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@ 50912 室內裝修
A 歐陽先生，上次的設計方案跟太太商量過了吧？
Oūyáng xiānsheng, shàngcì de shèjì fāng àn gēn tàitai shāngliàng guò le ba?
Mr. Ouyang, have you talked with your wife about the plan we made last time?
B 小劉，實在麻煩你了。我們一直拿不定主意。
Xiǎo Liú, shízài máfan nǐ le. wǒ men yīzhí nábùdìng zhǔyi.
Ms. Liu, it's just too much of a hassle. We still haven't made up our minds.
A 沒關係，裝修是大事，肯定要好好考慮。而且我們室內設計師就是要滿足顧客的需要嘛。
méiguānxi, zhuāngxiū shì dàshì, kěndìng yào hǎohāo kǎolǜ. érqiě wǒ men shìnèi shèjìshī jiùshì yào mǎnzú gùkè de xūyào ma.
No problem. Renovation is a big deal, you definitely want to think it through carefully. And we interior decorators want to satisfy our customers' requirements.
B 哎，我老婆喜歡東南亞風格，說有異域風情。我喜歡簡約的設計，不會過時嘛。弄得那麼花裡胡哨，過幾年看，肯定覺得俗氣。
āi, wǒ lǎopo xǐhuan dōngnányà fēnggé, shuō yǒu yìyù fēngqíng. wǒ xǐhuan jiǎnyuē de shèjì, bùhuì guòshí ma. nòng de nà me huālihúshào , guò jǐnián kàn, kěndìng juéde súqì.
Ah, my wife would like a Southeast Asian theme, she says it's exotic. I like simpler designs that will never go out of style. If you make it too garish, in a few years it'll seem vulgar.
A 你們的審美觀那麼不同，我建議用混合設計，不同的房間做不同的風格。
nǐ men de shěnměi guān nà me bùtóng, wǒ jiànyì yòng hùnhé shèjì, bùtóng de fángjiān zuò bùtóng de fēnggé.
Since you have such different tastes, I recommend a blended design. Do different themes for different rooms.
B 看來也只能這樣了。否則這房子要弄到猴年馬月？客廳要儘量簡單，東西少一點，用幾何型的傢俱。
kànlai yě zhǐnéng zhè yàng le. fǒuzé zhè fángzi yào nòng dào hóuniánmǎyuè? kètīng yào jǐnliàng jiǎndān, dōngxi shǎoyīdiǎn , yòng jǐhé xíng de jiājù.
It looks like that's our only choice. Otherwise who knows how long we'll be working on this house. We should do our best to make the living room simple, with less stuff, and geometric furniture.
A 這樣是不錯，不過可能不太溫馨。因為你們的廳面積大，其實可以在簡約主義的基礎上加一點東南亞的元素。放些雕塑，或者植物，一下子就感覺有生機、有文化內涵了。
zhè yàng shì bùcuò, bùguò kěnéng bù tài wēnxīn. yīnwèi nǐ men de tīng miànji dà, qíshí kěyǐ zài jiǎnyuē zhǔyì de jīchǔ shàng jiāyīdiǎn dōngnányà de yuánsù. fàng xiē diāosù, huòzhě zhíwù, yíxiàzi jiù gǎnjué yǒu shēngjī, yǒu wénhuànèihán le.
That's an idea, though it might not be cozy enough. Because you have a big place, you can add a few Southeast Asian elements onto a foundation of simplicity. Put in some sculptures or plants, and in no time at all the feeling will be organic and cultured.
B 這樣也有道理。正好我老婆買了好多這種類型的東西，都可以用上了。對了，可以配中式的古董傢俱嗎？我比較偏愛中式一些的。
zhèyàng yě yǒu dàolǐ. zhènghǎo wǒ lǎopo mǎi le hǎo duō zhè zhǒng lèixíng de dōngxi , dōu kěyǐ yòng shàng le. duìle, kěyǐ pèi zhōngshì de gǔdǒngjiājù ma? wǒ bǐjiào piānài zhōngshì yīxiē de.
That also makes sense. It just so happens that my wife bought a bunch of those kinds of things, so we can use them all. Oh, right, can we put in some Chinese-style antique furniture? I have a bit of a weakness for Chinese-style things.
