H: How is your house hunting going?

你找房子找得怎么樣了？

L: Not very well. I haven't found anything within my price range yet.

不是太順利。我還沒找到我期望的價格范圍之內(nèi)的。

H: How much are you looking to spend?

你打算花多少錢租房子？

L: I can only afford about 300 pounds a month.

我只能租得起300英鎊一個月的房子。

H: Looks like you're not going to get more than a bedroom in a shared flat with that.

看來你只打算跟人合租公寓，只打算要一個臥室了。

L: Really? That's a lot of money to pay for one room.

是嗎？這些錢用來租一個房間已經(jīng)很多了。

H: Well, if you want to live in London, you have to pay the prices!

唔，如果你想住在倫敦，你得出這個價才能找得到房子。

L: Do you know of anyone who needs a roommate?

你知道有誰需要室友嗎？

H: I can ask around at work. Do you have a preference for smokers or non-smokers?

我可以在上班的時候幫你問問。你希望室友吸煙還是不吸煙？

L: I'd prefer non-smoking roommates, but I guess I'll have to take what I can get!

我想找個不吸煙的室友，但是我想我得接受我能得到的。

H: How long do you want to sign a contract for?

你想簽多久的合同呢？

L: I can sign a contract up to a year. I don't know where I'll be after that.

我能簽最多長達一年的。我不知道一年后我會在哪里。

H: Do you need a furnished or unfurnished apartment?

你需要帶家具還是不帶家具的公寓？

L: I don't have any furniture, so it'd be great if it were furnished.

我沒有任何家具，所以房子能帶家具就最好了。

H: You know that you'll have to pay utilities on top of the rent, right?

你知道你除了付房租還得另外付水電費吧？

L: No, I thought that would be included in the rent.

我不知道呀。我以為水電包括在房租里面。

H: It's not usually included, so you'll have to factor in about 100 pounds more each month for utilities.

實際上水電雜費并沒有包括在房租里，所以你還得每個月準備100英鎊付水電雜費。

L: I don't think I can afford that.

我認為我付不起那些。

H: Don't worry. Sometimes people will give you a discount if you promise to do the cleaning or take care of the children.

別擔心。有時候，如果你幫忙打掃衛(wèi)生或者照顧小孩，別人會給你一個折扣。

L: That's a good idea. I'll look into finding something like that.

好主意。我會注意看看是否能找到你說的那種事情。