社交生活篇：退租（2）

A: Hello, Jim. It's Olivia.

B: Hi, there. What can I do for you today?

A: You should know that I'll be moving out in a while.

B: Gee¹, that's too bad. What day do you plan to leave?

A: June 30 is my last day.

B: I hope it's not your neighbors or the latest rent increase.

A: No, neither one. I got lucky. I found a new job.

B: Hey, give me five! Good for you! What is it?

A: I'll be teaching² ESL at Pasadena City College.

B: Great! Is ESL a class about the Internet?

A: No. ESL is English for students whose native³ language is not English.

B: I was worried that you were moving because of your neighbors.

A: Whoever⁴ my next neighbor is cannot possibly be as loud as those people.

B: I'm going to give them 30 days' notice if they don't turn that TV down.

A: Thanks for everything. I'll give you the keys on the thirtieth.

B: You've been a very good tenant⁵. Good luck with your new SLE job.

你好，吉姆。我是奥利维亚。

你好。我今天能为你做什么？

你应该知道我最近就要搬出去了。

哎呀，那太糟糕了。你打算哪天离开？

6月30日是我的最后一天。

我希望不是你的邻居或是最近的房租上涨。

没有，两个都没有。我很幸运。我找到了一份新工作。

嘿，跟我击掌相庆！真为你高兴！这是怎么一回事？

我将在帕萨迪纳城市学院教ESL。

太好了！ESL是一门关于互联网的课程吗？

不是。ESL是为母语不是英语的学生提供的英语。

我担心你搬家是因为你的邻居。

不管我的下一个邻居是谁，都不可能像那些人那么大声。

如果他们不关电视，我会提前30天通知他们。

谢谢你所做的一切。三十号我会把钥匙给你。

你一直是个很好的房客。祝你在SLE的新工作好运。

1 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！

2 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

3 native   

adj.本国的，本地的；n.本地人，本国人

参考例句：

• No government shall take away the rights of the native people.任何政府也不能剥夺土著人的权利。
• This is my native land and I'll defend it with my life!这是我的祖国，我将用生命保卫她！

4 whoever   

pron.无论谁，不管谁；任何人

参考例句：

• I'll find the person who did this,whoever he is.我要找出干这件事的人，不管他是谁。
• Whoever does best will get the prize.谁做得最出色谁就得奖。

5 tenant   

n.承租人；房客；佃户；v.租借，租用

参考例句：

• The tenant was dispossessed for not paying his rent.那名房客因未付房租而被赶走。
• The tenant is responsible for all repairs to the building.租户负责对房屋的所有修理。