英语口语每天说083

　　083 house

　　1. I saw a sign apartment to rent outside.

　　2. Is it furnished²?

　　3. You have to buy your own furniture.

　　4. How much is the rent?

　　5. How long is the lease³?

　　6. When can I move in?

　　7. There isn't enough light and air.

　　8. You have to deposit⁴ two month of rent in advance⁵.

　　Dialogue 1.

　　Can I help you?

　　Yes, I'm looking for a house.

　　To buy or to rent?

　　Oh, to rent.

　　How much do you want to pay?

　　About 300 a month.

　　Well, I've got one here. It's 260 a month.

　　How big is it?

　　It's got a kitchen, a bathroom, and one bedroom.

　　Well, actually I prefer something a bit bigger if that's possible.

　　Yes, I think so . There is also an interesting one.It's opposite the park.

　　How much is it?

　　It's 325 a month. It's the biggest we've got in this area.

　　What's it like?

　　Well, There're two bedrooms, a sitting room, a kitchen and a bathroom.

　　It sounds interesting. Can I go and see it?

　　Of course, Sir.

　　Dialogue 2.

　　Hello, May I help you?

　　Yes, we're interested in seeing the rooms for rent.

　　Oh, how nice! there are bright rooms and the house is very quiet.

　　That is exactly what we're looking for.

　　Well, each room is 40 dollars a week.

　　That sounds all right to us.

　　When do you want to move in?

　　How about tomorrow afternoon?

　　Fine, I'll be expecting you.

　　See you tomorrow.

　　Dialoque 3.

　　How many rooms are you looking for?

　　Oh, four or five. How much is the rent for this apartment?

　　150 a month.

　　150? No, I'm not really interested in this place. It isn't big enough. It isn't near enough to my office.

　　Rents are very high in downtown⁶ area. Last week I rented a lovely room to live in.

　　It's quite a nice size and I liked the light green paint very much. The most satisfatory thing is that it has a garden and I can sit in it and relax. The kitchen is big enough, and the fireplace⁷ has enough central heating⁸. The bathroom is well-decorated and the facilities⁹ are new. The land lady told me some house rules. she said smoking¹⁰ in the room is not allowed and I agreed. in general, I feel very lucky to rent such a house to live in.

　　House

　　1. What kind of house do you want to buy?

　　2. How are you going to decorate the house?

　　3. I'm going to paint the walls white.

　　4. Is this same clicking¹¹ again?

　　5. Could you tell me something about the house?

　　6. There's quite a big sitting room and a kitchen.

　　7. Now we're living out the suburbs¹².

　　8. We bought the house last year.

　　Dialogue 1.

　　Have you got your invitation¹³ yet?

　　My invitation? No, I haven't. My invitation to what?

　　The house warming party.

　　Whose house warming party is it?

　　Tom and Bill Smith. They are both working now you know? And they've bought a new house.

　　Oh, they have? I didn't know. I haven't seen Tom lately¹⁴.

　　It's out in the suburbs.

　　Have you seen the house?

　　Yes, I have. I went out with them last weekend.

　　Is it nice?

　　Yes, it is. There are three bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, and a big kitchen.

　　There's also a garden.

　　Well, that does sound nice. Have they moved in yet?

　　They are moving today. Tom's taken the day off. He's rented a truck, and they should have all their furniture in the house tonight.

　　When are they going to have the party?

　　Next Saturday night. You should get your invitation today or tomorrow.

　　Wow, that would be something to look forward to.

　　Dialogue 2.

　　What a terrible house!

　　I'm sick of it ,too.

　　The door bell doesn't work, there's no hot water, and the building is falling apart¹.

　　It's no use complaining. If we had got enough money, we couldn't put up with it, and would have moved out.

　　Sure.

　　Dialogue 3

　　What are you doing to your house?

　　We're redecorating our living room.

　　What are you going to do to it?

　　First, we're going to change the curtains¹⁵, then we're going to paint the walls.

　　What colour are you going to paint them?

　　Pale yellow.

　　What else are you going to do ?

　　We're going to put in some new furniture.

