慢速英语短文听力 房租

The Check for Rent¹

房租

He is looking at the calendar². Today is January 30. It is Friday. Tomorrow will be Saturday. Tomorrow will be the last day of the month. Sunday will be the first day of next month. Sunday will be the first day of February. He must pay³ his rent on the first day. He will write a check tonight. He will take the check to his landlord⁴ on Sunday. The landlord will be happy to get the check on time. The landlord will be angry if the check is late. The landlord will kick⁵ him out if the check is late. He doesn’t care⁶ why a check is late. Late is late. The landlord does not accept⁷ excuses. No excuse will please the landlord. All excuses are bad excuses. A late check is like bad news⁸. Nobody⁹ likes bad news. The landlord will tell him, “Goodbye. Go find another apartment¹⁰. Have a nice life¹¹ in your new apartment. You can’t live here anymore¹². Your check was¹³ late.”

他看了看日历。今天是1月30日，星期五。明天是周六。明天是这个月的最后一天。周日是下个月的头一天。周日是二月份的第一天。他必须在第一天交付房租。他今晚要填写支票。周日将支票交给房东。房东看到准时送到的支票会很高兴。房东会对拖延支付极为恼火。若未按时支付支票，房东将把他赶出去。他不关心支票为什么会晚。迟到就是迟到。房东不会接受理由。没有理由会让房东满意。所有理由都不成立。晚交的支票就像个坏消息。没人喜欢坏消息。房东会告诉他，再见，去找其它地方住吧。祝你在新住处生活愉快。你不能住在这里。你的支票晚交了。

1 rent   

n.租金；vi.出租；vt.出租，租用

参考例句：

• I have rented a house and paid the rent.我已租了房子，并交了租金。
• He decided to rent the house.他决定租这房子。

2 calendar   

n.日历，月历

参考例句：

• A big calendar is hanging on the wall.墙上挂了一本大月历。
• Is there a calendar clock in your family?你家有日历钟吗？

3 pay   

v.付钱；n.付钱；薪金

参考例句：

• How much did you pay?你付了多少钱？
• His pay is below the average.他的工资低于一般水平。

4 landlord   

n.地主，房东，(旅店)店主

参考例句：

• He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
• He used to be a long - term labourer for a landlord.他早先给地主扛过长活。

5 kick   

n.踢；冲刺；反冲；钱包；反对；极大兴趣；vt.踢；对自己生气；戒除；vi.踢；反抗；充满活力的运作；反冲；冲刺

参考例句：

• Don't kick the ball into the road.不要把球踢到马路上。
• If the new actor is no good,kick him out. 如果那个新来的演员不怎么样就让他走.

6 care   

n.小心，照料，忧虑；v.关心，照顾，喜爱，介意

参考例句：

• I really care about the students in my class.我的确喜欢这个班上的学生。
• Her work is to take care of the children.她的工作是照料好孩子。

7 accept   

vt.接受，领受；认可，同意；vi.同意，认可

参考例句：

• Please accept me as a friend.请把我当作朋友。
• Please accept it as a present.请把它作为一件礼物收下。

8 news   

n.新闻，消息

参考例句：

• No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
• I like reading hot news.我喜欢读热点新闻。

9 nobody   

pron.无人，没有任何人

参考例句：

• Nobody is in the house.没有人在房子里。
• Nobody knows where she lives.没有人知道她住哪里。

10 apartment   

n.（美）公寓住宅，公寓房间；单元房间

参考例句：

• How big is the apartment?这公寓有多大？
• Remember to clean your apartment.记得打扫你的公寓。

11 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。

12 anymore   

adv.不再， 再也不

参考例句：

• She doesn't live here anymore.她已不在这里住了。
• He doesn't come here anymore.他再也不到这儿来。

13 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。