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kètīngliving room
沙发shāfāsofa
空调kōngtiáoair conditioning
柜子guìzicabinet
餐厅cāntīngdining room
厨房chúfángkitchen
tái[measure word]
冰箱bīngxiāngrefrigerator
jiùold, used
huànto replace
等下děngxiàwait a moment
卧室wòshìbedroom
主卧zhǔwòmaster bedroom
书房shūfángstudy, office
卫生间wèishēngjiānbathroom
洗衣机xǐyījīwashing machine
烘干hōnggānto dry with heat
shàito dry in the sun
阳台yángtáibalcony
灰尘huīchéndust
满意mǎnyìsatisfied
考虑kǎolǜto think over, to consider

Supplementary Vocabulary

中介zhōngjièagency, intermediary
房东fángdōnglandlord
烘干机hōnggānjīdryer

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