社交生活篇：催房租（2）

A: Hello. This is Nicole.

B: This is Richard. Let's not play games. You know why I'm calling.

A: Oh, not again! You're calling about the rent.

B: Yes, your rent check is late, just like last month.

A: What happened to my grace period?

B: Why would there be a grace period this month? There wasn't one last month.

A: I guess I might be a little confused.

B: What day in the near future can I expect your check?

A: My boss told me he will pay me tomorrow. You'll get my check by Monday.

B: Remember to include the $50 late fee.

A: Are you sure the rental¹ agreement included a late fee?

B: The red ink around the late fee in your agreement should tell you something.

A: I seem to have lost my rental agreement.

B: Don't be late again, or you'll be evicted².

你好。我是妮可。

我是理查德。我们不要玩游戏了。你知道我为什么打电话。

噢，别再这样了！你打电话是想问房租的事。

是的，你的房租支票迟交了，就像上个月一样。

我的宽限期呢？

为什么这个月会有宽限期？上个月没有。

我想我可能有点困惑。

我能在不久的将来的哪一天收到你的支票？

我老板告诉我他明天给我发工资。星期一之前你会收到我的支票。

记住要包括50美元的滞纳金。

你确定租赁协议包括滞纳金吗？

你协议中关于滞纳金的红字应该告诉你一些事情。

我好像把租房协议弄丢了。

别再拖延了，否则你会被赶出去的。

1 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

2 evicted   

v.（依法从房屋里或土地上）驱逐，赶出( evict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
• They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. 他们赶走了未交房租的房客。