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05 A Place to Live




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you

hello I'm David I'm Natalie and I'm

Kevin today houses and flats a place to

live a house a house a flat a flat a

house or a flat to buy or to rent I live

here in a hotel I live here in a house

it's a small house I live here in a flat

it's a big flat live I live I live in a

house it's a small house I live in a

flat it's a big flat we live in London

where do you live I live in st. Paul

Minnesota I live in London

I live in Ealing I live in Suffern

Walton I live in Minneapolis do you have

a house or a flat um I have a house a

house we have a house I have a flat I

live on a boat live do you live where do

you live

I live in London have

do you have do you have a house or a

flat I have a house

what's this apartments flats I want to

rent a flat oh this is a nice flat

it has a big kitchen hmm very big it has

a bathroom hmm

nice two bedrooms

two small bedrooms and a living room

nice

it has a garden it's small and it has

central heating

well this flat has a kitchen a bathroom

a living room and two bedrooms what

rooms do you have in your house or flat

I have two bedrooms a lounge a kitchen

and a bathroom I have a sitting room a

dining room a kitchen and two bedrooms

five bedrooms bathroom kitchen lounge TV

room carriage in the house we have

downstairs kitchen sitting room dining

room and Hall upstairs we have two

bathrooms six bedrooms an office and a

playroom

James Brady is in London he's in a hotel

he'd like a flat he'd like to rent a

flat

good afternoon can I help you yes I'd

like to rent a flat a small flat

furnished or unfurnished unfurnished

this flat has two bedrooms a living room

a kitchen and a bathroom does the flat

up central heating yes does it have a

God yes a small garden well where is the

flat it's in Windsor has this flat has

this flat has two bedrooms the flat does

does the flat have does the flat have

central heating does the flat have

central heating this flat is in

Wimbledon set is one bedroom does the

flat have central heating yes

does it have a garden yes it has a big

garden hmm I'd like to see it

how much is the rent no this is a nice

flat no what about a house a house yes

no no no

it's small

no it's big it has a living room a

kitchen two bedrooms what it has a

living room a kitchen and two bedrooms

does it have a bathroom of course does

it have a garden yes okay James Brady is

in Wimbledon to see the flat No

right let me show you around this is the

living room it's big the kitchen's

through here hmm nice toilet hmm this is

the bedroom and the bathroom

mmm nice well yes good

kitchen bathroom living room bedroom

rooms in a house rooms and a flat or

rooms on a houseboat

Truman Howell lives on a houseboat on

the Mississippi River in st. Paul the

reason that I enjoy living on the boat

and it is my preferred lifestyle is that

I have the the freedom of moving my home

literally up and down the river as I

wish I also am located in downtown st.

Paul literally across the bridge from me

as well as having a natural environment

right across the front of my boat where

there are trees and animals and ducks

and woodchucks etc so it's a very

pleasant environment for me and it's

it's relaxing to come home to this kind

of environment after sort of the hubbub

of the day and the business of the

business world we have electrical power

we have natural gas that comes to the

dock and we also have our water that is

from the public utility as well this is

my living room

and this is the bedroom this is my

kitchen and this is where we eat this is

where I work and this is the view from

my boat

well do you want to rent a house no a

flat nope

well what a houseboat

goodbye

you


知识点

重点词汇
upstairs [ˌʌpˈsteəz] n. 楼上 adj. 楼上的 adv. 在楼上,向楼上;上楼;往楼上 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky :3067}

lifestyle [ˈlaɪfstaɪl] n. 生活方式 保健的 {ielts :3093}

carriage [ˈkærɪdʒ] n. 运输;运费;四轮马车;举止;客车厢 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :3104}

downtown [ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn] n. 市中心区;三分线以外 adj. 市中心的 adv. 往闹市区;在市区 {gk ky toefl ielts :3116}

electrical [ɪˈlektrɪkl] adj. 有关电的;电气科学的 {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts :3190}

kevin [ˈkevin] n. 凯文(男子名) { :3255}

ducks [dʌks] n. 鸭子(duck的复数);薄帆布工作服,帆布裤子 v. 闪避;没入水中(duck的第三人称单数) n. (Ducks)人名;(匈)杜克斯 { :3521}

dock [dɒk] n. 码头;船坞;被告席;尾巴的骨肉部分 vt. 使靠码头;剪短 vi. 入船坞 n. (Dock)人名;(老)多;(英、法、瑞典)多克 {cet4 cet6 ky ielts gre :3530}

toilet [ˈtɔɪlət] n. 厕所,盥洗室;梳妆,打扮 vt. 给…梳妆打扮 vi. 梳妆,打扮 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky :3550}

downstairs [ˌdaʊnˈsteəz] n. 楼下 adj. 楼下的 adv. 在楼下 {zk gk cet4 ky :4046}

lounge [laʊndʒ] n. 休息室;闲逛;躺椅;(英)酒吧间 vi. 闲逛;懒洋洋地躺卧;闲混 vt. 虚度光阴 {gk cet6 ky ielts gre :4410}

