地道美語聽力播客607:住宅風(fēng)格

Ralph: I just talked to our new real estate agent and she's going to show us some houses tomorrow. I told her that the bigger the better and that we're looking for a large Cape Cod or Georgian-style house.

拉爾夫：我剛和咱們的房地產(chǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人談過了，她準(zhǔn)備明天帶我們?nèi)⒂^一些房子。我告訴她房子越大越好，并告訴她，我們正在尋找科德角式或喬治王時代樣式的房子。

Nina: You did? I've been thinking that we'd try to find something more modest, a bungalow or a cottage.

妮娜：真的嗎?我一直以為我們要找一些更適度的，一間平房或一間小屋。

Ralph: What?! You think I'm going to live in a house that's a step up from a mobile home? No way. We've come into some money and we're going to buy a big house—maybe a colonial or a Greek revival.

拉爾夫：什么?你認為我會住在比移動房屋稍好一點的房屋里嗎?沒門，我們得到一些錢，我們可以買一個大房子，可以是殖民地風(fēng)格，也可能是希臘復(fù)興式。

Nina: If you want something bigger than a bungalow, how about a split-level modern house or maybe a ranch-style house?

妮娜：如果你想要一個比平房大的，那么錯層式現(xiàn)代房屋或者農(nóng)莊式別墅怎么樣?

Ralph: You're still thinking too small. The sky's the limit. We can afford something big, something really big.

拉爾夫：你想的這些還是太小，不要考慮錢的問題，我們可以負擔(dān)得起一些較大的，真正大的房屋。

Nina: That's what the nouveau riche would do.

妮娜：那是暴發(fā)戶才會做的事情。

Ralph: So what? Our money is new and we have a lot of it, and I want a big house. We're not being ostentatious. If anyone criticizes us for that, I'd say, “Deal with it!”

拉爾夫：那又怎樣?我們的錢是新來的，而且我們有很多，我想要一個大房子。我們不是在炫富，如果有人說三道四，我就說，“你管得著嗎?”