地主，房东，(旅店)店主

参考例句：

• He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
• He used to be a long - term labourer for a landlord.他早先给地主扛过长活。

3 posit   

v.假定，认为

参考例句：

• If she needs salvation,she will posit a savior.如果她需要救助，她就会设想一个救助者。
• Other historians posit that she died of old age around 550 BC.别的史学家则认为她一直活到公元前550年左右才寿终正寝。