Intermediate - Roommate Hunting (C2224)

A: 回来啦,房子找到了吗?
huílai la, fángzi zhǎodào le ma?
You're back! Did you find an apartment?
B: 没有。
méiyǒu.
No.
A: 你打算一个人住还是跟人合租啊?
nǐ dǎsuàn yī gè rén zhù háishi gēn rén hézū a?
Do you plan to live by yourself or rent with somebody else?
B: 跟人合租吧。
gēn rén hézū ba.
Probably rent with somebody else.
A: 跟人合租?你不怕吗?万一碰上很变态的室友,怎么办?
gēn rén hézū? nǐ bù pà ma? wànyī pèngshàng hěn biàntài de shìyǒu, zěnme bàn?
Rent with somebody else? Aren't you afraid? If you find out that your roommate is a weirdo, what will you do?
B: 我也想一个人住,可是租不起。我一个月工资才三千,付房租都不够。
wǒ yě xiǎng yī gè rén zhù, kěshì zū bù qǐ. wǒ yī gè yuè gōngzī cái sānqiān, fù fángzū dōu bùgòu.
I also want to live alone, but I can't afford the rent. My monthly salary is only 3,000. It's not enough to pay the rent.
A: 这倒是。上海的房租太贵了,一个小破房间就要一千多。
zhè dào shì. Shànghǎi de fángzū tài guì le, yī gè xiǎo pò fángjiān jiùyào yīqiān duō.
It's true. The rents on apartments in Shanghai are too expensive. A small, crappy room is more than 1,000.
B: 是的呀。
shì de ya.
Exactly.
A: 那你要不要考虑住得远一点?
nà nǐ yào bu yào kǎolǜ zhù de yuǎn yīdiǎn?
Then would you consider living a bit farther away?
B: 住得远的话,上下班要花好几个小时,时间全浪费在路上了。啊,怎么办啊?烦死了!
zhù de yuǎn dehuà, shàngxiàbān yào huā hǎo jǐ gè xiǎoshí, shíjiān quán làngfèi zài lùshang le. à, zěnme bàn a? fánsǐ le!
If I lived far away, getting to and from work would take a couple of hours. That time would be complete wasted on the road. Ah! What am I to do? This is so annoying!
A: 别急,明天我陪你一起出去找,肯定能找到。
bié jí, míngtiān wǒ péi nǐ yīqǐ chūqù zhǎo, kěndìng néng zhǎodào.
Don't worry. Tomorrow I'll go with you to look for a place. We'll definitely find something.

Key Vocabulary

打算 dǎsuàn to plan
合租 hézū to rent an apartment with someone
万一 wànyī just in case, if
碰上 pèngshàng to bump into
变态 biàntài weird, strange
室友 shìyǒu roommate
to pay
房租 fángzū rent
不够 bùgòu not enough
crappy, worn
考虑 kǎolǜ to consider
浪费 làngfèi to waste
烦死了 fánsǐ le extremely annoying
péi to accompany
肯定 kěndìng certainly, definitely

Supplementary Vocabulary

毕业 bìyè
碰到 pèngdào
条件 tiáojiàn
买不起 mǎibuqǐ
连……都…… lián......dōu......
市中心 shìzhōngxīn

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