Wimbledon ['wimbldәn] n. 温布尔顿(位于伦敦附近, 是著名的国际网球比赛地) { :4873}

furnished [ˈfɜ:nɪʃt] v. 供应;装备(furnish的过去分词) adj. 家具,有家具的 {gk :5253}

goodbye [ˌgʊdˈbaɪ] int. 再见 放弃 告别 {zk :5578}

windsor ['winzә] n. 温莎(地名,伦敦西方的城市) { :5648}

walton ['wɔ:ltәn] n. 沃尔顿(男子姓氏) { :7982}

nope [nəʊp] adv. 不是,没有;不 { :9734}

Howell [ ] [人名] [威尔士人姓氏] 豪厄尔来源于人名,含义是“杰出的”(eminent); [人名] [英格兰人姓氏] 豪厄尔住所名称,来源于古英语,含义是“熊仔+泉,溪流”(bearcub+spring,stream); [地名] [澳大利亚、美国] 豪厄尔 { :10610}

Brady [ ] abbr. bradycardia 心动过缓 { :10787}


难点词汇
Ealing ['i:liŋ] 伊令(英格兰东南部一城市) { :12534}

truman ['tru:mәn] n. 杜鲁门(男子名) { :13285}

Mississippi [.misi'sipi] n. 密西西比河(美国河流,世界上最大的河流之一);密西西比州(美国州名) { :15037}

Minnesota [.mini'sәutә] n. 明尼苏达州(美国中北部洲) { :16718}

houseboat [ˈhaʊsbəʊt] n. 游艇;居住船 vi. 居住在船上;乘居住船游览 { :19750}

hubbub [ˈhʌbʌb] n. 喧哗;骚动 {toefl ielts gre :20486}

playroom [ˈpleɪru:m] n. 游戏室;娱乐室 {gk :20588}

natalie [ˈnætəli] n. 纳塔利(女子名) { :22609}

Minneapolis [,mini'æpәlis] n. 明尼阿波里斯市(美国一座城市) { :25696}

woodchucks [ˈwʊdˌtʃʌks] n. 美洲旱獭,土拨鼠( woodchuck的名词复数 ) { :29160}

unfurnished [ʌnˈfɜ:nɪʃt] adj. 无装备的;[建] 无家具设备的;无供给的 vt. 拆除家具(unfurnish的过去式);搬走家具 { :34782}


复习词汇
flat [flæt] n. 平地;公寓;平面 adj. 平的;单调的;不景气的;干脆的;平坦的;扁平的;浅的 vi. 逐渐变平;[音乐]以降调唱(或奏) vt. 使变平;[音乐]使(音调)下降,尤指降半音 adv. (尤指贴着另一表面)平直地;断然地;水平地;直接地,完全地 n. (法)弗拉特(人名);(英)弗莱特(人名) {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :1448}

bedrooms [ˈbedˌru:mz] n. 卧室,寝室( bedroom的名词复数 ) { :1570}


生僻词
suffern [ ] [网络] 沙芬;萨芬;萨佛恩


词组
A flat [ ] un. 〔音〕降A;降低半音的A音 [网络] 一平;一套房间;单元房子

dining room [ˈdaɪnɪŋ ru:m] n. 饭厅;餐厅 [网络] 食堂;餐室;厨房

dining rooms [ ] na. 饭厅 [网络] 和餐厅;餐厅家俱;餐厅篇

electrical power [iˈlektrikəl ˈpauə] un. 电力 [网络] 电源;电功率;电机功率

Flat I. [ ] [地名] 弗拉特岛 ( 澳、加、毛里求、南极洲 )

mississippi river [ ] [网络] 密西西比河;密西比河;密西西比河流

public utility [ˈpʌblik juˈtiliti] n. 公用事业(公司) [网络] 公共事业;公用设施;公共设施

rent a [ ] n. (Renta)人名;(西)伦塔

small flat [ ] [网络] 小单位;蜗居;小型单位

the flat [ ] [网络] 公寓;平面;部屋

the Mississippi [ ] [网络] 密西西比河;蜜西西河;是密西西比河

the mississippi river [ ] [网络] 密西西比河;密西西比大河

to rent [ ] [网络] 租;出租;工程短租

want to rent [ ] [经] 召租房屋



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