　　Last month I bought a new house, what's it like? Well, on the ground floor, there's a living room ,a dining room and a kitchen. on the first floor there're three bedrooms.

　　the two small onces are for our son Peter and our daughter Hazil. They're going to decorate their bedrooms. Hazil is going to paint hers green. and Peter is going to paint his blue.There's one other bedroom, my wife's and mine, opposite the other two. It has brown and white walls. This afternoon the house was almost empty, there's almost no furniture in it. neither the dining room nor the living room has any chairs or tables. There are no carpets¹⁶ on the floors anywhere. There aren't any beds in the bedrooms. but there's a television in the kitchen, and it works¹⁷. My wife is watching it. All of us are waiting for the furniture. We telephoned it about three hours ago. and it'll never come. Ahh, what's that? The telephone is ringing. Mr, Evan, we can't find the house. Where's it please?

1 apart   

adv.除去，撇开；分开；相隔，相距

参考例句：

• I helped her pull the two fighting boys apart.我帮她把两个打架的男孩拉开。
• I like to keep my work apart from my family.我不喜欢让家里人插手我的工作。

2 furnished   

adj.配备了家具的

参考例句：

• The room was furnished with a cupboard and some old furniture.房间里有一个碗柜和几件旧家具。
• They furnished their house with red carpets.他们用红地毯装饰了他们的房子。

3 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。

4 deposit   

n.定金，存款，矿藏；vt.使沉淀，寄存，储蓄

参考例句：

• There is too much deposit in a bottle of wine.酒瓶里有太多的沉淀物。
• The hotel requires a deposit for all advance bookings.旅馆规定凡预订房间都要先付订金。

5 advance   

n.前进，预付 vi.前进，进展 vt.促进，推进

参考例句：

• The booking office sells tickets 3 days in advance.售票处预售3天的票。
• She walked 2 yards in advance of her husband.她走在她丈夫前面两码远的地方。

6 downtown   

n.市中心区，市中心；adj.市中心的；adv.往闹区

参考例句：

• You have to be downtown in a hurry.你得赶快去市中心。
• How often does the bus to downtown run?到市中心的公共汽车多久来一班？

7 fireplace   

n.壁炉，炉灶

参考例句：

• The fireplace smokes badly.这壁炉冒烟太多。
• I think we should wall up the fireplace.我想应该封住壁炉。

8 heating   

n.加热，供暖，暖气装置；adj.加热的，供暖的

参考例句：

• They will install a heating and lighting system in our house.他们将在我们家装上供热供电系统。
• If the pressure is too low,the heating system will act up.如果压力太低，供暖系统就会出毛病。

9 facilities   

n.工具；（学习、做事的）天资；（机器等的）特别装置；（供特定用途的）场；设备( facility的名词复数)；容易；能力；灵巧

参考例句：

• facilities for bathing and boating 游泳和划船设施
• childcare facilities for working parents 为职业父母提供的照管儿童的设施

10 smoking   

n.吸烟，抽烟；冒烟

参考例句：

• He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
• He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。

11 clicking   

v.使发出咔哒声，使咔哒（或咔嚓）响( click的现在分词 )；突然明白；配合默契；在计算机荧光屏上用鼠标器)咔嗒一按

参考例句：

• The metal container began to emit a clicking sound. 金属容器开始发出咔嗒咔嗒的声音。
• The machine is clicking away. 机声轧轧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12 suburbs   

n.郊区，城郊( suburb的名词复数 )；四乡；隧；四郊

参考例句：

• The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party's support. 贫穷的郊区在传统上构成了支持该党的牢固基础。
• The new college will be located in the suburbs. 这所新建的学院将设在郊区。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 invitation   

n.请帖；邀请

参考例句：

• Thank you for your invitation.谢谢你的邀请。
• You didn't send me an invitation!你没送我请帖！

14 lately   

adv.最近，不久前

参考例句：

• I don't like reading novels lately.近来我不喜欢读小说。
• She's only lately begun working here.最近她才开始在这儿工作。

15 curtains   

n.帘( curtain的名词复数 )；幕；窗帘；覆盖物

参考例句：

• The curtains billowed in the breeze. 微风吹得窗帘鼓了起来。
• a chink in the curtains 窗帘上的缝隙

16 carpets   

n.地毯( carpet的名词复数 )；（尤指铺满房间的一块）地毯；覆盖地面的一层厚东西

参考例句：

• The paddy fields looked like carpets of fresh green. 稻田像一片片翠绿的地毯。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The carpets had worn rather threadbare. 地毯已磨得相当破旧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。