1· 我要租房——高频词汇串记
到国外上学或生活，首先要考虑的就是住宿（accommodation）。
对于留学生来说，住宿主要有三种形式：
寄宿家庭：homestay / host family
学生宿舍： hall of residence / dorm/ dormitory
私人出租： rent a hou
常考房间类型：
公寓：apartment（美式） flat （英式）
卧室兼起居室： studio apartment 或 studio flat 或 bedsit
单人床房间： single room
双人床房间： double room
两人间：twin room
三人间：triple room
室友 roommate
谈论到留学生租房子时，需要了解以下词汇
广告： advertiment
此房出租： the hou is for rent / for lea
男房东：landlord 女房东： landlady
地理位置：location
城市的：urban / downtown
在市中心： in the city center / in the central area
乡村的: rural / in the countryside
郊区: suburb / outskirt / uptown
交通：transportation 气候：climate 环境：environment
房屋装修：decorate / decoration 或 布局：layout
卧室：bedroom 起居室: living room 餐厅： dinning room
浴室：bathroom 洗衣间：laundry room 书房： study
厨房：kitchen 阳台： balcony / terrace 地下室：bament
仓库： storeroom / warehou 车库： garage
花园：garden 游泳池：swimming pool 健身房：gym
家具：furniture
衣柜：wardrobe / clothes cabinet 沙发： sofa
陈列柜：cabinet 壁橱：clot 橱柜：cupboard 衣柜：chest
书架：bookshelf 书柜：bookca 抽屉：drawer
洗衣机：washing machine 吸尘器：vacuum cleaner / hoover
空调： air conditioner 电风扇：electric fan
加热器：heater 散热器：radiator
冰箱：fridge / refrigerator 冷冻箱：cool box
微波炉：microwave oven 洗碗机：dishwasher
需要与房东谈论的事宜：
租金：rent
包括 include——电费：electric bill 煤气费：gas bill 水费：water bill
电话费: phone bill
合理： reasonable 合同： contract 押金：deposit
房间或床上用品：
床垫：mattress 床单：sheet 枕套：pillowca
窗帘： curtain 坐垫、靠垫：cushion
毯子：blanket 地毯：carpet 小地毯: rug 桶：bucket
拖把： mop 扫把：broom 垃圾桶：dustbin / trash can
练习：听录音，填入适当的词
1. I’ve just been accepted on a cour at the university and I’d like to try and arrange _______________ in the ______________.
2. Well, we’ve got a lovely ____________ available at that time.
3. But at the same time they want to live somewhere peaceful — they’d both frown up in a ____________ area and dislike ____________ life.
4. But this one hasn’t been ____________ for a few years, which has kept the _____________ down.
5. The other alternative is to opt for a single __________ which actually has more space and better ____________.
6. Oh, good morning. I’m ringing about your ____________ in the Evening Gazette.
7. Now my first question is about the choice of ____________ for the center. Why Christchurch? Was it becau of the _____________.
8. I put it in the top _____________ of the ____________ under the TV in your bedroom.
9. Combined ___________ and ____________, with a parate ___________. It doesn’t have a __________, though you can park on the road.
10. It’s an older style hou with Greek paintings in every room, and a ___________ outside.
11. The owners haven’t bought a single item of new ___________.
12. Don’t worry. In the upstairs ______________, you’ll find the _______________.
13. All tents have a ____________, and if you want to spend the day on the beach, for example, ask for a specially designed _____________, which will keep your food and ____________ chilled.
14. There are excellent ____________ at all our sites, with washing machines and clothes lines in the central areas, along with ____________, _____________ and _____________ in ca your tent needs cleaning during your stay.
15. I have to tell you there’s also a ____________ of ______________, which is returnable of cour as there’s no ____________.
1. 星期、月份
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
2. 房屋类型
住校内 ：live off campus
学生宿舍： hall of residence dormitory dorm
公寓： flat apartment
留学生宿舍： international hou
寄宿家庭： Home stay host family
卧室兼起居室： bed-sit
卧室: bedroom Single room double room twin room
套房：suite
3. 房间设施facility
厨房 kitchen 卫生间 bathroom 书房 study 阳台 balcony
车库 garage 花园 garden 游泳池 swimming pool 健身房 gym
4. 交通工具 transportation
小车 car 公车 bus 大巴 coach 迷你巴士 minibus
出租车 taxi / cab 往返巴士 shuttle 飞机 plane/airplane by air
船 boat ship 地铁 subway / underground / tube / metro 火车 train
直升飞机 helicopter 缆车cable car
