英语口语流行话题 第45期:漂一族 23-1

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　　A: I got the offer to work as a department assistant in IBM yesterday.

　　A: 我昨天收到了IBM公司发来的签约通知，担任部门助理一职。

　　B: Cool! Congratulations!

　　B: 帅!恭喜啊!

　　A: Thank you! But now I have to rent a new house. I have already changed my place three times since I came here. It is really suffering. However, the IBM company is far from my present place. I don't wanna waste a lot of time on bus every day.

　　A: 谢了!不过现在我又得另寻其他住处了。从刚到这儿到现在，我已经搬过三次家了，真是痛苦啊。不过IBM公司离我现在住的地方太远了，我可不想每天把大量的时间浪费在公交车上。

　　B: Well. it seems to make sense. I think you'd better search for some information on the Internet first. Now, there are many websites providing housing services. What's more, you can do some comparisons among different houses.

　　B: 嗯，说得也是。我认为你最好先在网上找点信息。现在有很多提供租房服务的网站。而且你也可以在不同房子之间做个比较。

　　A: Good idea! What about you?

　　A. 好主意。你最近怎么样啊?

　　B: I'm afraid I have to leave this city soon.

　　B: 我恐怕很快要离开这里了。

　　A: Why?

　　A: 为什么啊?

　　B: My company has decided¹ to transfer me to Shanghai branch company next month.

　　B: 公司已决定下个月把我派到上海分公司去工作。

　　A: It's really hard for me to accept this news. I can still recall how we corented an apartment when we first came here.

　　A: 真是有点舍不得你走。我还记得当初我们来这儿一起合租房子的情景呢。

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adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。