By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih
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IC1 Lesson 17 Dialogue 2: Calling about an Apartment for Rent
Vocabulary
一房一厅 干净 沙发 饭桌 椅子 书桌 书架 那里 安静 房租 元 美元 人民币 人民 币 差不多 费 押金 当 还 另外 准 养 宠物
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
1 | 一房一厅 | 一房一廳 | yī fángyī tīng | one bedroom and one living room | ||
2 | 干净 | 乾淨 | gān jìng | clean; neat | ||
3 | 沙发 | 沙發 | shā fā | sofa (loanword) 一套沙发 (one set of sofa) | ||
4 | 饭桌 | 飯桌 | fànzhuō | dining table | ||
5 | 椅子 | yǐ zi | chair; Classifiers: 把 | |||
6 | 书桌 | 書桌 | shūzhuō | desk; Classifiers: 张 | ||
7 | 书架 | 書架 | shū jià | bookshelf; Classifiers: 个 | ||
8 | 那里 | 那裏, 那裡 | nà li | there; that place; also written 那里 ; there; that place | ||
9 | 安静 | 安靜 | ān jìng | quiet; peaceful; calm | ||
10 | 房租 | fáng zū | rent for a room or house | |||
11 | 元 | yuán | surname Yuan; the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368); currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; | |||
12 | 美元 | měiyuán | American dollar; US dollar | |||
13 | 人民币 | 人民幣 | rén mínbì | Renminbi (RMB); Chinese Yuan (CNY) | ||
14 | 人民 | rén mín | the people; Classifiers: 个 | |||
15 | 币 | 幣 | bì | money; coins; currency; silk | ||
16 | 差不多 | chà buduō | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same | |||
17 | 费 | 費 | fèi | surname Fei; to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | ||
18 | 押金 | yā jīn | deposit; down payment | |||
19 | 当 | 噹, 當 | dāng | (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell); to be; to act as | ||
20 | 还 | 還 | Two different pronunciations:
2. huan2 |
hái: still; yet; even more; in addition; also; else
huan2: to return; repay (还书: return books; 还钱 pay back money)
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21 | 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition; besides | |||
22 | 准 | 準 | zhǔn | to allow | ||
23 | 养 | 養 | yǎng | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets) | ||
24 | 宠物 | 寵物 | chǒngwù | house pet |
Chinese Characters
ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
1 | 房 | fáng | surname Fang; house; room; Classifiers: 间 ; | |||
2 | 厅 | 廳 | tīng | (reception) hall; living room | ||
3 | 干 | 乾 | gān | dry | ||
4 | 净 | 淨 | jìng | clean | ||
5 | 沙 | shā | surname Sha; sand; Classifiers: 粒 | |||
6 | 发 | 發 | fā | to send out; to show (one’s feeling); to issue | ||
7 | 饭 | 飯 | fàn | food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal; Classifiers: 碗 | ||
8 | 桌 | zhuō | table; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc | |||
9 | 椅 | yǐ | chair | |||
10 | 子 | zǐ | son; child; seed; egg; small thing | |||
11 | 书 | 書 | shū | book; Classifiers: 本 | ||
12 | 架 | jià | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |||
13 | 那 | nà | that; those; | |||
14 | 里 | 裡 | lǐ | lining; interior; inside; | ||
15 | 安 | Ān | calm; still; quiet; safe; secure; peace; pacify; | |||
16 | 静 | 靜 | jìng | still; calm; quiet; not moving | ||
17 | 租 | zū | to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax | |||
18 | 美 | měi | the Americas; America; abbr. for 美洲 ; beautiful; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself | |||
19 | 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); | |||
20 | 人 | rén | man; people; Classifiers: 个 | |||
21 | 民 | mín | surname Min; the people; nationality; citizen | |||
22 | 币 | 幣 | bì | money; coins; currency | ||
23 | 差 | chà | to differ from; to fall short of; lacking; wrong; inferior | |||
24 | 多 | duō | many; much; often; a lot of | |||
25 | 费 | 費 | fèi | surname Fei; to cost; to spend; fee; expense | ||
26 | 押 | yā | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |||
27 | 金 | jīn | surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen gold | |||
28 | 当 | 當 | dāng | to be; to act as | ||
29 | 还 | 還 | [Two different pronunciations:]
2. huan2 |
still; still yet; even more; in addition; fairly; also; else 2. huan2: to return; pay back |
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30 | 另 | lìng | other; another; separate; separately | |||
31 | 外 | wài | outside; in addition; foreign; external | |||
32 | 准 | 準 | zhǔn | to allow | ||
33 | 养 | 養 | yǎng | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | ||
34 | 宠 | 寵 | chǒng | to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor | ||
35 | 物 | wù | thing; object; matter; abbr. for physics 物理 |
IC L17D2 Calling about an Apartment for Rent
Cut the Chinese text below and paste it here to hear it read out loud
第十七课对话二
A: 喂,请问你们是不是有公寓出租?
B: 有啊,一房一厅,非常干净,还带家具。
A: 有什么家具?
B: 客厅里有一套沙发,一张饭桌跟四把椅子。卧室里有一张床,一张书桌和一个书架。
A: 你们那里安静不安静?
B: 非常安静。
A: 每个月房租多少钱?
B: 八百五十元。
A: 八百五十美元?人民币差不多是。。。有一点儿贵,能不能便宜点儿?
B: 那你不用付水电费。
A: 要不要付押金?
B: 要多付一个月的房租当押金,搬出去的时候还给你。另外,我们公寓不准养宠物。
A: 没关系,我对养宠物没有兴趣,什么宠物都不养。
B: 那太好了。你今天下午来看看吧。
A:好。
Lesson 17 D2 Calling about an Apartment for Rent_Text with Pinyin (in PDF)
Downloadable Documents
- L17D2 Vocabulary Worksheets
- L17D2 Character Worksheets
- Lesson 17 D2 Calling about an Apartment for Rent_Dialogue Text Worksheet
- l17D2 Oral Performance Assignments
- L17 D2 Worksheets for Grammar and Language Practice