专四每日一听 第8期

居家住房

你对自己住的房子满意吗？你是否能够处理住房过程中出现的一系列问题？你是否正在找新的住处？对话中，Jason和Alice看中了一套公寓，关于这套公寓，来看看他们在谈些什么。

你觉得这个公寓怎么样？What do you think of this apartment?
= How do you like this flat?
我喜欢客厅，比较大，而且阳光充足。I love the living room; it’s huge and filled with sunshine.
○ The bedroom is a little small for us.
     对我们来说卧室有点小了。
请到客厅来。Please come into the living room.

○ Go to your room.
 回你的房间去。
收拾一下你的房间。Clean your room.
  = Clean / Pick up your room.
 
○ Pick up your clothes. 收拾一下你的衣服。
请用吸尘器把整个房子打扫一下。Please vacuum the whole house.

○  Sweep the floor. 扫扫地。
 ★  vacuum [] v. 用真空吸尘器打扫
这地方跟猪圈一样。This place is a pigsty¹.

○ What a mess! 真够脏乱的！
★ pigsty [] n. 猪圈
 ★ mess [] n. 脏乱，混乱
打开窗户，给房间通通风。Open the window and air the room.

○ It’s stuffy² in here.
    这儿太闷了。
 ★ stuffy [] a. 不通气的，空气闷的
水池子堵了。The sink is clogged⁴.

○ The drain is backed up. 下水道堵了。
★ sink [] n. 水池子，水槽
★ clog³ [] v. 堵塞
★ drain [] n. 下水道
  ● back up（使）淤塞
抽水马桶漏水了。The toilet is running.

○ The toilet overflowed⁵. 马桶溢水了。
这个水龙头在不停地漏水。This faucet⁶ leaks day and night.
★ faucet [] n. 龙头
 ★ leak [] v. 漏
没有电。The electricity isn’t working.
★ electricity [] n. 电
没有暖气。There’s no heat.

○ The heat is out. 暖气不供暖了。
把空调打开/关上。Turn on/off the air conditioner.

○ Turn up/down the air conditioner. 把空调调高/低点。
 ★ conditioner [] n. 调节装置
你打算怎样装饰这个房间？How are you going to decorate this room?
★ decorate [] v. 装饰，装修，布置
也许我们应该买些新家具。Maybe we could get some new furniture.
★ furniture [] n. 家具

Talking about Apartment

Jason：What do you think of this flat?
Alice：It’s not really all that good. The bedroom is a little small for us.
Jason：Small but it should be enough for our needs, I think.
Alice：But there’s no hot water after 10 at night. Sometimes I like to have a hot shower before bed, especially in the winter. It feels good.
Jason：That’s true. But I love the living room; it’s huge and filled with sunshine.
Alice：True, and I like the kitchen. It’s new and well equipped.
Jason：It has a great balcony with an incredible view of the park.
Alice：You’re right. The view is spectacular. But that bedroom is so small. We’d never be able to fit all of our stuff in there.
Jason：Maybe we could get some new furniture. Better stuff.
Alice：I haven’t thought of that.

谈论公寓

杰森：你觉得这个公寓怎么样？
爱丽丝：并不那么好。对我们来说卧室有点小了。
杰森：是小，不过我想已经足够我们两个人用了。
爱丽丝：但是晚上十点钟以后就没有热水了。有时候我想睡觉前洗个热水澡，尤其是在冬天，感觉很好。
杰森：那倒是，但是我喜欢客厅，比较大，而且阳光充足。
爱丽丝：是的，我还喜欢厨房，都是新的，设备也齐全。
杰森：还有一个很棒的阳台，可以看到公园的美景。
爱丽丝：是的，风景很优美。但是卧室那么小，放不下我们的东西。
杰森：或许我们应该买些新家具，更好的东西。
爱丽丝：我没有想过

详细解说

“What do you think of…”这个句型可以用来询问别人对某事物的看法。

“have/take a hot shower ”表示“冲个热水澡”。例如： Mary loves
  
  having a hot shower after she’s been swimming. （玛丽喜欢游泳后冲个热水澡。）“洗冷水澡”则为“have/take a cold shower”，例如：It was such a hot night that I had a cold shower to refresh myself.（那个晚上好热，我冲了个冷水澡提提神。）

“be filled with sunshine”表示“阳光普照，充满阳光”。“be filled with  sth.”表示“被…填满，充满着…”，例如：The room is filled with the sound of children's laughter.（房间里充满了孩子们的欢声笑语。）

“be well equipped”表示“设备安装得很齐全、很完备”。另外，“be equipped with sth.”表示“安装/配备有某种设备”。例如：The rooms are equipped with video cameras.（这些房间都安装了摄像头。）

1 pigsty   

n.猪圈，脏房间

参考例句：

• How can you live in this pigsty?你怎能这住在这样肮脏的屋里呢？
• We need to build a new pigsty for the pigs.我们需修建一个新猪圈。

2 stuffy   

adj.不透气的，闷热的

参考例句：

• It's really hot and stuffy in here.这里实在太热太闷了。
• It was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture.帐篷里很闷热，我们感到空气都是潮的。

3 clog   

vt.塞满，阻塞；n.[常pl.]木屐

参考例句：

• In cotton and wool processing,short length fibers may clog sewers.在棉毛生产中，短纤维可能堵塞下水管道。
• These streets often clog during the rush hour.这几条大街在交通高峰时间常常发生交通堵塞。

4 clogged   

（使）阻碍( clog的过去式和过去分词 )； 淤滞

参考例句：

• The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。
• The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line. 汽油的注入由于管道阻塞而停止了。

5 overflowed   

溢出的

参考例句：

• Plates overflowed with party food. 聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。
• A great throng packed out the theater and overflowed into the corridors. 一大群人坐满剧院并且还有人涌到了走廊上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 faucet   

n.水龙头

参考例句：

• The faucet has developed a drip.那个水龙头已经开始滴水了。
• She turned off the faucet and dried her hands.她关掉水龙头，把手擦干。