售房英语对话-Moving Day(3)

A: Could you check and see if the moving van is out there yet?
B: It just arrived. They are parking¹ at the curb² right now.
A: Do me a favor³ and do one last walk-through to check for anything that may not have gotten packed.
B: We’ve already double-checked everything. Should we put the suitcases in the car?
A: It is the perfect time to take care of that.
B: I am so happy that we didn’t pack all of our clothes into boxes. The suitcase of clothes will help us get to what we need until our boxes arrive.
A: Should we empty the freezer into the ice chest⁴?
B: Let’s do a few more things and then take care of that as one of the last things we do.
A: Deciding to keep the birds at the neighbors until we leave was a good idea.
B: Let’s sweep the floor on our way out so we don’t leave too big of a mess behind.

 

1 parking   

n.停车，停机，停放

参考例句：

• A bus is parking on the road.路上停着一辆公共汽车。
• Next you must learn how to back a car into a parking space.下一步你应该学会如何把车倒入停车的空地。

2 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

3 favor   

n.好感；赞同；好事；vt.赞同，喜爱；有利于

参考例句：

• She is out of favor with her employer.她失去了雇主的欢心。
• The new teacher finds favor in the eyes of the parents.那位新老师很受家长的欢迎。

4 chest   

n.胸，大箱子，金库，资金，一箱，密封室，衣橱

参考例句：

• The bear's chest is hairy.那只熊的胸部毛茸茸的。
• Mother has a pain in her chest.母亲胸口疼.。