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A: 吳先生，這套房子你還滿意嗎？

Wu´

xia¯ nsheng, zhe`

ta`o fa´ngzi nˇı ha´i maˇny`ı ma?

Mr. Wu, are you pretty happy with the apartment?

B: 還不錯。就是有幾個地方我不太喜歡。

ha´i bu`cuo`. jiu`sh`ı yoˇu jˇı ge d`ıfang woˇ bu`ta`i xˇıhuan.

It’s not bad, but there are a few things I don’t like very much.

A: 什麼地方？可以跟房東商量商量。

she´nme d`ıfang? keˇyˇı ge¯ n fa´ngdo¯ ng sha¯ ngliang sha¯ ngliang.

What are they? You can discuss them with the landlord.

B: 你看，牆有點髒，能不能雪新刷一下？

nˇı ka`n, qia´ng yoˇudiaˇn za¯ ng, ne´ng bu ne´ng cho´ngx¯ın shua¯ y¯ıxia`?

Look, the walls are a little dirty. Could I paint over them?

C: 刷牆很麻煩的，而且也不是很髒。

shua¯

qia´ng heˇn ma´fan de, e´rqieˇ

yeˇ

bu`

sh`ı heˇn za¯ ng.

Painting the walls is a lot of trouble. Also, they aren’t very dirty.

B: 床墊太硬了，換個軟一點的吧。

chua´ngdia`n ta`i y`ıng le, hua`n ge ruaˇn y¯ıdiaˇn de ba.

The mattress is too stiff. How about you replace it with a softer one?

C: 你什麼都要換，我沒那麼多錢。

nˇı she´nme do¯ u ya`o hua`n, woˇ

me´i na`me duo¯

qia´n.

You want to replace everything. I don’t have that much money.

B: 那我自己買個新的吧。

na`

woˇ

z`ıjˇı maˇi ge x¯ın de ba.

I’ll buy a new one myself then.

C: 那原來的那個你別扔啊。

na`

yua´nla´i de na`

ge nˇı bie´

re¯ ng a.

Then don’t throw out the the old one.

B: 啊？那沒地方放啊。

aˇ? na` me´i d`ıfang fa`ng a.

Huh? There’s nowhere to put it.

A: 吳先生，牆上髒的地方呢，擦一擦就好了。

Wu´

xia¯ nsheng, qia´ng sha`ng za¯ ng de d`ıfang ne, ca¯

yi ca¯

jiu`

haˇo le.

Mr. Wu, those dirty areas on the wall, they just need to be scrubbed a little and they’ll be fine.

A: 床墊呢，如果你要買新的，你搬走的時候，把你

買的留給房東。你看，行嗎？

chua´ngdia`n ne, ru´guoˇ nˇı ya`o maˇi x¯ın de, nˇı ba¯ nzoˇu de sh´ı-

hou, baˇ

nˇı maˇi de liu´

geˇi fa´ngdo¯ ng. nˇı ka`n, x´ıng ma?

As for the mattress, if you buy a new one leave it for the landlord when you move out. What do you think? Is that acceptable?

B: 也行。

yeˇ x´ıng.

That could work.

A: 這套房子各方面都不錯，你就早點決定吧。

zhe`

ta`o fa´ngzi ge`

fa¯ ngmia`n do¯ u bu`cuo`, nˇı jiu`

zaˇo diaˇn jue´-

d`ıng ba.

All and all the apartment is quite nice. You should make your decision soon.

B: 好，我明天給你答覆。

haˇo, woˇ m´ıngtia¯ n geˇi nˇı da´fu`.

OK. I’ll let you know tomorrow.

---Key Vocabulary---

套 ta`o [measure word for

apartments]

滿意 maˇny`ı satisfied

地方 d`ıfang place

房東 fa´ngdo¯ ng landlord

商量 sha¯ ngliang to discuss

牆 qia´ng wall

髒 za¯ ng dirty

雪新 cho´ngx¯ın again, anew

刷 shua¯ to paint

而且 e´rqieˇ moreover

床墊 chua´ngdia`n mattress

硬 y`ıng hard, stiff

換 hua`n to replace

軟 ruaˇn soft

原來 yua´nla´i original, originally

扔 re¯ ng to throw

擦 ca¯ to scrub, to wipe

搬走 ba¯ nzoˇu to move out

留 liu´ to leave something, to remain

各 ge` each

方面 fa¯ ngmia`n aspect

各方面 ge` fa¯ ngmia`n in all respects

決定 jue´d`ıng to decide

答覆 da´fu` to answer, to reply

---Supplementary Vocabulary---

中介 zho¯ ngjie`

房客 fa´ngke`

刷牙 shua¯ ya´

real estate agent tenant

to brush one’s teeth

刷子 shua¯ zi brush

墊子 dia`nzi cushion

丟掉 diu¯ dia`o to lose

搬家 ba¯ njia¯

to move house

告訴 ga`osu to tell

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