A: I need your help with something. B: What's wrong? A: I somehow locked myself out of my apartment. B: How did you lock yourself out? A: I'm really not sure. B: Where's your key? A: I locked it inside the house. B: I do have a spare key to your door

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 租住公寓-Renting an Apartment

Amy had heard really bad news. They're kicking us out of our apartment, she said. They're renovating the entire A Wing. Everyone in A Wing has to move out by September 1. Sam said, You're kidding! Who told you this? How can they do this? This is unbe

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Ben was in bed. He could hear his uncle in the kitchen. He was arguing with Ben's father. Do I look like a bank? You're always asking me for money, Bens uncle said. And it always takes you years to pay me back. Ben's father said, I ask you because yo

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A: Hello? B: Hi Steve. This is Mike. What are you doing? A: Oh, hi. I was just watching TV. B: There's nothing to watch right now. A: I know. I was watching a re-run. I have nothing to do and I was bored. B: Me too. Let's get together and do somethin

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A: I'm calling about the available room. Is it still available? B: Yes it is. Do you know where we're located? A: Yeah. I drove by this morning and I liked the location. What's the rent? B: It's $850 a month. So you would pay $425 a month plus half o

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He had very little money. It was cold outside. It was winter. But he was inside. He was inside his apartment. Right now he was okay, because he was inside his apartment. But next month he would not be okay. Next month he would be outside his apartmen

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Conversation Two 23. A. Problems with living in an apartment. B. A search for a new apartment. C. The cost of rent near universities. D. How to share a room with one or two roommates. 24. A. It must be near the campus. B. It must be equipped with fur

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It was twice, and you could have knocked. 我就做过两次,谁让你当时不敲门 Who is it? 谁啊 Detective James, NYPD. 纽约警察局,詹姆士探员 Wait, don't open it! Don't open it! Oh, smoked it tuesday. Open. 等等,别开门,别

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Larry 在准备搬家,李华特别去Larry 家帮他收拾装箱。今天李华会学到两个常用语: to toss something和digs. LL: Hey, Li Hua, what do you think of this sweater? It's got severa

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Todd: OK, Keith, we're back here in the city. I'm going to ask you some questions about where you live. First, is there a libray by your house? Keith: No, no libraries near me. Todd: No, that's too bad. Do you like to read? Keith: Sure, I love to rea

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今天李华和Michael 一起吃午饭 的时候,聊起了李华的室友小陈。Michael 在谈 话中教给李华两个年轻人常用的词:psycho 和laid back。 M: Hey Li Hua. You look a litt

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B: Does this apartment face south? 这房子是否向南? A: The living room faces south and the bedrooms face north. Mrs.Chen, what do you think of this unit? It has a beautiful hill view and

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1. Do you have any apartments for rent right now? 你们现在有没有公寓要出租啊? 假设今天我们在报纸上看到房屋出租(To lease, To let)的广告,则接下来要作的动作就是打电话给租屋仲介(leasing agent)或

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重要词汇 turn sb off (使)厌烦;(使)讨厌 It turns me off when he uses my computer without asking me. 我很讨厌他不经过我同意用我电脑。 A:Hello,Frank. 你好,弗兰克。 B:Hi,Steven.what's new with you? 你好,史蒂

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t019f05ec842e578efb.jpg A: I got the offer to work as a department assistant in IBM yesterday. A: 我昨天收到了IBM公司发来的签约通知,担任部门助理一职。 B: Cool! Congratulations! B: 帅!恭喜啊! A: Thank you! But now I have

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Connie works in real estate in Manhattan. Her listings were on Craigslist and other web sites. One day she decided to consolidate all her listings onto one site. That site was Naked Apartments. She called one of her new clients. She said, Please visi

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Horace was alone in the gym on the top floor of his apartment building. He was standing next to a treadmill. Silently and from behind, a man hurriedly brushed past Horace. Horace was startled. The man missed hitting him by an inch. The man went into

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It was winter. His apartment was cold. He needed pajama bottoms to wear over his boxer shorts. He went to Konway's on 34th Street. They always had great deals on clothes. He found some bottoms for only $4. What a deal! They looked okay. He paid for t

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Lesson 2 Around Town 第二课 小城风情 October 2 10月2日 Can We Fix It? 可以修好吗? Read it! 读读看! Blake has a new apartment. 布雷克有一间新公寓。 It's on the third floor, and it has many windows. 公寓位在三楼,那

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Chapter 2 - Part 2 He passed his hand over the brown wash-rag of a back. Look at that coat. Some coat. Thats a dog thatll never bother you with catching cold. I think its cute, said Mrs. Wilson enthusiastically

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