社交生活篇：找到公寓（1）

A: I finally found an apartment that I want to rent.

B: Where did you see it?

A: I saw it in this ad for apartments in today’s newspaper.

B: You found an apartment in the ads?

A: I really did, but what’s so great about it is that it’s really affordable¹.

B: Tell me about the apartment.

A: Well, most importantly the apartment is beautiful.

B: How much is the rent for the apartment?

A: The rent is $725 each month.

B: That’s pretty cheap for out here.

A: That’s what I said when I found out how much the rent was.

B: Congratulations² on the new apartment.

 

A:我终于找到了一套我想租的公寓。

B:你在哪里看到的？

A:我在今天报纸上的一则公寓广告中看到了。

B:你在广告里找到公寓了？

A:我真的租了，它的优点是价格实惠。

B:告诉我关于公寓的事。

A:嗯，最重要的是这套公寓很漂亮。

B:这套公寓的租金是多少？

A:租金是每月725美元。

B:在这里租这个很便宜。

B:当我知道租金是多少时，我就是这么说的。

A:祝贺你有了新公寓。

1 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

2 congratulations   

n.祝贺；贺词；祝词

参考例句：

• I send you my warmest congratulations on your success. 我对你的成功致以最热烈的祝贺。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Please give her my congratulations when you see her. 见到她时请转达我的祝贺。 来自《简明英汉词典》