Intermediate - Renting an Apartment through an Agent, 2 (C1477)

A: 林太太,这是吴先生,我带他来看房。
Lín tàitai, zhè shì Wú xiānsheng, wǒ dài tā lái kàn fáng.
Mrs. Lin, this is Mr. Wu. I brought him here to see the apartment.
B: 哦。请进。
ò. qǐng jìn.
Oh, please come in.
A: 你看,进门就是客厅。电视,沙发,空调,柜子,都有。
nǐ kàn, jìn mén jiùshì kètīng. diànshì, shāfā, kōngtiáo, guìzi, dōu yǒu.
As you can see, the living room is right inside the door. There’s a TV, sofa, an air conditioner, a cabinet; everything.
C: 嗯。客厅挺大的。
ng4. kètīng tǐng dà de.
Yeah, the living room is quite large.
B: 来,这里是餐厅。这里是厨房。
lái, zhèlǐ shì cāntīng. zhèlǐ shì chúfáng.
Come. This is the dining room. This is the kitchen.
C: 这台冰箱有点旧。能不能换台新的?
zhè tái bīngxiāng yǒudiǎn jiù. néng bu néng huàn tái xīn de?
This refrigerator is a little old. Could it be replaced with a new one?
B: 还能用。我们不换的。
hái néng yòng. wǒmen bù huàn de.
It’s still usable. We're not replacing it.
A: 这个问题等下再说,我们去看看卧室吧。
zhè ge wèntí děngxià zài shuō, wǒmen qù kàn kan wòshì ba.
Let’s talk about this a little later. Let’s go take a look at the bedroom.
B: 在这里。喏,这是主卧,这是书房。
zài zhèlǐ. nuò, zhè shì zhǔwò, zhè shì shūfáng.
It’s over here. Here is the master bedroom. This is the study.
C: 嗯。卫生间在哪里?
ng4. wèishēngjiān zài nǎlǐ?
OK. Where’s the bathroom?
A: 这里。你看,洗衣机是新买的。
zhèlǐ. nǐ kàn, xǐyījī shì xīn mǎi de.
Here. Take a look, the washing machine is new.
C: 能烘干吗?
néng hōnggān ma?
Can it dry clothes?
B: 不能。衣服还是太阳晒好呀。你看,阳台那么大,晒衣服很方便的。
bùnéng. yīfu háishì tàiyáng shài hǎo ya. nǐ kàn, yángtái nàme dà, shài yīfu hěn fāngbiàn de.
No. It’s better to dry clothes in the sun anyway. See, the balcony is so big, it’s really easy to dry them in the sun.
C: 可是有灰尘,不干净。
kěshì yǒu huīchén, bù gānjìng.
But there’s dust out there. It’s not clean.
A: 吴先生,怎么样?还满意吗?
Wú xiānsheng, zěnmeyàng? hái mǎnyì ma?
Mr. Wu, what do you think? Are you pretty satisfied?
C: 我再考虑考虑吧。
wǒ zài kǎolǜ kǎolǜ ba.
I’d like to keep thinking about it.

Key Vocabulary

客厅 kètīng living room
沙发 shāfā sofa
空调 kōngtiáo air conditioning
柜子 guìzi cabinet
餐厅 cāntīng dining room
厨房 chúfáng kitchen
tái [measure word]
冰箱 bīngxiāng refrigerator
jiù old, used
huàn to replace
等下 děngxià wait a moment
卧室 wòshì bedroom
主卧 zhǔwò master bedroom
书房 shūfáng study, office
卫生间 wèishēngjiān bathroom
洗衣机 xǐyījī washing machine
烘干 hōnggān to dry with heat
shài to dry in the sun
阳台 yángtái balcony
灰尘 huīchén dust
满意 mǎnyì satisfied
考虑 kǎolǜ to think over, to consider

Supplementary Vocabulary

中介 zhōngjiè agency, intermediary
房东 fángdōng landlord
烘干机 hōnggānjī dryer

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