Intermediate - Renting an Apartment through an Agent 3  (C1506)

A:  吴先生,这套房子你还满意吗?
Wú xiānsheng, zhè tào fángzi nǐ hái mǎnyì ma?
Mr. Wu, are you pretty happy with the apartment?
B:  还不错。就是有几个地方我不太喜欢。
hái bùcuò. jiùshì yǒu jǐ ge dìfang wǒ bùtài xǐhuan.
It's not bad, but there are a few things I don't like very much.
A:  什么地方?可以跟房东商量商量。
shénme dìfang? kěyǐ gēn fángdōng shāngliang shāngliang.
What are they? You can discuss them with the landlord.
B:  你看,墙有点脏,能不能重新刷一下?
nǐ kàn, qiáng yǒudiǎn zāng, néng bu néng chóngxīn shuā yīxià?
Look, the walls are a little dirty. Could I paint over them?
C:  刷墙很麻烦的,而且也不是很脏。
shuā qiáng hěn máfan de, érqiě yě bù shì hěn zāng.
Painting the walls is a lot of trouble. Also, they aren't very dirty.
B:  床垫太硬了,换个软一点的吧。
chuángdiàn tài yìng le, huàn ge ruǎn yīdiǎn de ba.
The mattress is too stiff. How about you replace it with a softer one?
C:  你什么都要换,我没那么多钱。
nǐ shénme dōu yào huàn, wǒ méi nàme duō qián.
You want to replace everything. I don't have that much money.
B:  那我自己买个新的吧。
nà wǒ zìjǐ mǎi ge xīn de ba.
I'll buy a new one myself then.
C:  那原来的那个你别扔啊。
nà yuánlái de nà ge nǐ bié rēng a.
Then don't throw out the the old one.
B:  啊?那没地方放啊。
ǎ? nà méi dìfang fàng a.
Huh? There's nowhere to put it.
A:  吴先生,墙上脏的地方呢,擦一擦就好了。
Wú xiānsheng, qiáng shàng zāng de dìfang ne, cā yi cā jiù hǎo le.
Mr. Wu, those dirty areas on the wall, they just need to be scrubbed a little and they'll be fine.
A:  床垫呢,如果你要买新的,你搬走的时候,把你买的留给房东。你看,行吗?
chuángdiàn ne, rúguǒ nǐ yào mǎi xīn de, nǐ bānzǒu de shíhou, bǎ nǐ mǎi de liú gěi fángdōng. nǐ kàn, xíng ma?
As for the mattress, if you buy a new one leave it for the landlord when you move out. What do you think? Is that acceptable?
B:  也行。
yě xíng.
That could work.
A:  这套房子各方面都不错,你就早点决定吧。
zhè tào fángzi gè fāngmiàn dōu bùcuò, nǐ jiù zǎo diǎn juédìng ba.
All and all the apartment is quite nice. You should make your decision soon.
B:  好,我明天给你答复。
hǎo, wǒ míngtiān gěi nǐ dáfù.
OK. I'll let you know tomorrow.

Key Vocabulary

tào[measure word for apartments]
满意mǎnyìsatisfied
地方dìfangplace
房东fángdōnglandlord
商量shāngliangto discuss
qiángwall
zāngdirty
重新chóngxīnagain, anew
shuāto paint
而且érqiěmoreover
床垫chuángdiànmattress
yìnghard, stiff
huànto replace
ruǎnsoft
原来yuánláioriginal, originally
rēngto throw
to scrub, to wipe
搬走bānzǒuto move out
liúto leave something, to remain
each
方面fāngmiànaspect
各方面gè fāngmiànin all respects
决定juédìngto decide
答复dáfùto answer, to reply

Supplementary Vocabulary

中介zhōngjièreal estate agent
房客fángkètenant
刷牙shuāyáto brush one's teeth
刷子shuāzibrush
垫子diànzicushion
丢掉diūdiàoto lose
搬家bānjiāto move house
告诉gàosuto tell

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