Vocabulary
詞彙
房子的各部分
Parts of a house
[LAURA] This is my family's apartment.
[LAURA] The apartment has two bedrooms ...
[LAURA] ... a kitchen ...
[LAURA] ... a living room ...
[LAURA] ... and a balcony.
[LAURA] Three people live in the apartment: my mom, my dad and my grandma.
apartment
公寓
/əˈpɑːrtmənt/
a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building
garage
車庫
/ˈɡærɑːʒ/
a building for keeping one or more cars or other vehicles in
- a house with a built-in garage
內設車庫的房子
yard
院子
/jɑːrd/
a piece of land next to or around your house where you can grow flowers, fruit, vegetables, etc, usually with a lawn. (= an area of grass)
living room
客廳,起居室
/lɪvɪŋ ruːm/
a room in a house where people sit together, watch television, etc.
house
房子, 住宅
/haʊs/
a building for people to live in, usually for one family
- He went into the house.
他進了房子。
dining room
飯廳
/daɪnɪŋ ruːm/
a room that is used mainly for eating meals in
bathroom
浴室, 盥洗室
/ˈbæθruːm/
a room in which there is a bath/bathtub, a washbasin and often a toilet
- Go and wash your hands in the bathroom.
去洗手間把手洗乾淨
bedroom
臥室
/ˈbedruːm/
a room for sleeping in
- the spare bedroom
空餘的臥室
balcony
陽臺,露臺
/ˈbælkəni/
a platform that is built on the upstairs outside wall of a building, with a wall or rail around it. You can get out onto a balcony from an upstairs room.
kitchen
廚房
/ˈkɪtʃɪn/
a room in which meals are cooked or prepared
- She's in the kitchen.
她在廚房裡。
Grammar
語法
所有格代名詞和名詞
Possessive pronouns and nouns
所有格代詞
Possessive pronouns
所有格代名詞表示所有權。
Possessive pronouns show ownership.
它們可作為名詞的替代。
They replace a noun.
比如，John's 可用 his 替代。
For example, John's can be replaced by his.
注意，所有格代名詞和所有格形容詞不同，後者用於名詞前面。
Notice that possessive pronouns are different from possessive adjectives, which are used in front of a noun.
所有格形容詞
Possessive adjectives
It's my bedroom.
它是我的臥室。
That's your bathroom.
那是你的衛生間。
There's his apartment.
他的公寓在那。
This is her house.
這是她的房子。
Here's our bedroom.
這是我們的臥室。
It's your apartment.
這是您的公寓。
That's their yard.
那是他們的院子。
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Possessive pronouns
所有格代詞
It's mine.
它是我的。
That's yours.
那是你的。
There's his.
他的在那。
This is hers.
這是她的。
Here is ours.
我們的在這。
It's yours.
它是你的。
That's theirs.
那是他們的。
名詞所有格
Possessive nouns
所有格名詞也表示所有權。
Possessive nouns also show ownership.
所有格名詞常用於其所有的東西之前，就好像是一個所有格形容詞。
A possessive noun is often used in front of the thing it owns, just like a possessive adjective.
名詞後加 's，即可變為所有格。
Make a noun possessive by adding 's to it.
This is my family's apartment.
這是我家的公寓。
My wife's parents live in a beautiful house.
我妻子的父母親住在一棟漂亮的房子裡。
Aki's bedroom is large.
Aki 的臥室很大。
To make a plural possessive noun, add an apostrophe ( ' ) after the plural s.
名詞所有格變複數，在複數
s 後加所有格符號( ' )。Her parents' living room has big windows.
她的父母親家的客廳有很多大窗戶。
For irregular plurals that don't end in s, add apostrophe ( ' ) + s.
不以 s 結尾的不規則複數，加所有格符號 ( ' ) + s。
The children's bathroom is blue.
孩子們的衛生間是藍色的。
詢問誰擁有什麼，請使用 whose。
To ask who owns something, use whose.
A: Whose beautiful yard is that?
那個漂亮院子是誰的？
B: It's ours.
它是我們的。
Be careful not to mistake a possessive noun for the contracted form of the verb be. Example:
注意不要誤將名詞所有格和 be 動詞的縮寫形式混淆。例子：
My family's apartment is large.
(The apartment of my family is large.)
我家的公寓很大。
My family's large.
(My family is large.)
我家很大。
PETER: So, Li, this is your family's new house?
LI: Yes! Welcome, Peter. This is our living room.
PETER: Nice. And you have three bedrooms?
LI: Yes, this bedroom is my husband's and mine .
PETER: Okay. And this blue bedroom – is this your son's bedroom?
LI: Yes, that's Billy's bedroom.PETER: Whose bedroom is this?
LI: Oh, my husband's parents are here for two weeks.
PETER: Wow.
LI: Yes. That bedroom is theirs .
