《听见英国》Where do you live你住在哪儿？

英语听力原文： Speak 1 :( Housewife in her thirties) I live in a two-bed roomed flat near Camden Station in North London. It’s on the second floor and is quite old. Built about 120 years ago, I think. Moved there five years ago and live there with my husband, John and our two sons, Jim who&`&s three and Toby who&`&s one-and-a-half. There’s a small back garden which is nice but which we don&`&t often use. It’s got a large kitchen but a small bathroom and the second bedroom. In the sitting room, there’s a lovely big fireplace where we relax in the autumn and winter. The only thing we don&`&t like about the flat is the noise from all the traffic. Speaker 2 :( 55-year-old man) We live in the middle of Devon, a beautiful part of the English countryside in the South-West, in the West Country. We live in a lovely thatched cottage....you know....with a straw roof. We moved there 16 years ago, but it was built about 350 years ago. It’s got two large bedrooms and one similar bedroom, a sitting room and a dining room next to the kitchen. And under the stairs is my favorite room, my study. There is a front and a back garden which are both small but very beautiful with lots of flowers; roses mostly. Although our daughter now lives in London where she goes to university, I live there with Helen, my wife, and our son who is still at college. Speaker 3 :( Elderly woman) I live in a bungalow in a small town near Bath. It’s eight years old and has got a small back garden where I often spend my time gardening or reading. There’s only one bedroom, a small lounge and a dining room. The kitchen is also quite small, but easy for me to keep clean. I live with my five cats and three dogs. 英语听力翻译： 1 号说话者：(三十多岁的家庭主妇)我住在靠近伦敦北边的康顿车站、有两间卧房的公寓里。公寓位在3 楼，相当老旧了，建于120 年前吧，我想。5 年前搬到这里，同住的有我的丈夫约翰，还有2个儿子，三岁的吉姆和1岁半的托比。有个不错的小后院，但是我们不常用。厨房很大，但是浴室和次卧室很小。客厅里有个很棒的大壁炉，是秋天和冬天休息的好地方。这栋公寓唯一美中不足的地方，是街上的交通太吵了。 2 号说话者：(55 岁的男性)我们住在德文郡的中部，是位于英国西南部各郡里的一处美丽乡村。我们住在一间可爱的茅草小屋里......你知道的....屋顶是茅草做的。我们16 年前搬来这儿，但是这栋小屋有350年的历史了。有2间大的卧房、1间小卧房、客厅、饭厅和相邻的厨房。下了楼梯，是我最喜欢的地方，书房。有前后院，都小小的，但是很漂亮，有很多花，主要是玫瑰。虽然我们的女儿现在到伦敦去上大学，但是我和我太太海伦，以及还在念大专的儿子住在一起。 3 号说话者：(年长的女性)我住的平房位于靠近巴斯的一个小镇，是8 年的房子，有个小后院，我常在后院从事园艺工作或看书。只有1 间卧房、1 间小客厅和饭厅。厨房也蛮小的，但是这样我很容易清理。我和5 只猫、3 只狗住在一起。 英语文化常识普及： 在英国，房租通常是每个礼拜支付一次，这种付款方式要比每个月支付一次要来得常见。房屋租赁有许多种不同方式， 包括furnished（含桌子、床、电视、洗衣机等家具和电器用品）、unfurnished （不包括家具）；厨房、浴室是否共用、房租包含水电互斯费（inclusive）或不含（exclusive），依照不同的要求租金也跟着不同。此外，在签约的时候，必须预付四周的房租做为deposit（押金），通常在退租的时候可以全部领回。另外，要求『预先看房』的时候，可以用viewing 这个字。