Unit 14 Reside
居住
* apartment
·n. 公寓;房间
* cottage
·n. 平房
* hotel
·n. 旅馆;饭店;客栈
* motel
·n. 汽车旅馆
* attic
·n. 阁楼;顶楼
* balcony
·n. 阳台
* backyard
·n. 后院
* hall
·n. 门厅
* villa
·n. 别墅
* office building
写字楼
* plaza
·n. 广场
* slum
·n. 贫民窟;陋巷;脏乱的地方
* downtown
·n. 市中心区
* village
·n. 村庄
* park
·n. 公园
habitant
·n. 居住者
habitat
·n. [生态]栖息地,产地
cohabit
vi. 同居
inhabit
·vt. 栖息;居住于
uninhabited
·a. 无人居住的,杳无人迹的
inhabitant
·n. 居民;居住者
citizen
·n. 公民;市民
domicile
·n. 住宅;永久居住地;期票支付场所
neighbour
·n. 邻居
corridor
·n. 走廊
metropolis
·n. 大都市;首府;重要中心
pitch a tent
搭帐篷
A: Good afternoon, how are you today?
中午好,你今天好吗?
B: Fine, thanks. How about you?
很好,谢谢,你呢?
A: Fine, I wonder if the housing price in Beijing has gone down.
很好,我想了解一下北京的房价降了没有。
B: Not too much, you know many people choose to live here.
降得不多.你知道很多人选择住在这里。
A: I heard that it is over-populated for many times.
我经常听说北京过度拥挤,人口实在太多。
B: Yes, that's true. We all pay a lot for living here.
是的,住在这里我们的代价很高。
A: Where do you live, downtown or suburban district?
你们住在哪里,市中心还是郊区?
B: We rent a basement house in downtown. However, the rent is over our budget sometimes.
我们在市中心租了一间地下室。然而有时租金都会超出我们的预算。
A: I see. How about renting a room in the so-called hutong?
我明白了,那要是在所谓的胡同里租一间屋子呢?
B: It is not cheap, either. Most young people live in Beijing can't afford a house.
那也不便宜。大部分住在北京的年轻人都买不起房子。
A: And just now you mentioned the basement, how is the housing condition there?
你刚才提到了地下室,那里的居住条件怎么样?
B: Well, I can't complain it. There are many workers don't have a place to stay, they just pitch a tent in the construction site at night.
我没什么好抱怨的了,你知道很多工地上的工人都没地方住,只是在工地上搭帐篷过夜。
A: Really tough life they are living.
他们过得很艰苦啊。