That's your bathroom.
The big balcony is ours .
My apartment is very new.
My friend's garage is very small.
That bedroom is his .
Whose yard is that?
Whose bedroom is that?
這是誰的臥室？
It's your bedroom, Steve.
這是你的臥室，Steve。
It's yours, Steve.
這是你的，Steve。
Whose parents are they?
他們是誰的父母？
They're my husband's parents.
他們是我丈夫的父母。
They're his.
他們是他的。
Vocabulary
詞彙
傢俱和電器
Furniture and appliances
dishwasher
洗碗機
/ˈdɪʃwɔːʃər/
a machine for washing plates, cups, etc
- to load/stack the dishwasher
往洗碗機中裝碗
stove
爐子
/stoʊv/
a large piece of equipment for cooking food, containing an oven and gas or electric rings on top
- She put a pan of water on the stove.
她在灶頭上放了一鍋水。
sofa
沙發
/ˈsoʊfə/
a long comfortable seat with a back and arms, for two or more people to sit on
sink
洗滌槽, 水槽
/sɪŋk/
a large open container in a kitchen that has taps/faucets to supply water and that you use for washing dishes in
- Don't just leave your dirty plates in the sink!
別把你的髒盤子留在池子裡！
toilet
廁所
/ˈtɔɪlət/
a large bowl attached to a pipe that you sit on or stand over when you get rid of waste matter from your body
- Have you flushed the toilet?
你衝了廁所了嗎？
refrigerator
冰箱
/rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪtər/
fridge
- This dessert can be served straight from the refrigerator.
這道甜點可以直接從冰箱裡拿出來就吃
shower
淋浴
/ˈʃaʊər/
a piece of equipment producing a spray of water that you stand under to wash yourself; the small room or part of a room that contains a shower
- a hotel room with bath and shower
一間帶有浴室和淋浴的賓館房間
closet
小房間, 儲藏室
/ˈklɒzɪt/
a small room or a space in a wall with a door that reaches the floor, used for storing things
- a walk-in closet
步入式衣帽間
bed
床
/bed/
a piece of furniture for sleeping on
- a single/double bed
單/雙人床
There are two _____ in the bedroom.
- sofas
- windows
- closets
The _____ in the bathroom is very small.
- sink
- toilet
- shower
The _____ is between the shower and the sink.
- rug
- door
- toilet
There's a big _____ in the living room.
- sofa
- TV
- window
There's a _____ in the kitchen.
- dishwasher
- refrigerator
- stove
The _____ is between the refrigerator and the stove.
- dishwasher
- refrigerator
- stove
The _____ is big, and it's really comfortable.
- bed
- chair
- rug
Expressions
表達
談論房子或公寓
Talking about a house or apartment
Use the expressions What's your ... like? and What's it like? to ask people to describe their houses or apartments.
使用表達 What's your … like? 和 What's it like? 讓人們描述他們的房子或公寓。
To describe a house or apartment, use the verbs have and be.
描述房子或公寓，使用動詞 have 和 be。
A: What's your apartment like?
您的公寓什麼樣子？
B: It has two bedrooms and one bathroom. The rooms have big windows. The bathroom is next to the kitchen. It's really small.
有兩間臥室和一個衛生間。房間都有大窗戶。衛生間在廚房旁邊。真的很小。
A: I have a new house!
我有新房子了！
B: Wow! What's it like?
哇！什麼樣子的？
To describe the color of paint in a house, you can use is painted.
描述房子裡的油漆顏色，您也可使用 is painted。
The kitchen's painted yellow.
廚房粉刷成黃色。
MONA: Hey, Eric, I have a new house!
ERIC: That's great, Mona! Where is it?
MONA: It's on Green Street, next to the park and the United Bank.
ERIC: Sounds good. What's it like ?
MONA: Well, it has one bedroom and one bathroom.
ERIC: Oh, is it too small for you?
MONA: Not really, but it's expensive .
ERIC: Too bad.
MONA: That's okay. My husband's parents are helping us.
ERIC: That's nice. Do you like the house?
MONA: Yeah, it's beautiful! The living room's painted yellow and has three big windows. And the bedroom has a balcony.
Where does Mona live?
- next to a small house
- on Green Street
- in a park
How many bedrooms does her house have?
- two
- three
- one
What's Mona's house like?
- It's green.
- It's expensive.
- It's big.
Who is helping Mona and her husband?
- Eric
- her husband's parents
- the bank
What color is the living room?
- green
- white
- yellow
Where is your apartment?
您的公寓在哪？
It's on Third Street, next to the post office.
在 Third 街，郵局旁邊。
What's it like?
什麼樣子的呢？
It has two bedrooms and one bathroom.
有兩間臥室，一個衛生間。
It has a garage.
它有一個車庫。
The house is painted white.
房子粉刷成白色。
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