A 可以啊。放個小櫃子、書架什麼的，既實用，又不會太繁瑣。你們喜歡什麼色調？
kěyǐ ā. fàng ge xiǎoguìzi, shūjià shénme de, jì shíyòng, yòu bùhuì tài fánsuǒ. nǐ men xǐhuan shénme sèdiào?
Sure. Put in a little closet, a bookshelf and whatnot. They're very useful, and won't seem too elaborate. What color scheme do you like?
B 我喜歡白色。但是我老婆喜歡暖色調，什麼黃色、橙色。你說，家裡搞成花花綠綠的還怎麼住？
wǒ xǐhuan báisè. dànshì wǒ lǎopo xǐhuan nuǎn sèdiào, shénme huángsè, chéngsè. nǐ shuō, jiālǐ gǎo chéng huāhuālǜlǜ de hái zěnme zhù?
I like white. But my wife likes warm colors like yellow and orange. Tell me, how can we live here if everything is really gaudy?
A 其實還是那句話，只要處理得好，什麼顏色都漂亮。而且現在家居設計也講究多元化，最近我手頭的好幾套房子都採用了這種設計，效果都挺不錯的。依我看，你太太喜歡的顏色可以放在臥室裡，你喜歡白的就用在書房裡好了。
qíshí hái shì nà jù huà, zhǐyào chǔlǐ de hǎo, shénme yánsè dōu piàoliang. érqiě xiànzài jiājū shèjì yě jiǎngjiu duōyuánhuà, zuìjìn wǒ shǒutóu de hǎojǐ tào fángzi dōu cǎiyòng le zhè zhǒng shèjì, xiàoguǒ dōu tǐng bùcuò de. yī wǒ kàn, nǐ tàitai xǐhuan de yánsè kěyǐ fàng zài wòshì lǐ, nǐ xǐhuan bái de jiù yòng zài shūfáng lǐ hǎo le.
Actually, I stand by that old chestnut: as long as you do it right, any color scheme can be pretty. And these days interior designers are really getting into pluralism. Recently I've handled several houses that had that kind of design and the results were all really good. I think the colors your wife likes would be good in the bedroom, and the colors you like would be good for a study.
B 這樣行嗎？我和老婆為了裝修這事兒已經吵了好幾回了。你可別拿我們當試驗品，忽悠我們啊。
zhèyàng xíng ma? wǒ hé lǎopo wèi le zhuāngxiū zhè shìr yǐjīng chǎo le hǎojǐhuí le. nǐ kě bié ná wǒ men dàng shìyànpǐn, hūyou wǒ men a.
Will that work? My wife and I have already fought a couple times over this issue. Don't use us as guinea pigs and give us a lot of b.s.!
A 你要是不放心的話，我等會兒做張效果圖，你帶回去給太太看看。
nǐ yàoshì bù fàngxīn dehuà, wǒ děng huìr zuò zhāng xiàoguǒ tú, nǐ dài huíqù gěi tàitai kànkan.
If you're still worried, I can make a few pictures and you can have your wife look them over.
B 行，就這麼辦吧。
xíng, jiù zhè me bàn ba.
Ok, sounds good.
Key Vocabulary
方案 fāng'àn plan
拿不定 nábudìng to be unable to make up one's mind
裝修 zhuāngxiū renovation
異域 yìyù exotic
風情 fēngqíng air
簡約 jiǎnyuē minimal
過時 guòshí outdated
花裡胡哨 huālihúshào gaudy
俗氣 súqì vulgar
猴年馬月 hóuniánmǎyuè indefinitely
溫馨 wēnxīn warm
雕塑 diāosù sculpture
生機 shēngjī lively
文化內涵 wénhuànèihán cultural substance
偏愛 piān'ài to be partial about something
繁瑣 fánsuǒ elaborate
暖色調 nuǎnsèdiào warm hues
忽悠 hūyou to cheat someone
Supplementary Vocabulary
塗料 túliào paint
油漆 yóuqī paint
甲醛 jiǎquán formaldehyde
瓷磚 cízhuān tile
衛浴 wèiyù bathroom
五金 wǔjīn metal hardware
櫥櫃 chúguì closets and cabinets
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