Intermediate - Raising the Rent (C1794)

A:  房子的租约就要到期了,你准备续租吗?
fángzi de zūyuē jiùyào dàoqī le, nǐ zhǔnbèi xùzū ma?
The lease on the apartment is almost up. Do you plan to renew it?
B:  嗯,我想继续租。
ng4, wǒ xiǎng jìxù zū.
Yes. I'd like to renew it.
A:  续租的话,要涨房租了。
xùzū dehuà, yào zhǎng fángzū le.
If you want to renew it, I have to raise the rent.
B:  不会吧。
bùhuì ba.
That can't be.
A:  你也知道,像这样的房子外面都三千多了。
nǐ yě zhīdào, xiàng zhèyàng de fángzi wàimian dōu sānqiān duō le.
But you know, other apartments like this one are already over 3000.
B:  你看我把房子打扫得这么干净,您就别涨了。
nǐ kàn wǒ bǎ fángzi dǎsǎo de zhème gānjìng, nín jiù bié zhǎng le.
Look at how clean I've kept the place. Please don't raise the rent.
A:  那也得看市场价吧。现在什么都涨价。
nà yě děi kàn shìchǎngjià ba. xiànzài shénme dōu zhǎngjià.
You have to look at the market prices, too. Right now everything is going up.
B:  三千多的房子家具电器都是新的,这儿的都是旧的,老出问题。
sānqiān duō de fángzi jiājù diànqì dōu shì xīn de, zhèr de dōu shì jiù de, lǎo chū wèntí.
Apartments that are more than 3000 all have new furniture and appliances. The ones here are all old and always have problems.
A:  那少涨点儿,每个月涨两百块。
nà shǎo zhǎng diǎnr, měi ge yuè zhǎng liǎngbǎi kuài.
Then I'll just raise it a little bit. 200 more every month.
B:  还有两个月才到期,我们以后再说吧。
hái yǒu liǎng ge yuè cái dàoqī, wǒmen yǐhòu zài shuō ba.
The lease isn't up for another two months. Let's talk about it another time.

Key Vocabulary

租约zūyuēlease
就要jiùyàoalmost
到期dàoqīto come due
准备zhǔnbèito prepare
续租xùzūto resume renting
继续jìxùto continue
to rent
的话dehuàif
zhǎngto raise
房租fángzūrent
xiànglike
to take
打扫dǎsǎoto clean
干净gānjìngclean
市场价shìchǎngjiàmarket price
什么都shénme dōuall, everything
涨价zhǎngjiàto increase in price
家具jiājùfurniture
电器diànqìelectrical appliance
jiùold
lǎoalways
出问题chū wèntíto have problems
cáionly then

Supplementary Vocabulary

租金zūjīnrent
合同hétongcontract
合约héyuēagreement
房东fángdōnglandlord
房客fángkètenant
打算dǎsuànto plan
价格jiàgéprice
讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjiàto bargain
经历jīnglìexperience

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