你住的是房子还是公寓

今天的这段对话，在讨论住处，
 
每个人住的地方都不一样，你住的是房子还是公寓
 
来听今天的讲解:
 
A: So Meg, do you live in a house or an apartment?
 
梅格，你住在房子里还是公寓里？
 
B: I live in an apartment near the train station.
 
我住在临近火车站的公寓里。
 
A: Oh, you live downtown.
 
哦，你住在市中心。
 
B: I do.
 
没错。
 
A: Do you like living downtown?
 
你喜欢生活在市中心？
 
B: I do like living downtown because it's so convenient. Everything is close by, grocery stores, the mall, the station.
 
我的确喜欢住在市中心，因为很方便。附近什么都有，有杂货店、有购物中心，还有车站。
 
A: Oh, that's great. So what about your apartment? Do you have a nice apartment?
 
哦，那很不错。你的公寓怎么样？你的公寓漂亮吗？
 
B: It's a nice apartment, but it's really small.
 
我的公寓很好，不过非常小。
 
A: Oh yeah? How many rooms?
 
是吗？有几个房间？
 
B: Well, there are three rooms. But each room is pretty small. There's a bedroom, a sitting room like a living room, and the kitchen room.
 
有三个房间。不过每个房间都很小。有一间卧室、一个起居室，还有厨房。
 
A: Oh, wow. So in your bedroom, like, do you have a big queen size bed, a small bed?
 
哇哦。你卧室里的床是大床还是小床？
 
B: I have a small twin size bed or a single bed in the bedroom because it's pretty small. So there's not much space for a big bed.
 
我卧室里有一张小的单人床，因为卧室很小。没有足够的空间放大床。
 
A: All right. So do you have a TV in your bedroom?
 
好。那你卧室里有电视吗？
 
B: No. Actually, I don't own a TV at all.
 
没有。我家里没有电视。
 
A: Really? So there's no TV in the living room, too.
 
真的吗？所以起居室里也没有电视。
 
B: There's no TV anywhere in the apartment.
 
公寓里没有电视。
 
A: Wow. What do you do in your house?
 
哇哦。那你在家里时做什么？
 
B: I have a laptop computer. So usually, I can watch some TV shows or videos on my laptop.
 
我有一台笔记本电脑。通常我用笔记本电脑看电视节目和视频。
 
A: All right. Okay. Do you like to watch movies in bed?
 
好。你喜欢躺在床上看电影吗？
 
B: Yeah. Sometimes I like to watch movies in bed or sometimes I prefer to sit in the living room and watch movies.
 
对。有时我喜欢躺在床上看电影，有时我喜欢坐在起居室里看电影。
 
A: Right. So you must have high-speed Internet.
 
好。你家的网速一定很快。
 
B: I do. Yes. I have an Internet box that my laptop can connect to.
 
对，没错。我有一个笔记本电脑可以连接的上网盒。
 
A: Okay. Cool. Do you have a nice big sofa?
 
好，真酷。你有大沙发吗？
 
B: I have two small sofas. So you can push them together to make one big sofa or you can keep them separate. Usually, I keep them separate because there's more room for people to sit on.
 
我有两个小沙发。可以把两个沙发拼在一起，做成一个大沙发，也可以分开用。通常，我不会把两个沙发拼在一起，因为这样有更多的空间，方便人们坐在上面。
 
A: Okay. Now, you like to cook. So you must have a nice kitchen.
 
好。你喜欢烹饪。你一定有个很棒的厨房。
 
B: Unfortunately, I have a very tiny kitchen.
 
不幸的是，我的厨房非常小。
 
A: Oh no. How do you cook?
 
哦不。那你怎么做饭？
 
B: I have to use some extra tables to have more space. The counter is really small, so there's not much space. So I have an extra table I use for preparing the food.
 
我要用其他的桌子来增加空间。厨房的操作台太小了，没有太多空间。所以我在准备食物时要用其他的桌子。
 
A: Okay. Do you have an oven?
 
好。你有烤箱吗？
 
B: I have a very small toaster oven. So it's not really an oven.
 
我有一个很小的烤箱。其实算不上烤箱。
 
A: All right. So do you have a microwave?
 
好。你有微波炉吗？
 
B: I do have a microwave and a small refrigerator and one burner, like a stove top burner.
 
我有一个微波炉，一个小冰箱，还有一个煤气灶。
 
A: Okay. Do you cook every night?
 
好。你每天晚上都做饭吗？
 
B: I don't cook every night. Sometimes, I'm too busy. And sometimes because my kitchen is so small, I get a little frustrated. So I just pick up some food from a restaurant.
 
我不是每晚都做饭。我特别忙的时候就不做。而且因为厨房太小了，所以有时我会沮丧，那时我也不做饭。我会从餐厅买饭回家。
 
A: All right. Now, you live in an apartment, so how many floors does your apartment building have?
 
好。你住在公寓里，那栋公寓楼有多少层？
 
B: The building has five floors and I live on the fifth floor.
 
5层，我就住在5楼。
 
A: Nice. Fifth floor.
 
好，5楼。
 
B: Yeah. The view is nice, but unfortunately, there's no elevator.
 
对，视野不错，不过不幸的是，没有电梯。
 
A: Oh no.
 
不是吧。
 
B: So you always have to take the stairs.
 
只能爬楼梯。
 
A: Wow. Five flights of stairs.
 
哇哦。要爬5层。
 
B: Five flights of stairs everyday. But it's good exercise.
 
每天都要爬5楼。不过这是很好的锻炼。
 
A: So you're on the fifth floor. Do you have a balcony?
 
你住在5楼。有阳台吗？
 
B: I have a small balcony where my washing machine is and I can also hang out my laundry out there.
 
有一个小阳台，我把洗衣机放在阳台，方便我晾衣服。
 
A: Oh cool, washing machine is outside.
 
不错，把洗衣机放在外面。
 
B: It is outside. It's a little different from my house in America.
 
的确是在外面。和我在美国的房子不太一样。
 
A: So from your view, what can you see?
 
从你住的地方往外看能看到什么？
 
B: I can see the train station from one window and all the restaurants downtown. And from a different window, I can see the mountains.
 
从其中一扇窗户看出去，我可以看到火车站和市中心所有的餐厅。通过另一扇窗户，我可以看到高山。
 
A: Oh nice. Yeah, the mountains are nice.
 
不错。山很漂亮。
 
B: Yeah, it's really pretty.
 
没错，真的非常漂亮。