移动英语－精选对话2级第 3 部分-01

　　Part 3 Housing¹
Unit One Buying a house (Mary wanted to buy a house. From the ad² she knew that Mr. Brian had a house to sell. Mr. Brian accompanied³ her to the house.)
A: Here we are.
B: Oh, the house looks nice. How long have you lived here.
A: About 50 years. My parents bought it when I was 12.
B: That’s a long time. Why do you want to sell it?
A: My wife died last year. And I sometimes feel lonely. And I want to leave with children.
B: Where do they leave?
A: In Miami.
B: It’s a wonderful place. I like that city very much.
A: I know, but it’s much more crowd and noisy than the small town.
B: Well, how much do you want?
A: One hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
B: That’s a lot of money. But it’s worth that.
Unit Two Redecorating a house (Ms. Samuel decided⁴ to do her house over. She was talking with the manager of the decoration⁵ company.)
A: How do you want to decorate your house?
B: As you’ve just seen. My house is old and paint on some places has falling down.
A: You mean the wall needs repainting. What color do you want?
B: White.
A: White wall looks clean and bright. What about the floor?
B: Make it over. I like it black in white.
A: All right, and the bath room and kitchen?
B: I plan buy a new bathtub⁶ for the bath room. And fix a new pendant lamp in the kitchen.

1 housing   

n.房屋，住宅；住房建筑；外壳，外罩

参考例句：

• Do you think our housing sales will turn around during this year?你认为今年我们的住宅销路会好转吗？
• The housing sales have been turning down since the summer.入夏以来，房屋的销售量日趋减少。

2 ad   

abbr.(advertisement的缩写)广告；n.(缩)广告

参考例句：

• That ad really makes me angry.那广告真叫我发火。
• We put an ad in the paper.我们在报纸上刊登了一则广告。

3 accompanied   

v.陪伴( accompany的过去式和过去分词 )；陪同；伴随…同时发生；伴奏

参考例句：

• His wife accompanied him on the trip. 那次旅行他由妻子陪同。
• Children must be accompanied by an adult. 儿童必须要有大人陪同。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 decoration   

n.装饰，装饰品；装饰，装璜；勋章，奖章

参考例句：

• I liked the beautiful decoration in the shopwindows.我喜欢橱窗里美丽的装饰品。
• The vase is just for decoration.那个花瓶只是为了装饰。

6 bathtub   

n.浴缸

参考例句：

• Please let the water out of the bathtub.请把浴缸里的水放掉。
• Clean out the bathtub when you are done.洗完澡后请把浴缸洗干净。