Lesson 3-1：Living Places 住所

英语对话1
A:Hello, how may I help you?
B:Hi, l'm calling to ask some questions about the apartment you are renting.
A:Yes.
B:May I know how big it is?
A:It has 3 bedrooms, 1 living room, 1 study room, 2 bathrooms and a small kitchen. . .

英语对话2
A:Hello, T&l Housing¹ Agency², how may I help you?
B:Yes, l'm looking for a 4 bedroom-apartment. Is there any such kind of showroom available?
A:Yes, we do have a 4 bedroom-apartment which has a kitchen, a living room and 3 bathrooms in it.
B:Does it have a balcony?
A:No.

英语对话3
A:Hello, this is Mr. Yang speaking.
B:Hi, Mr. Yang, l'm Teresa Chen, l've gone to view your selling apartment last week.
A:Yes, anything I can help you with?
B:Could you tell me the size of your apartment?
A:Yes, it's about 150 square meters excluding³ the public area…

英语对话4
A:Hello!
B:Hi, Mom...
A:Andyl Have you found a new apartment?
B:Yes,  Mom.  Sherry and  I just saw a 2 bed room-apartment which has all the furniture in itl
A:With l kitchen, 1 bathroom and l living room...
B:Yes, and a small balcony.

英语对话5
A:Hello, Holiday B&B, how may I help you?
B:Yes, do you rent any apartment for a family of 7?
A:Yes, we do.
B:How big is it?
A:lt's got 2 floors, on the first floor; it has l living room,3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. On the second floor, it has 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and 2 balconies.

英语听力练习题

Listen to the phone dialogues.Note down how big the apartment is.
听电话对话，并记下该公寓有多大。

living room / bedroom / bathroom / kitchen / dining room / study / balcony / square meters
1
2
3
4
5

英语听力练习参考答案

1.1 living room / 3 bed rooms / 2 bathrooms / 1 study room
2.1 living room / 4 bed rooms / 3 bathrooms / l kitchen
3.150 square meters
4.1 living room / 2 bed rooms / 1  bathroom / l  kitchen / l balcony
5.1 living room / 7 bed rooms / 3 bathrooms / 2 balconies

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 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。

3 excluding   

v.排除，拒绝( exclude的现在分词)；驱逐prep.除…外，不包括

参考例句：

• The shop is open seven days a week excluding Christmas Day. 本商店每周七天营业，圣诞节除外。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Five persons spoke at the meeting excluding me. 除我以外，还有五个人在会上发了言。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》