I didn't expect the rent for a one-bedroom apartment to be so high.
我沒(méi)料到一居室公寓的房租這么高。
It's very hard to rent a satisfying apartment.
租個(gè)讓人滿意的公寓太難了。
I can't afford that rent.
我付不起那樣的租金。
expect v. 預(yù)期,預(yù)料到
rent n. 租金 v. 租用,租
apartment n. 公寓,單元住宅
satisfying a. 令人滿意的,令人滿足的
afford v. 買得起,負(fù)擔(dān)得起
I want to share an apartment with a friend.
我想跟朋友合租一個(gè)公寓。
I need to find a roommate.
我得找一個(gè)室友。
I have one room for rent.
我有一個(gè)房間要出租。
I need to rent an apartment.
我需要租個(gè)公寓。
share v. 分享,共有
roommate n. 室友
for rent“供出租”
It's much safer to rent an apartment through a real estate agency.
通過(guò)房地產(chǎn)中介公司租房安全多了。
I don't like to deal with the real estate agent.
我不喜歡和房地產(chǎn)中介打交道。
estate n. 地產(chǎn),不動(dòng)產(chǎn)
agency n. 代理行,代理處
agent n. 代理人
real estate“房地產(chǎn)”
real estate agency“房地產(chǎn)中介公司”
deal with“與…打交道,應(yīng)付,對(duì)待”
House prices have really risen a lot during the past several years.
過(guò)去這幾年房?jī)r(jià)真是漲了不少。
House prices rise/fall again.
房?jī)r(jià)叉漲/降了。
House prices keep going up/down.
房?jī)r(jià)一直在漲/降。
House prices have rocketed by up t0 11.2 percent in a year.
房?jī)r(jià)一年瘋漲了11.2%。
House prices increased at the same rate as the CPI last year.
房?jī)r(jià)去年與CPI同速增長(zhǎng)。,
rise v. 上升,上漲,增加(其過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞分別為rose和risen)
rocket v. 飛速上升行.火箭
percent ad. 百分之
up to“(數(shù)目)到…之多,一直到”
此處出現(xiàn)的動(dòng)詞“fall"的過(guò)去式及過(guò)去分詞分別為“fell"和“fallen”。
CPI是Consumer Price Index的縮寫(xiě)形式,指“消費(fèi)者物價(jià)指數(shù)”。
Almost everybody is talking about housing.
幾乎人人都在淡論房子。
Who doesn't want his own house?
誰(shuí)不想要自己的房子啊?
The house price is people's big concern.
人們非常關(guān)心房?jī)r(jià)。
housing n. 住房,住宅,提供住房
concern n. 關(guān)心,所關(guān)心的事
Some people buy houses on speculation.
有些人買房是為了炒房。
Some people speculate in/on houses.
有些人做房地產(chǎn)投機(jī)買賣。
I most people buy houses to live in.
大部分買房還是為了自住。
speculation n. 投機(jī),…投機(jī)買賣
speculate v. 投機(jī),做投機(jī)買賣
speculate in/on(doing)sth.“做…投機(jī)買賣”
The real estate market is down now. The house prices are acceptable.
現(xiàn)在房地產(chǎn)市場(chǎng)正處于低潮。房?jī)r(jià)可以接受。
acceptable a. 可接受的
It's the right time to buy this apartment.
現(xiàn)在買這套房子正是時(shí)候。
I'm not sure whether I should buy a flat now.
我不知道我現(xiàn)在是否應(yīng)該買房。
I should think twice before making the decision of purchase.
在決定買之前,我得三思。
purchase n. & v. 買,購(gòu)買
make decision“做決定”
It's the right time...表示“現(xiàn)在正是…時(shí)候”,
I think twice before doing sth.表示“在做某事前要三思”。
People will not be able to a仟ord housing if prices keep rising.
如果房?jī)r(jià)一直漲,人們就買不起房子了。
How can the house prices become stable?
房?jī)r(jià)怎樣才能穩(wěn)定呢?
The developers have made a lot of money over the past few years.
開(kāi)發(fā)商在過(guò)去幾年里賺了不少錢。
stable a. 穩(wěn)定的,穩(wěn)固的
developer n. 開(kāi)發(fā)者,房地產(chǎn)開(kāi)發(fā)商
make money“賺錢”
I want to sell my apartment in a couple of years. It will be worth a lot more then.
我打算過(guò)兩三年把公寓賣出去,那時(shí)可以值更多。
My house will increase in value.
我的房子會(huì)升值的。
worth a. 值…的,價(jià)值…的,值得…的 n. 價(jià)值
a couple of“(數(shù)量)兩三…”
be worth...“值... "
Most banks require a 20 percent down payment.
大部分銀行要求20%的首付款。
We've almost got enough money to make a down payment on a house.
我們已經(jīng)基本備齊了房子的首付款。
It took us nearly five years to save enough money for a down payment.
我們花了幾乎5年時(shí)間才攢夠首付款。
require v. 要求,需要
payment n. 付款,支付
down payment“分期付款的首付款”
It'll be years before we've even paid off the loan.
我們得好多年才能還清貸款呢。
I have to take out a loan of 360,000 yuan.
我得貸款36萬(wàn)元。
loan n. 貸款
pay off“還清,付清”
take out“通過(guò)申請(qǐng)取得”
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