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1、生活英语 Everyday EnglishAny rooms available?WHAT do you do when you get tired of the campus dorm and want a room all by yourself? Well, if that happens, heres some English youll need to get that apartment.Do you have any apartments for rent right now? 你们现在有没有公寓要出租啊？You can ask the leasing agent (房屋中介)
2、or landlord or landlady (房东) this if you phone them. Or you can say, Do you have any apartment available right now? or, Do you still have a/that vacancy?Im looking for a studio because I dont have much money. 因为钱不多，我想租一个零居室的房子。A studio is the simplest apartment, with the bedroom and kitchen in the s
3、ame room (零居室公寓). Other choices are one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartment. You can get these if you want an affordable way of renting by sharing (合租) with a roommate.How much is the rent? 租金是多少？Or, Whats the rent on that? And dont forget to ask, How much is the deposit? (押金是多 少？) You also need to che
4、ck on whether the rent includes utilities (水电费). You can ask, Are utilities included? or, What else am I responsible for? There can be other fees like heating (取暖费), property management (物业费), cable TV (有线电视费), Internet connection service (上网费), or garbage.Is the apartment furnished? 房子带家具吗？An apart
5、ment may be completely furnished (家具齐备), partially furnished (带部分家具), or not furnished (不带家具). If you want to know how it feels, you might ask, Does the apartment get much natural light?or, Does the room get much sunlight?(房间的光线好吗？)Fry an egg on the sidewalkTHE weathers getting hotter and youre look
6、ing for ways to stay out of the heat. But can you describe really unbearable weather? Try these:Im not going to that party. Its hot as blazes outside. 我不去那个舞会了。外面热的像着了大火一样。hot as blazes: colloquial. A blaze is a large fire (大火，烈火).I wouldnt go out. You could fry an egg on the sidewalk. 我不想出去，天气热得连人行
7、道上都可以煎蛋了。When we describe something as very hot, we can say 热(烫)的都可以把鸡蛋煮熟了. Here, the English equivalent for the phrase is you could fry an eggs on it .Im sweltering. Lets just stay home. 我热得难受！我们还是呆在家里吧。swelter: 热得难受，热得喘不过气来. Also: Its sweltering.Lets cancel the appointment this evening; its a scor
8、cher outside! 我们取消晚上的约会吧，外面太热了。scorcher: colloquial (大热天). A similar expression is Its roasting (天太热了).Hey, Im melting. Would you please turn on the air conditioner right now? 我热得快化了，赶快把空调打开吧。melt：熔化.Im sweating like a pig, and I cant concentrate on my homework. 我热得汗流浃背，没法集中精力做作业。sweat like a pig: c
9、olloquial (大汗淋漓，汗流浃背). Also: It is sweating or I am sweating.Its hot as hell. I hope it rains this evening. 这里热得跟地狱一样，希望晚上能下场雨。hot as hell: Everyone knows that, down where the devil lives, there are fires roaring.Try this when youre sickNO question about it, youre a hardworking student. But no matte
10、r how serious you are, you have to skip some lectures when you dont feel well. So this week we give you: words related to 请假.1. John, hi, can you please tell the professor that I have to ask for leave tomorrow morning? Im feeling sick and cant concentrate.Leave (准假，休假) is a noun here. Ask for leave:
11、 请假. Here, ask for leave tomorrow morning means 明天上午请半天假. Other examples include ask for a 48-hour leave : 请假48小时 or ask for one week of leave: 请假一周.2. Mr Smith, my dads here visiting me and Id like to take two days off to show him around the city.Take off (请假，休假) is another common expression for as
12、k for leave. Another phrase with the word off is to be off sick: 因病缺勤. For example:Poor Sophie! Shes been off sick for two days with a high fever. I hope shes getting better now.3. Im afraid Im gonna have to pull a sickie today, Helen, but I really do have a bit of the flu.Pull a sickie (请假) is slan
13、g; sickie is slang word for 病假 and often refers to a day off. It is used in the case of genuine illness but often has a sense of avoiding work.4. I dont feel well this morning. Perhaps I ought to call in sick.Call in sick: 打电话请病假. You could say call the secretary/boss/department head to tell her Im
14、sick when you ask for leave. And you may need a doctors note (病假条) to prove your illness.need to renew my cardTHIS week well continue our discussion of credit cards and their use. In the previous issue, we talked about annual fees (年费), credit limits (信用额度) and late payment (未按时还款). So, lets move on
15、 to other topics.1. Asking about a cash advance (询问预借现金)Customer: If I need to get some cash with my credit card, what is the limit?Clerk: That depends on your credit limit. Generally, you get 50 percent of your credit limit.Customer: Oh, thats not bad. Is there a charge for that?Clerk: Yes. Theres a 3 percent service charge.Cash advance: 取现 (从信用卡提取现金)，预借现金. Service charge: 手续费; also, service fee.2. Renewing a card (补办新卡)Customer: Whats the charge for a replacement if I los
