【生活英文】一则关于购房的对话
学习语言,输入很重要,输入的质和量更重要。所谓质,就是输入的英文要实用、地道,能随时运用出去,所谓量,当然就是指要多输入、反复输入了!
今天我们学习一则关于购房的对话,要留意每个句子的表达方法和句子中一些单词、短语和习惯表达的使用。
A: So you are finally settling down and buying a house. Congratulations!
B: Now that we are having a baby, my wife and I have decided to stay in this area. Renting just doesn’t make sense.
A: How are you going to finance it? Houses around here are very expensive.
B: My parents have offered to lend us the down payment. We’ll get a loan and make mortgage payments. It’s not much more expensive than what we were paying in rent.
A: it sounds like you know what you are doing.
B: The only thing I am worried about now is decoration!
A: 你们终于要买房定居了。祝贺你!
B:因为我们现在有了个宝宝,我和我妻子已经决定待在这个地方了。租房子确实没意思。
A:你打算怎么买房呢?这儿附近的房子非常昂贵。
B:我的父母已经同意借给我们购房的首付款。我们将要贷款分期购房。这样下来也不会比交租金贵到哪里去。
A:听起来你很明确你要做的事。
B:我唯一担心的就是装修了。
重点词汇表达:
1. settle down 安定下来;定居
(to settle into a stable way of life; to get married and settle into a stable way of life)
Don't you think it's about time you settled down and stopped all of this running around?
你不觉得你该安定下来、不要再跑来跑去的吗?
Her parents wished she would settle down and start a family.
她父母希望她会安定下来,成个家。
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2. make sense 有道理;有意义;易懂
(to be practical and sensible; to be easy to understand)
What you say doesn’t make sense.
你说的话没有道理。
Why did she do a thing like that? It doesn't seem to make sense.
她干嘛要做那样的事?没意义。
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3. finance
为(某项目等)提供资金, 提供款项
(to provide money for (a project, etc); fund)
He took a job to finance his stay in Germany.
他找了份工作来维持他在德国逗留的费用。
The scheme is partly financed by a government grant.
此计划有一部分是政府资助的。
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4. down payment 首付
(a first payment that you make when you are buying something and are going to pay the rest later)
We've almost got enough money to make a down payment on a house.
我们已经有足够的钱能付买房的首付了。
I've made/put a down payment on a new TV and a stereo.
我已经付了首付,买了一台新的电视和音响。
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5. (monthly) mortgage payment (按月)偿还抵押借款本息的钱
(money to repay the sum borrowed and the interest on it)
We had recently bought a new home and needed both incomes to make the monthly mortgage payment and now we were done to no income.
我们刚刚买了一座新房子,需要双方的工资来付每个月的抵押贷款,现在我们却一分收入也没有了。
A great many of white-collar workers in China make mortgage payments to buy a house.
中国的很多白领用贷款买房。
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Now it's your time to open your mouth and practice! 张开嘴巴练起来!