高频英语口语对话 第478期:购买新房

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　　购买新房

　　dialogue

　　英语情景对话

　　A:I'd like to buy a house of about 300 meter square with a garden. Can you help me?

　　A:我想买一个有花园，约300平方米的房子。你能帮帮我吗？

　　B:Sure. We've helped more than ten thousand people buy and sell houses. We're the No. 1 realtor in this community. I recommend this house (He points at a picture) .

　　B:当然可以，我们曾帮助1万多人买卖房产，我们是本社区最好的房地产商，我推荐这所房子（他指着照片）。

　　A:Where is it?

　　A:它坐落在什么地方？

　　B:On a hill to the east of the Tamsui river. You have a good view of the beautiful sunrise and sunset. You can't find a better home to live in.

　　B:淡水河东岸的一个山冈上，可以眺望美丽的日出和日落，这可是最好的房子了。

　　一着不慎成房奴

　　A:How many rooms are there?

　　A:有几个房间？

　　B:Eight rooms: a roomy kitchen, two modern bathrooms, a lovely dining room, a gorgeous¹ living room and three sweet bedrooms. All are built with first-rate materials.

　　B:8个房间：宽大的厨房，两个时尚的洗澡间，一间可爱的餐厅，一闻豪华客厅和三间甜蜜卧室。都是用第一流材料建造的。

　　A:How much is it?

　　A:多少钱？

　　B:6 million. You needn't pay the whole price at one time. You just pay 50% in cash. We'll process the legaldocuments for you and then you can borrow the other 50% from a bank and repay² it in installments³. We ask foronly 1% as commission⁴.

　　B:600万。您不必一次付清，只要付50%的现金。我们可以为您办法律手续，然后您可以向银行借另外50%的资金，再分期付款，我只要1%的佣金。

　　A:OK. How much is the deposit⁵?

　　A:好的。定金多少？

　　B:Ten thousand.

　　B:1万元。

1 gorgeous   

adj.华丽的，灿烂的，美丽的，宜人的，棒的

参考例句：

• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
• What a gorgeous day it is today!今天天气多好啊！

2 repay   

v.偿还，报答，还钱给

参考例句：

• I feel honor bound to repay the money I borrowed.我觉得有责任归还我借的钱。
• I must repay her for her kindness.我必须报答她的恩惠。

3 installments   

部分( installment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The first two installments were pretty close together in 1980. 第一次和节二次提款隔得很近，都是在1980年提的。
• You have an installments sales contract. 你已经订立了一份分期付款的买卖契约了。

4 commission   

n.委托，授权，委员会，拥金，回扣，委任状

参考例句：

• The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金。
• The commission is made up of five people,including two women.委员会由五人组成，其中包括两名妇女。

5 deposit   

n.定金，存款，矿藏；vt.使沉淀，寄存，储蓄

参考例句：

• There is too much deposit in a bottle of wine.酒瓶里有太多的沉淀物。
• The hotel requires a deposit for all advance bookings.旅馆规定凡预订房间都要先付订金。