听力场景
一.租房场景
1.考试题型: 闭幕式时间租房场景经常会出现各种形式的填空题——如个人信息填空、表格填空题和句子填空等等。
✧在个人信息填空中,往往是某一个学生的住宿情况登记(Accommodation Form)
2.考试考点:姓名、日期、地址的写法;住宿类型,个人爱好,饮食习惯,其他住宿要求等等。
✧注意填写答案的格式——如:常见姓名的拼写、专有名词首字母大写、名词答复数等等。
3.考试特点:成长足迹这一部分对话速度不会很快,而且会有信息的重复。
4.场景涉及词汇:住宿类型、租金、房间设施、租房/住宿要求等等。
首先辨别是租房for lea还是买房for sale
在这个场景涉及到的对话双方,主要是需要租房的房客(tenant)以及出租房屋的房东(landlord/landlady),或者代理房屋出租的房产中介(hou agent)。
✧人物身份: tenant吃什么可以催经s / renters租客, landlord房东, landlady女房东, Hou agency / agent中介,property manager房产公司经理, accommodation office宿管科,for rent出租, for sale出卖, vacation rental短租,property/real estate房地产,lea租约, agreement协议, contract合同,a longer-term lea长期租约, mortgage repayments按揭还款,
描述房子类型:学生可以选择寄宿在别人家中(home stay),可以住在学校宿舍(dorm),也可以自己在外面租房子。
✧房子的类型: accommodation住宿,flat/apartment公寓, hou独幢楼房, townhou连排房屋, bungalow平房,villa别墅,庄园, student hotel学生旅店l, youth hostel青年旅店, student residence,dormitory/dorm学生宿舍, bed-sit小单间,studio
apartment一居室公寓,bament地下室, en suite套间, garden room花园客房,汽车旅馆 motel, 包含早餐的旅馆 B&B
房间的各种设施——了解各种家用电器、家具,以及各个房间的名称。
✧一般房子有的家电或设施 houhold appliance: facilities各种设备, cooker厨具, microwave oven微波炉, squeezer榨汁机,toaster烤面包机, egg beater打蛋器, dishwasher洗碗机, water heater热水器, washing machine洗衣机, hair dryer吹风, tumble dryer烘干机, refrigerator / fridge / freezer冰箱, ice box, TV/television, cable TV有线电视,vacuum cleaners, videos, radios, shower淋浴, electric fan电扇, radiator心存芥蒂暖气, air conditioner空调,central heating system中央供暖系统, internet access网络连接,smoke alarms烟雾报警器,cots, toys,吸尘器(vacuum cleaner), stove炉子, electric stoves电炉, 宽带 broadband, 烤箱 grill/oven
另外电话询问看房子时:房子整体状况
✧家具(及家庭用品utensil): furniture,furnished,unfurnished不带家具的,decoration装修,telephone, curtain窗帘, blinds百叶窗, armchair扶手椅, round table,wardrobe衣柜,mirror, towel毛巾,basin盆子,blanket毯子,carpet地毯,mosquito net 蚊帐,bed, bookshelf, night table, sofa, couch, 扫把 broom , 拖把 mop, 抹布 duster/cleaning rag,
✧床上用品有pillow枕头,pillow ca枕套, mattress, blanket, quilt被子, bed sheet/linen床单
king-size特大号的(床、床单等), queen-size大号的(床、床单等), 1.8 meters,length,
cutlery,alarm clock,table lamp台灯,
detergent清洁剂, shampoo洗发水,conditioner护发素,soap肥皂,washing powder洗衣粉,lotion乳液,cream乳霜,shaver剃须刀,tissue纸巾,pot罐子,
replacement替代品,removal van搬家车,
✧Room: bedroom卧室, bathroom浴室, living room客厅, sitting room, 阳台balcony, kitchen, 小厨房 kitchenette(-ette表示小), bedsit, studio, recreation room, garage, 地下室(bament), 走廊(corridor), interior & exterior structure, spare room客房,utility room杂物间, study书房, toilet, balcony, garden, courtyard院子, swimming pool, corridor/aisle/passage走廊
two-bed roomed hou, single room, double bedroom,twin room, triple room
total dimension/area总面积, square feet平方英尺,square meters平方米
门厅:hall, lobby, porch门廊, foyer
询问房租账单:表示租金的rent,其他:如,第一个月除了租金外还需支付押金(deposit),每月的花费除了租金以外,还有各种各样的账单(bills),包括:电话费(telephone bill)、煤气费(gas bill)、水电费(water/electricity bill)…..
✧Money: rent=rental租金, deposit押金, a curity deposit, fee, utilities水电费, bills, phone bill,water bill,electricity bill,gas bill, bills and meals, telephone renta
l, 30 cents per call,
share petrol, additional fee额外费用, curity insurance,laundry fee
afford, charge, pay, arrange, arrangements,
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a reference letter推荐信,honor system诚信体系,refund偿还金额,salary, income, personal preferences个人偏好, credit report, repairs or maintenance costs维修维护费用,
two weeks’ notice, one month rent,
by cash, by check/cheque, by credit,
range from £250 to £500, on a monthly/yearly basis,
daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly/annual,
火影忍者语录per day/week/month/year, once a day/week/month/year,
every day/ week/month/year,each day/ week/month/year
房子位置:central,city center市中心,downtown市中心,inner-city市内,urban城区的,写一篇有趣的日记suburban郊区的, north suburbs北郊, beach-side suburbs, outskirts, rural, northwest, south coast, near the farm, university hou, campus, private hou,
Road, Street,Lane,Avenue,Drive,
surroundings, noisy, quiet,
amenities配套设施, local shops, local schools, supermarket, café, concert hall, cinema, sports center,leisure center, muum, public transport system,
租房的规律为:离市中心越近,房价越高,位置稍偏,价钱会比较有吸引力;但便宜的房子一般有不理想的地方:
not near the center, not near the railway station, fall from the bus stop, near the airport, noisy, shared kitchen,花花世界不必当真是什么歌 incts, a stranger in the next door, have no privacy, have to prepare some repellant ,incts haunting,have no privacy