专四每日一听 第8期(在线收听

居家住房

你对自己住的房子满意吗?你是否能够处理住房过程中出现的一系列问题?你是否正在找新的住处?对话中,Jason和Alice看中了一套公寓,关于这套公寓,来看看他们在谈些什么。

你觉得这个公寓怎么样?What do you think of this apartment?
= How do you like this flat?
我喜欢客厅,比较大,而且阳光充足。I love the living room; it’s huge and filled with sunshine.
○ The bedroom is a little small for us.
     对我们来说卧室有点小了。
请到客厅来。Please come into the living room.

○ Go to your room.
 回你的房间去。
收拾一下你的房间。Clean your room.
  = Clean / Pick up your room.
 
○ Pick up your clothes. 收拾一下你的衣服。
请用吸尘器把整个房子打扫一下。Please vacuum the whole house.

○  Sweep the floor. 扫扫地。
 ★  vacuum [] v. 用真空吸尘器打扫
这地方跟猪圈一样。This place is a pigsty.

○ What a mess! 真够脏乱的!
★ pigsty [] n. 猪圈
 ★ mess [] n. 脏乱,混乱
打开窗户,给房间通通风。Open the window and air the room.

○ It’s stuffy in here.
    这儿太闷了。
 ★ stuffy [] a. 不通气的,空气闷的
水池子堵了。The sink is clogged.

○ The drain is backed up. 下水道堵了。
★ sink [] n. 水池子,水槽
★ clog [] v. 堵塞
★ drain [] n. 下水道
  ● back up(使)淤塞
抽水马桶漏水了。The toilet is running.

○ The toilet overflowed. 马桶溢水了。
这个水龙头在不停地漏水。This faucet leaks day and night.
★ faucet [] n. 龙头
 ★ leak [] v. 漏
没有电。The electricity isn’t working.
★ electricity [] n. 电
没有暖气。There’s no heat.

○ The heat is out. 暖气不供暖了。
把空调打开/关上。Turn on/off the air conditioner.

○ Turn up/down the air conditioner. 把空调调高/低点。
 ★ conditioner [] n. 调节装置
你打算怎样装饰这个房间?How are you going to decorate this room?
★ decorate [] v. 装饰,装修,布置
也许我们应该买些新家具。Maybe we could get some new furniture.
★ furniture [] n. 家具

Talking about Apartment

Jason:What do you think of this flat?
Alice:It’s not really all that good. The bedroom is a little small for us.
Jason:Small but it should be enough for our needs, I think.
Alice:But there’s no hot water after 10 at night. Sometimes I like to have a hot shower before bed, especially in the winter. It feels good.
Jason:That’s true. But I love the living room; it’s huge and filled with sunshine.
Alice:True, and I like the kitchen. It’s new and well equipped.
Jason:It has a great balcony with an incredible view of the park.
Alice:You’re right. The view is spectacular. But that bedroom is so small. We’d never be able to fit all of our stuff in there.
Jason:Maybe we could get some new furniture. Better stuff.
Alice:I haven’t thought of that.

谈论公寓

杰森:你觉得这个公寓怎么样?
爱丽丝:并不那么好。对我们来说卧室有点小了。
杰森:是小,不过我想已经足够我们两个人用了。
爱丽丝:但是晚上十点钟以后就没有热水了。有时候我想睡觉前洗个热水澡,尤其是在冬天,感觉很好。
杰森:那倒是,但是我喜欢客厅,比较大,而且阳光充足。
爱丽丝:是的,我还喜欢厨房,都是新的,设备也齐全。
杰森:还有一个很棒的阳台,可以看到公园的美景。
爱丽丝:是的,风景很优美。但是卧室那么小,放不下我们的东西。
杰森:或许我们应该买些新家具,更好的东西。
爱丽丝:我没有想过

详细解说

“What do you think of…”这个句型可以用来询问别人对某事物的看法。

“have/take a hot shower ”表示“冲个热水澡”。例如: Mary loves
  
  having a hot shower after she’s been swimming. (玛丽喜欢游泳后冲个热水澡。)“洗冷水澡”则为“have/take a cold shower”,例如:It was such a hot night that I had a cold shower to refresh myself.(那个晚上好热,我冲了个冷水澡提提神。)

“be filled with sunshine”表示“阳光普照,充满阳光”。“be filled with  sth.”表示“被…填满,充满着…”,例如:The room is filled with the sound of children's laughter.(房间里充满了孩子们的欢声笑语。)

“be well equipped”表示“设备安装得很齐全、很完备”。另外,“be equipped with sth.”表示“安装/配备有某种设备”。例如:The rooms are equipped with video cameras.(这些房间都安装了摄像头。)

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