社交生活篇：合租（2）

A: Are you still looking for an apartment¹?

B: Who said² I was³?

A: One of our friends let me know.

B: Why’d you want to know?

A: I found⁴ an apartment for lease⁵.

B: So what?

A: I wanted to know if you would⁶ sublease the apartment with me.

B: That would be great!

A: That’s great, because this way we can go halves on the rent⁷.

B: What’s rent?

A: It’s $1,000 each month, but it’ll only cost⁸ us $500 a month each.

B: I like the sound of that.

 

A:你还在找公寓吗？

B:谁说我在找公寓？

A:我们的一个朋友告诉我了。

B:你为什么想知道？

A:我找到了一套出租的公寓。

B:那又怎样？

A:我想知道你是否愿意和我一起合租这套公寓。

B:那太好了！

A:那太好了，因为这样我们可以把租金减半。

B:租金是多少？

A:每月1000美元，但每人只需500美元。

B:我喜欢这个。

1 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。

2 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

3 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。

4 found   

v.建立，创立，创办；vbl.(find的过去分词)找到

参考例句：

• I found him at home.我发现他在家。
• The United Nations was found in 1945.联合国于1945年成立。

5 lease   

n.租约，租期，租；v.出租，租出，租得

参考例句：

• When does the lease of the house run out?这房子的租约何时到期？
• He signed the lease yesterday.昨天他在租约上签了字。

6 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

7 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。

8 cost   

n.价钱，费用，成本；损失，牺牲

参考例句：

• What does the book cost?这本书值多少？
• He saved his daughter at the cost of his life.他以牺牲自己的生命挽救了女儿。