英语访谈对话 277 New Apartment

 　　Todd: Do you have a good apartment in Japan?

　　Ivan: Uh, I got one now. Yeah. It's a 2DK, 2DK.

　　Todd: Yeah, what does 2DK mean?

　　Ivan: Ah, it's smaller than the 2LDK, uh, it's got a kitchen and two rooms.

　　Todd: Oh, really.

　　Ivan: Yeah. 2LDK, maybe that it's like living room, dining room, kitchen, all in one.

　　Todd: I don't know. So anyway, what's it like?

　　Ivan: It's better than my old place. I used to live in what's called a "gaijin house" which is just a shared apartment. I had a 6 mat¹ room, and a shared bathroom. Ah, not I have two 8 mat rooms, and my own bathroom, and a kitchen with 4 burners,instead of 2, uh, yeah!

　　Todd: Oh, wow, so you're in your new place now?

　　Ivan: Yeah, I'm in my new place now. Actually, the old place was owned by a company, they owned the land, and this really, really, awful woman owned the building, so I rented a room from the woman. I woke up one morning and the manager was putting stuff² in, was putting flyers in people's mailboxes. I took a look at the flyer. The flyer was saying that the company was going to destroy the building within a month period, so they were warning³ us to get out. Well, the manager was busy taking these flyers, so that the people inside the apartment wouldn't see it and move out. She wanted to get one more month of rent from us. So I took my flyer and I went down to the company that owned the land and said, "Where can I live now? You're making us leave in a month." He said, " Oh, I feel really bad about what you told me happened, so he gave me this 2DK, which is normally⁴ 120,000 a month for 60,000 with no key money and no depositTodd: Wow! That's nice.

　　Ivan: Yeah, I got lucky.

1 mat   

n.垫，丛，衬边；adj.粗糙的；v.纠缠在一起，铺席于...上，使...无光泽

参考例句：

• This mat has to be hammered down at the edges.必须把这张席子的边钉上。
• Please wipe your shoes on the mat.请在蹭鞋垫子上擦擦鞋。

2 stuff   

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。

3 warning   

n.警告，告诫，训诫，警戒，警报

参考例句：

• The other side paid no attention to our warning.对方不重视我方的警告。
• He realized that his doctor was warning him off drink.他意识到医生在告诫他戒酒。

4 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。