美語情景對話 第1183期:House on Loan 租借房屋

Katie: Hey Todd, can I ask you a favor?

凱蒂：嘿，託德，能請你幫個忙嗎？

Todd: Sure, anytime.

託德：當然可以，隨時都行。

Katie: Um, I really need a place to stay, and I heard that your house is on AirBNB.

凱蒂：嗯，我需要個住的地方，我聽說你的房子在AirBNB網站上出租。

Todd: It is on AirBNB. I do rent my house, but for you it's free.

託德：沒錯。我在出租房子，不過你可以免費住。

Katie: OH, amazing. Can I stay there then?

凱蒂：哦，那太好了。我能住在那裏嗎？

Todd: You can. How long?

託德：可以。你要住多長時間？

Katie: Maybe a week or two weeks.

凱蒂：大概一週或兩週。

Todd: OK, when?

託德：好，從什麼時候開始？

Katie: From next Monday.

凱蒂：從下週一開始。

Todd: Yeah, actually, you can do that. That works.

託德：好，你可以去住。沒問題。

Katie: Excellent. Thank you so much! How about a car? Can I park my car?

凱蒂：太棒了。太感謝你了！那車呢？有停車的地方嗎？

Todd: Ah, that's a problem. You can't park your car because there's no space, but there's a cheap parking lot about maybe two blocks away.

託德：停車是個問題。沒辦法停車，因爲沒有地方，不過兩個街區之外有一個便宜的停車場。

Katie: OK.

凱蒂：好。

Todd: So, it's only a couple dollars a day.

託德：停車費一天只要幾美元。

Katie: OK, I guess I can park my car there. How about cooking there? Can I cook?

凱蒂：好，我想我可以把車停在那裏。那能做飯嗎？我可以在你家裏做飯嗎？

Todd: Of course, you can cook. I have a stove, a frigerator. You can bring your own food. You can do whatever you want.

託德：當然可以了，你可以做飯。我有竈具和冰箱。你可以帶食物過來。你可以做任何你想做的事情。

Katie: Excellent. Thank you. Can I use the Internet?

凱蒂：太好了。謝謝你。我可以用網嗎？

Todd: You can use the Internet. There's a password. I will write down the password before I leave, and I will write down the password before you get there.

託德：可以。我家的網需要密碼。我在離開前會把密碼寫給你，在你到那裏之前，我會把密碼寫下來。

Katie: Excellent. Thank you so much! I was thinking about asking my friend if he can stay. Can my friend stay over?

凱蒂：真好。太謝謝你了！我想請朋友過來住。我朋友能住下嗎？

Todd: Yeah, sure, so your friend can stay. Not a problem I don't think.

託德：可以，你朋友可以住下。我想那不是問題。

Katie: He has a dog? Can he bring his dog?

凱蒂：他養了只狗。他能把狗帶來嗎？

Todd: Oh, that is a problem. Does the dog have a cage?

託德：哦，那是個問題。他有狗籠嗎？

Katie: Ah, no, but we can get a cage.

凱蒂：沒有，不過我們可以找個狗籠。

Todd: I'm not sure about the dog. If the dog is in a cage, it's OK in the house but I think you can't have the dog in the house.

託德：帶狗過來這件事，我不確定。如果他的狗在狗籠裏，那我覺得沒問題，可以帶到我家去，不過不能讓狗出狗籠，在房子裏待着。

Katie: OK, how about smoking? My friend is a very heavy smoker. Can he smoke outside?

凱蒂：好，那可以抽菸嗎？我朋友煙癮很大。他能在房子外抽菸嗎？

Todd: Yeah, he can smoke outside, just please pick up cigarette butts, but of course, he can't smoke inside.

託德：可以，他可以在外面抽菸，請把菸頭撿起來，另外，他不能在房子裏抽菸。

Katie: OK, he can't smoke inside.

凱蒂：好，他不能在房子裏抽菸。

Todd: No.

託德：對。

Katie: OK, how about if we want to have a party? Can we have a party?

凱蒂：那如果我們想辦派對呢？我們能辦派對嗎？

Todd: Yeah, you can have a party. That's OK, but please be quiet. Don't be too loud. The neighbors live very close to my house.

託德：可以，你們可以舉辦派對。那沒問題，不過儘量安靜一些。不要太吵。鄰居離得很近。

Katie: Alright, that sounds good. Thanks. And I have one more question. Can I use the washing machine?

凱蒂：好，聽起來不錯。謝謝你。我還有一個問題。我能用洗衣機嗎？

Todd: Yeah, of course. You can use anything. You use the washing machine. You can use the Internet. You can use the TV. You can use anything you like.

託德：當然可以了。你什麼都能用。你可以用洗衣機，可以用網，可以看電視。你想用什麼就用什麼。

Katie: Wow, excellent. That sounds great. Thank you so much.

凱蒂：哇哦，太好了。聽上去太棒了。太謝謝你了。

Todd: Yeah, I will write down directions for my house, and I will send you a map, and you can check it out and get all the information, and just I will leave the key for you with my neighbor.

託德：我會把我家的地址寫給你，然後把地圖發給你，你查收後就可以看到所有信息了，我會把鑰匙放在鄰居那裏。

Katie: Excellent. Thank you very much!

凱蒂：太棒了。真是太謝謝你了！

Todd: Sure, no problem.

託德：不客氣。

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重點講解：
1. ask sb. a favor 請某人幫忙；
例句："I want to ask you a favor," I whispered to him.
“我想請你幫個忙。”我低聲對他說。
2. write down 寫下；記下；
例句：Children write down the word, cover it up and then try to spell it from memory.
孩子們把這個詞寫下來矇住，然後試着憑記憶拼出來。
3. pick up 拿起；提起；拾起；撿起；
例句：They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.
他們相信遊客會自覺撿起垃圾。
4. check out 瞭解清楚；覈實；查實；
例句：I check out place to eat in a magazine.
在雜誌上查用餐場所。