Intermediate - Airbnb (C2453)

A: 酒店好贵啊!
jiǔdiàn hǎo guì ā!
Hotels are so expensive!
B: 你要去旅游吗?
nǐ yào qù lǚyóu ma?
Do you want to go traveling?
A: 是啊,我打算夏天去纽约玩。可是酒店怎么那么贵。
shì a, wǒ dǎsuàn xiàtiān qù Niǔyuē wán. kěshì jiǔdiàn zěnme nàme guì.
Yeah. I'm planning to travel to New York for fun over the summer. But how can the hotels be so expensive?
B: 要不你看看Airbnb?
yàobu nǐ kànkan Airbnb?
Maybe you should look on Airbnb.
A: 这是什么?
zhè shì shénme?
What's that?
B: 也是订房间的网站。不过不是酒店,算是民宿吧。房东出租自己多余的房间,赚点钱。
yě shì dìng fángjiān de wǎngzhàn. bùguò bùshì jiǔdiàn, suàn shì mínsù ba. fángdōng chūzū zìjǐ duōyú de fángjiān, zhuàn diǎnr qián.
It's an internet site that let's you book rooms. However, they aren't hotels, they're just rooms in people's homes. The landlord rents out his own spare rooms and makes a bit of money.
A: 我看看。唉,有好多啊。这个看起来不错,600多人民币一晚。还有厨房,可以自己做饭。
wǒ kànkan. ài, yǒu hǎoduō ā. zhè gè kàn qǐlái bùcuò, liùbǎi duō rénmínbì yī wǎn. háiyǒu chúfáng, kěyǐ zìjǐ zuòfàn.
I see. Hey, there are a lot! This looks pretty good. A bit more than 600RMB per night. It also has a kitchen, so I can cook for myself.
B: 不过这不是一套公寓,只是一间房间哦。厨房卫生间要共用的。
bùguò zhè bùshì yī tào gōngyù, zhǐshì yī jiān fángjiān ò. chúfáng wèishēngjiān yào gòngyòng de.
However, this isn't an apartment, it's just a room. You have to share the kitchen and the bathroom with others.
A: 哦,这倒没关系。不过,和别人住在一起安全吗?
ò, zhè dào méiguānxi. bùguò, hé biérén zhù zài yīqǐ ānquán ma?
Oh, that doesn't matter. But, is staying with other people safe?
B: 你可以看看评价,都是以前住过的人写的。如果评价的人多,评价又高应该没问题。
nǐ kěyǐ kànkan píngjià, dōu shì yǐqián zhùguo de rén xiě de. rúguǒ píngjià de rén duō, píngjià yòu gāo yīnggāi méi wèntí.
You can look at the reviews. They're written by people who stayed there before. If a lot of people have commented, and the ratings are high it shouldn't be a problem.
A: 真不错,我再看看!
zhēn bùcuò, wǒ zài kànkan!
That's great. I'll keep looking!

Key Vocabulary

酒店 jiǔdiàn hotel
旅游 lǚyóu to travel
打算 dǎsuàn to plan
要不 yàobu how about
dìng to book, to order
网站 wǎngzhàn website
不过 bùguò but
民宿 mínsù guesthouse
房东 fángdōng landlord
出租 chūzū to rent
多余 duōyú extra, spare
zhuàn to earn
厨房 chúfáng kitchen
做饭 zuòfàn to cook
tào measure word for rooms etc, a set or suite
公寓 gōngyù apartment
卫生间 wèishēngjiān washroom
共用 gòngyòng shared use
安全 ānquán safe
评价 píngjià review, valuation

Supplementary Vocabulary

短租 duǎnzū short-term rental
倒闭 dǎobì to close down, to go bankrupt

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