买卖房屋英语会话
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买卖房屋
House Trading
1. What
kind of places are you interested in?
你对什么样的房子感兴趣？
2. Which newspaper has the
most housing information?
哪种报纸的房屋信息比较多？
3.
I prefer a quiet neighborhood.
我喜欢安静一点的环境。
4. What’s your budget?
你的预算大约是多少？
5.
Do you have a two-bedroom-and-one-living-room
apartment?
你有两室一厅的公寓吗？
6. I’m looking
for a place to live that’s large enough for four
people.
我找可够四个人住的房子。
7. How old is
this building?
这栋建筑楼龄多少？
8. Is the house
furnished?
请问房子有家具吗？
9. Is there an
elevator in this building?
这座大楼有电梯吗？
10. Is the grocery shopping
convenient around here?
这里买东西方便吗？
11.
There is no window in the bathroom.
浴室没有窗户。
12. I like the open kitchen very much.
我很喜欢开放式的厨房。
13. The room is not bright
enough.
房间光线不够亮。
14. When do we sign the
contract?
我们什么时候可以签合约？
15. It’s a nice
house, but I’ll still like to see another one.
这套公寓不错，但我还想再看看另一套。
16. Does this building
have 24-hour security?
这栋楼有24小时保安吗？
17.
May I think about it and give you a call a few
days
later?
我要考虑一下，过几天再给你电话。
Conversation
Dialogue 1
A: Good
morning. Is this house for sale?
早上好！这座房子要出售吗？
B: That’s right.
对。
A: May I have a look at
it, please?
我能看看房子吗？
B: Sure. Come in,
please.
当然可以，请进。
A: When was it built?
这座房子是什么时候建的？
B: In 1996.
1996年。
A: Oh, this is an open kitchen. I love it. The
rooms are bright
enough. And how much does it
cost?
噢，这是开放式的厨房，我喜欢。房间的光线不错。它要
卖多少钱呢？
B: 106,000 dollars.
106000美元。
A:
That’s a lot of money. But I like the house.
那是一大笔钱，不过我喜欢这个房子。
Dialogue 2
A: Oh, the
house looks nice. How long have you lived here?
噢，房子看上去不错。您在这里住多长时间了？
B: About fifty
years. My parents bought it when I was 13.
大约50年。我13岁时我父母买下这栋房子。
A:
That’s a long time. Why do you want to sell it?
时间很长了，您为什么要卖掉它呢？
B: My wife died last
year, and I soemtimes feel lonely and I
want
to live with my children.
我老伴去世了，我有时感到孤独，我要和我的孩子们住一
起。
A: Where do
they live?
他们住在哪儿？
B: In New York.
住纽约。
A: It’s a wonderful place. I like that
city very much, but it’s
much more crowded and
noisier than this small town.
Well, how much
do you want?
那可是个好地方，我非常喜欢那座城市，可是那里比这个
小镇
拥挤、吵闹多了。嗯，那么您想卖多少钱呢？
B: 156,000 dollars.
156000美元。
A: That’s a lot of money. But it’s
worth that.
那的确是一大笔钱，它物有所值。
Vocabulary
apartment n. 公寓
broker n. 中介；经纪人
budget n. 预算
building n. 建筑物
contract n. 合约，契约
convenient adj. 方便的
crowded adj. 拥挤的
detached house 独立房屋
doorman n. 门卫
furnish v. 供应，提供
kitchen n. 厨房
live v. 居住
lonely
adj. 孤独的
neighborhood n. 附近，周围
payment
n. 付款额
purchase n. 购买
quiet adj. 安静的
sale n. 出售
security n. 安全
two-
bedroom-and-one-living-room 两室一厅