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A: 林太太，這是吳先生，我帶他來看房。
L´ın ta`itai, zhe`
sh`ı Wu´
xia¯ nsheng, woˇ
da`i ta¯
la´i ka`n fa´ng.
Mrs. Lin, this is Mr. Wu. I brought him here to see the apartment.
B: 哦。請進。
o. qˇıng j`ın.
Oh, please come in.
A: 你看， 進門就是客廳。電視， 沙發， 空調， 櫃
子，都有。
nˇı ka`n, j`ın me´n jiu`sh`ı ke`t¯ıng. dia`nsh`ı, sha¯ fa¯ , ko¯ ngtia´o, gu`ızi, do¯ u yoˇu.
As you can see, the living room is right inside the door. There’s a TV, sofa, an air conditioner, a cabinet; everything.
C: 嗯。客廳挺大的。
ng. ke`t¯ıng tˇıng da` de.
Yeah, the living room is quite large.
B: 來，這裡是餐廳。這裡是廚房。
la´i, zhe`lˇı sh`ı ca¯ nt¯ıng. zhe`lˇı sh`ı chu´fa´ng.
Come. This is the dining room. This is the kitchen.
C: 這臺冰箱有點舊。能不能換臺新的？
zhe` de?
ta´i b¯ıngxia¯ ng yoˇudiaˇn jiu`. ne´ng bu ne´ng hua`n ta´i x¯ın
This refrigerator is a little old. Could it be replaced with a new one?
B: 還能用。我們不換的。
ha´i ne´ng yo`ng. woˇmen bu` hua`n de.
It’s still usable. We’re not replacing it.
A: 這個問題等下再說，我們去看看臥室吧。
zhe` ba.
ge we`nt´ı deˇngxia`
za`i shuo¯ , woˇmen qu`
ka`n kan wo`sh`ı
Let’s talk about this a little later. Let’s go take a look at the bedroom.
B: 在這裡。暗，這是主臥，這是書房。
za`i zhe`lˇı. nuo`, zhe`
sh`ı zhuˇwo`, zhe`
sh`ı shu¯ fa´ng.
It’s over here. Here is the master bedroom. This is the study.
C: 嗯。衛生間在哪裡？
ng. we`ishe¯ ngjia¯ n za`i naˇlˇı?
OK. Where’s the bathroom?
A: 這裡。你看，冼衣機是新買的。
zhe`lˇı. nˇı ka`n, xˇıy¯ıj¯ı sh`ı x¯ın maˇi de.
Here. Take a look, the washing machine is new.
C: 能烘千嗎？
ne´ng ho¯ ngga¯ n ma?
Can it dry clothes?
B: 不能。衣服還是太陽晒好呀。你看， 陽臺那麼
大，晒衣服很方便的。
bu`ne´ng. y¯ıfu ha´ish`ı ta`iya´ng sha`i haˇo ya. nˇı ka`n, ya´ngta´i na`me da`, sha`i y¯ıfu heˇn fa¯ ngbia`n de.
No. It’s better to dry clothes in the sun anyway. See, the balcony is so big, it’s really easy to dry them in the sun.
C: 可是有灰塵，不千淨。
keˇsh`ı yoˇu hu¯ıche´n, bu` ga¯ nj`ıng.
But there’s dust out there. It’s not clean.
A: 吳先生，怎麼樣？還滿意嗎？
Wu´ xia¯ nsheng, zeˇnmeya`ng? ha´i maˇny`ı ma?
Mr. Wu, what do you think? Are you pretty satisfied?
C: 我再考慮考慮吧。
woˇ
za`i kaˇolu`¨
kaˇolu`¨
ba.
I’d like to keep thinking about it.
---Key Vocabulary---
客廳 ke`t¯ıng living room
沙發 sha¯ fa¯ sofa
空調 ko¯ ngtia´o air conditioning
櫃子 gu`ızi cabinet
餐廳 ca¯ nt¯ıng dining room
廚房 chu´fa´ng kitchen
臺 ta´i [measure word]
冰箱 b¯ıngxia¯ ng refrigerator
舊 jiu` old, used
換 hua`n to replace
等下 deˇngxia` wait a moment
臥室 wo`sh`ı bedroom
主臥 zhuˇwo` master bedroom
書房 shu¯ fa´ng study, office
衛生間 we`ishe¯ ngjia¯ n bathroom
冼衣機 xˇıy¯ıj¯ı washing machine
烘千 ho¯ ngga¯ n to dry with heat
晒 sha`i to dry in the sun
陽臺 ya´ngta´i balcony
灰塵 hu¯ıche´n dust
滿意 maˇny`ı satisfied
考慮 kaˇolu`¨
to think over, to con- sider
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
中介 zho¯ ngjie`
agency, intermediary
房東 fa´ngdo¯ ng landlord
烘千機 ho¯ ngga¯ nj¯ı dryer
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