Intermediate - Renting an Apartment through an Agent,

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A: 林太太，这是吴先生，我带他来看房。
Lı́n tàitai, zhè shı̀ Wú xiānsheng, wǒ dài tā lái kàn fáng.
Mrs. Lin, this is Mr. Wu. I brought him here to see the
apartment.

B: 哦。请进。
o. qı̌ng jı̀n.
Oh, please come in.

A: 你看，进门就是客厅。电视，沙发，空调，柜
子，都有。
nı̌ kàn, jı̀n mén jiùshı̀ kètı̄ng. diànshı̀, shāfā, kōngtiáo, guı̀zi,
dōu yǒu.
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。客厅挺大的。
ng. kètı̄ng tı̌ng dà de.
Yeah, the living room is quite large.

B: 来，这里是餐厅。这里是厨房。
lái, zhèlı̌ shı̀ cāntı̄ng. zhèlı̌ shı̀ chúfáng.
Come. This is the dining room. This is the kitchen.

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 C: 这台冰箱有点旧。能不能换台新的？
zhè tái bı̄ngxiāng yǒudiǎn jiù. néng bu néng huàn tái xı̄n
de?
This refrigerator is a little old. Could it be replaced with a
new one?

B: 还能用。我们不换的。
hái néng yòng. wǒmen bù huàn de.
It’s still usable. We’re not replacing it.

A: 这个问题等下再说，我们去看看卧室吧。
zhè ge wèntı́ děngxià zài shuō, wǒmen qù kàn kan wòshı̀
ba.
Let’s talk about this a little later. Let’s go take a look at the
bedroom.

B: 在这里。喏，这是主卧，这是书房。
zài zhèlı̌. nuò, zhè shı̀ zhǔwò, zhè shı̀ shūfáng.
It’s over here. Here is the master bedroom. This is the
study.

C: 嗯。卫生间在哪里？
ng. wèishēngjiān zài nǎlı̌?
OK. Where’s the bathroom?

A: 这里。你看，洗衣机是新买的。

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 zhèlı̌. nı̌ kàn, xı̌yı̄jı̄ shı̀ xı̄n mǎi de.
Here. Take a look, the washing machine is new.

C: 能烘干吗？
néng hōnggān ma?
Can it dry clothes?

B: 不能。衣服还是太阳晒好呀。你看，阳台那么
大，晒衣服很方便的。
bùnéng. yı̄fu háishı̀ tàiyáng shài hǎo ya. nı̌ kàn, yángtái
nàme dà, shài yı̄fu hěn fāngbiàn 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: 可是有灰尘，不干净。
kěshı̀ yǒu huı̄chén, bù gānjı̀ng.
But there’s dust out there. It’s not clean.

A: 吴先生，怎么样？还满意吗？
Wú xiānsheng, zěnmeyàng? hái mǎnyı̀ ma?
Mr. Wu, what do you think? Are you pretty satisfied?

C: 我再考虑考虑吧。
wǒ zài kǎolü
ù kǎolü
ù ba.
I’d like to keep thinking about it.

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Key Vocabulary

客厅 kètı̄ng living room

沙发 shāfā sofa

空调 kōngtiáo air conditioning

柜子 guı̀zi cabinet

餐厅 cāntı̄ng dining room

厨房 chúfáng kitchen

台 tái [measure word]

冰箱 bı̄ngxiāng refrigerator

旧 jiù old, used

换 huàn to replace

等下 děngxià wait a moment

卧室 wòshı̀ bedroom

主卧 zhǔwò master bedroom

书房 shūfáng study, office

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 卫生间 wèishēngjiān bathroom

洗衣机 xı̌yı̄jı̄ washing machine

烘干 hōnggān to dry with heat

晒 shài to dry in the sun

阳台 yángtái balcony

灰尘 huı̄chén dust

满意 mǎnyı̀ satisfied

考虑 kǎolü
ù to think over, to con-
sider

Supplementary Vocabulary

中介 zhōngjiè agency, intermediary

房东 fángdōng landlord

烘干机 hōnggānjı̄ dryer

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