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