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 mǎnyì satisfied
地方 dìfang place
房东 fángdōng landlord
商量 shāngliang to discuss
qiáng wall
zāng dirty
重新 chóngxīn again, anew
shuā to paint
而且 érqiě moreover
床垫 chuángdiàn mattress
yìng hard, stiff
huàn to replace
ruǎn soft
原来 yuánlái original, originally
rēng to throw
to scrub, to wipe
搬走 bānzǒu to move out
liú to leave something, to remain
each
方面 fāngmiàn aspect
各方面 gè fāngmiàn in all respects
决定 juédìng to decide
答复 dáfù to answer, to reply

Supplementary Vocabulary

中介 zhōngjiè real estate agent
房客 fángkè tenant
刷牙 shuāyá to brush one's teeth
刷子 shuāzi brush
垫子 diànzi cushion
丢掉 diūdiào to lose
搬家 bānjiā to move house
告诉 gàosu to tell

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