Vocabulary
詞彙
房子或公寓的特徵
Features of a house or apartment
[LANDLADY] OK, well let me show you around.
[LANDLADY] This is the living room.
[LANDLADY] You can put a sofa over here, and a coffee table there.
[LANDLADY] OK?
[LANDLADY] The kitchen's this way.
[LANDLADY] There's a fridge and a microwave.
[LANDLADY] Have a look yourself.
[NINA] I like this.
[LANDLADY] This is the bathroom, and here's the bedroom. It's lovely and light, isn't it?
[NINA] It's beautiful.
[LANDLADY] There's a park across the road, and the schools are good.
[LANDLADY] It’s a lovely neighborhood.
[LANDLADY] A great place to raise a family.
[NINA] Yeah, and it's close to my shop.
[NINA] You see, I'm going to open a shop near here.
[LANDLADY] Oh, how exciting!
[LANDLADY] A shop!
[LANDLADY] So.
[NINA] I'll take it.
描述房子或公寓的特徵
Describing features of a house or an apartment
Use the following expressions to describe features and furniture in a house or apartment:
請使用以下表達描述房子或公寓的特徵和裡面的傢俱：
The living room has a lot of light.
客廳光線充足。
The kitchen has a microwave.
廚房裡有一臺微波爐。
There's a new fridge.
有一臺新冰箱。
That's a lovely coffee table.
有一張可愛的咖啡桌。
Remember, use is painted to describe the paint color in a house or apartment.
請記住，使用
is painted 描述房子或公寓的油漆顏色。The bedroom's painted blue.
臥室刷成藍色。
Where is John's apartment?
- on Green Street
- next to the park
- near the office
What's in the kitchen?
- a new refrigerator
- an old stove
- a yellow microwave
What's the living room like?
- It's lovely.
- It's yellow.
- It's large.
That's a lovely coffee table.
The living room's painted white.
There's a fridge in the kitchen.
There's a lot of light.
It's close to the park.
Vocabulary
詞彙
複合名詞
Compound nouns
stairway
扶梯,樓梯
/ˈsterweɪ/
a set of stairs inside or outside a building
bathtub
浴缸
/bæθtʌb/
a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body
driveway
車道
/ˈdraɪvweɪ/
- There was a car parked in/on the driveway.
有一輛汽車停在車道上
fireplace
壁爐
/ˈfaɪərpleɪs/
an open space for a fire in the wall of a room
swimming pool
游泳池
/ˈswɪmɪŋ puːl/
an area of water that has been created for people to swim in
- an indoor/outdoor swimming pool
室內/室外游泳池
coffee table
咖啡茶几;放咖啡及擺雜誌的小而長的矮桌
/ˈkɔːfi ˈteɪbl/
a small low table for putting magazines, cups, etc. on, usually in front of a sofa
mailbox
郵箱,信箱
/ˈmeɪlbɒks/
a small box near the main door of a building or by the road, which mail is delivered to
bookshelf
書架
/ˈbʊkʃelf/
a shelf that you keep books on
複合詞
Compound words
Compound words are two words joined together to form a new word.
複合詞是兩個詞連接在一起形成的一個新詞。
Over time, people often join the two words into one, but not always.
隨著時間的推移，人們經常將這兩個詞合二為一，但並非總是如此。
Here are some examples.
下面是一些例子。
coffee + table = coffee table咖啡桌
bath + tub = bathtub浴缸
fire + place = fireplace壁爐
book + shelf = bookshelf書架
stair + way = stairway樓梯
mail + box = mailbox郵箱
drive + way = driveway車道
swimming + pool = swimming pool游泳池
When you say a compound word, always pronounce the first of the two words with greater stress.
複合詞在讀說時，總是重讀兩個詞中的第一詞。
My apartment has a FIREplace.
我的公寓裡有壁爐。
in the house
bathtub
fireplace
bookshelf
coffee table
near the house
driveway
mailbox
swimming pool
Expressions
表達
帶他人參觀公寓
Giving a tour of an apartment
帶他人參觀公寓
Touring an apartment
Use expressions like these to give people a tour of your apartment.
使用諸如此類的表達，帶人參觀您的公寓。
Let me show you around.
讓我帶你到處看看吧。
This is the living room.
這是客廳。
The kitchen's this way.
廚房這邊走。
The microwave is over here.
微波爐在這裡。
Here's the bedroom.
臥室是這裡。
Have a look yourself.
您自己看看吧。
When you're taking a tour of an apartment for rent and want to plan where to put your furniture, you can say:
在您參觀待出租公寓，計劃傢俱放置在哪裡時，您可以說：
I can put my sofa over there.
我可以把沙發放在那兒。
If you decide you want to move in, you can tell the landlord:
如果您決定搬進來，您可以告訴房東：
I'll take it!
我要了！
What does John's new apartment have?
- a lot of light
- big bookshelves
- a lovely fireplace
What is John doing?
- taking his friend's apartment
- putting coffee on the table
- showing Mary around
Where should he put the lovely table and chairs?
- in the dining room
- in the bedroom
- in the living room
It's close to the subway.
靠近地鐵。
Let me show you around.
讓我帶您到處看看吧。
Here's my new coffee table.
這是我新買的咖啡桌。
The bathroom's this way.
衛生間在這邊。
The bedroom's over here.
臥室在這。
There's no balcony.
沒有陽臺。
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