Home家 Finding an apartment 寻找公寓 L2U6-2

Vocabulary

词汇

大数字

Big numbers

[CARLOS] Apartments, apartments ... Apartments for rent.

[CARLOS] Oh! Here’s one. 2,000 a month? Nope. That’s too expensive.

[CARLOS] Hmm. This one looks good. 1,100 a month. Oak Hills is a great neighborhood.

[CARLOS] Ah! But no pets. Too bad.

[CARLOS] Here’s another in Oak Hills.

[CARLOS] Two bedrooms, one bath. And, ooh ... there’s a swimming pool.

[CARLOS] Nice. Near public transportation. And only 900 a month.

[CARLOS] Cool. I’m calling.

百位和千位数字的表达

Saying numbers in the hundreds and thousands

Say numbers in the hundreds this way:

用这种方式表达百位数：

100 = one hundred

200 = two hundred

500 = five hundred

Say numbers in the thousands in these ways:

用以下方式表达千位数：

1,000 = one thousand

1,100 = one thousand, one hundred; or eleven hundred

1,200 = one thousand, two hundred; or twelve hundred

1,500 = one thousand, five hundred; or fifteen hundred

2,000 = two thousand

2,100 = two thousand, one hundred; or twenty-one hundred

2,200 = two thousand, two hundred; or twenty-two hundred

2,500 = two thousand, five hundred; or twenty-five hundred

The apartment is thirteen hundred.

This apartment is one thousand, three hundred.

five hundred

one thousand, one hundred

twelve hundred

two thousand

two thousand, two hundred

twenty-five hundred

Vocabulary

词汇

租赁公寓的词汇

Vocabulary for renting an apartment

Beautiful 3-bed, 2-bath apartment for rent near public transportation.
Apartment comes furnished and has large bathrooms.
No pets, please. $2,200 a month. Call Yvonne at 555-0141.

How many bedrooms are there?

How many bathrooms are there?

Are pets OK?

How much is the apartment?

Kate is looking online for an apartment. Listen to her tell her friend Frank about one she is considering.

Kate 正在网上找公寓。请听她向朋友 Frank 介绍她在考虑的公寓的情况。

KATE: I'm looking at apartments for rent .

FRANK: Anything near public transportation ?

KATE: Well, here's one. Seventeen hundred a month .

FRANK: Wow. That's not cheap !

KATE: No, but it comes furnished.

FRANK: How big is it?

KATE: Two bed, one bath . And pets are okay.

Apartment for rent.

公寓出租。

2,000 dollars a month.

月租两千美元

3-bed, 2-bath.

三室两卫。

Comes furnished.

配家具。

No pets.

不可以带宠物。

Near public transportation.

靠近公共交通。

In a great neighborhood.

社区环境很好。

Reading

阅读

阅读公寓广告

Reading apartment advertisements

阅读公寓租赁广告

Reading apartment rental advertisements

Newspapers (and some websites) usually charge for apartment rental advertisements by how many lines of text the ads are.

报纸（和一些网站）通常按字数收取公寓租赁广告的费用。

To save money, people often write short advertisements using abbreviations.

人们为了省钱，常用缩写撰写简短的广告。

These abbreviations are written various ways, but you can identify what they stand for by their letters.这些缩写有多种形式，但您可以从缩写字母辨别它们代表的词汇。

lrg or lg = large

furn = furnished

apt = apartment

bdrm or BR = bedroom

bath or BA = bathroom

dishwr = dishwasher

gar = garage

NP = no pets/

mo = a month

nr = near

选择广告中提到的四件事情。

GEORGETOWN lrg apt, 2 BR /1 BA, gar, pets OK, $3,700 /mo 555-0117
JACKSON 3BR apt, great neighborhood, NP , $1,900/mo 555-0136
RIVERSIDE furn 1 bdrm/1 bath apt, dishwr, nr bus, $2,200/mo 555-0194

Final Task

最终任务

寻找公寓

Finding an apartment

Carlos is looking for an apartment. He emails Eva, a real estate agent. She sends him a range of listings. Which one is the best choice for Carlos?

Carlos 正在找公寓，他给房产中介 Eva 发邮件。她发给他一些登记租赁的公寓。哪间公寓最适合 Carlos？

looking for an apartment

From: coolcarlos@fun.net

To:

evahay@green.com

Hi, Eva.

I'm looking at apartments for rent. Do you know any nice apartments? I can pay about $1,100 a month. And I have a dog.

Thanks!

Carlos

From: evahay@green.com

To: coolcarlos@fun.net

Subject: apartments

Hi, Carlos.

Here are some apartments:

1. OAK HILLS 2 bdrm/1bath, pets OK, dishwr, gar, $2,400/mo 555-0194
2. OAK HILLS lrg furn apt, 3 BR/1 BA, great neighborhood, nr bus, $1,000/mo 555-0168
3. OAK HILLS lrg 1 BR apt, nr bus, NP, $1,300/mo 555-0147

Good luck!

Eva

选择最适合 Carlos 的选择。