英语访谈对话 139 House Description

 　　Todd: OK. Nicola we are going to talk about your house in Australia?

　　Nicola: About my house!

　　Todd: Is that OK.

　　Nicola: It changes quite often.

　　Todd: OK. How about your last house? The last house you were at.

　　Nicola: OK.

　　Todd: Let's talk about the kitchen.

　　Nicola: Mm-hm.

　　Todd: OK. What was in the kitchen?

　　Nicola: There were a lot of paintings, actually!

　　Todd: Paintings in the kitchen.

　　Nicola: Paintings in the kitchen. Yeah!

　　Todd: Wow! That's really nice.

　　Nicola: But there were paintings and then the usual things, like a fridge, and an oven and kitchen utensils¹.

　　Todd: OK. Wow! What was in the living room?

　　Nicola: In the living room we had two couches, and a rug, and a big book shelf, and a bean bag.

　　Todd: A bean bag!

　　Nicola: Mm-hm.

　　Todd: So to sit in, you sit in the bean bag.

　　Nicola: Yeah, to sit down, lie, relax.

　　Todd: OK. Nice. What's in the bathroom?

　　Nicola: The bathroon we had -- it was a small bathroom. There was just a shower, and a basin, and a cupboard, that was about it.

1 utensils   

器具，用具，器皿( utensil的名词复数 )； 器物

参考例句：

• Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass. 以前我们家庭用的器皿多数是用黄铜做的。
• Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。