實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Rent or Own 租房還是買房

Todd: So Mark, you are going back to America. (Yes) Man, where are you going to live when you go back?

托德：馬克，你馬上就要回美國了。(對)伙計，你回去以后打算在哪里生活?

Mark: Well, temporarily, I'll stay at my parents in Birmingham, Alabama.

馬克：我暫時會住在我父母在阿拉巴馬州伯明翰的房子里。

Todd: OK, and where're you gonna live after that?

托德：好，那之后你打算住在哪里?

Mark: Well, I'm not sure. I might move down to South Florida. Florida is kind of my second home, and, yeah, I'd like to actually one day, get a house down there.

馬克：嗯，我還沒有決定。我可能會搬去佛羅里達州南部。佛羅里達州就像我的第二個家，我希望有一天能在那里買房。

Todd: Oh, really.

托德：哦，真的嗎?

Mark: Yeah.

馬克：對。

Todd: You're just going to buy a house?

托德：你打算買房嗎?

Mark: Well, I'd like to someday. I mean, I prefer to own my own home instead of always renting an apartment somewhere.

馬克：我希望有一天可以買套房子。我的意思是，我想擁有自己的房子，而不是一直租公寓住。

Todd: Yeah, but see, I think it's better to rent, cause you know, when you rent a house, you don't have to worry about losing your job, or if you have to relocate. You don't have to worry about if there's a natural disaster, and in Florida you seem to love those hurricanes down there.

托德：不過你看，我認為租房子更好，因為租房不用擔心失業(yè)或搬遷。你不用擔心自然災(zāi)害，佛羅里達州經(jīng)常會遭遇颶風(fēng)這樣的災(zāi)害。

Mark: That's definitely true.

馬克：完全正確。

Todd: You know.

托德：就是這樣。

Mark: But there's something about owning your own house, that's just, this is my house but I'm renting. It's like someone else, you know, I mean someone else does own your house, and you know, there's that feeling of like, you depend on them, you know for lodging but if it's your house, you own it, then there's a sense of independency there.

馬克：不過擁有自己的房子……你看如果租房的話，這是我的家可是卻是我租的，這是別人的房子，你知道這種感覺就像寄宿，要依賴別人，不過如果你擁有自己的房子，那就會有種獨立感。

Todd: Yeah, that true. That's a good point but on the other hand, I just love my free time, and when you rent, you just got more free time. You know when you own a house. You have to do maintenance. You have to do all the paperwork for taxes, and you know, city government stuff, like that. When you rent it's just really easy.

托德：對，沒錯。這個觀點不錯，不過從另一方面來看，我喜歡自由時間，如果租房子就會有更多的自由時間?？墒侨绻亲约旱姆孔?，你就要維護，要填寫市政府的交稅單之類的東西。要是租房子，就不用這么麻煩。

Mark: Well, you know, the maintenance stuff can be fun. It depends on how you look at it. Like, you know, if it's your house, you actually might be motivated to make it look better cause it's, you take pride in, you know, where you live and it's your house, and what do you do in your free time anyway? Like what do you do in your free times?

馬克：你看，維護其實可以帶來樂趣的。這取決于你怎么看待這個事情。如果這是你的房子，你會希望讓它看起來更好，因為你會以你的房子為榮，對了，你空閑時間都做什么?你會在空閑時間什么事情?

Todd: What do I do in my free time?

托德：我空閑時會做什么?

Mark: Yeah.

馬克：對。

Todd: Well, I don't fix pipes and work on plumbing and garden, that's for sure.

托德：反正我肯定不會修理管道，也不會修理水管和整理花園。

Mark: But, well, but why not? I mean.

馬克：可是為什么不呢?

Todd: Good point. That's true.

托德：這倒是個不錯的觀點。