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Todd: So, Akane, I was talking with my
friend and he's just recently married and he
was wondering should he rent a home or
own a home. That's a tough call. What do
you think?
托德：茜，
我之前和我朋友聊天，他刚刚结婚，他在考虑是应该租房子住还是买个房
子。这真是个棘
手的问题。你怎么看？
Akane: It is a tough call but I
personally prefer to rent.
茜：这的确是艰难的决定，不过我个人倾向于租房子住。
Todd: Really? So why would
you rather rent?
托德：是吗？为什么你更喜欢租房子住？
Akane: Well, because
there's just no extra costs. You don't have to pay
for extra
things like maintenance and
just keeping up your home. When something gets
broken you don't have to pay to get it
fixed. Property tax is already included, things
like that.
茜：因为这
么做不会产生额外的花费。你不用支付用来维护房屋的维修费之类的额外
费用。如果有东
西坏了，你也不用花钱去修理。房租中已经包含了物业税之类的费用。
Todd: Yeah but if you own a
home I mean first of all I think the biggest
reason is
you're not throwing money
away, it's a solid investment. You can actually
make a
profit on the home later on.
托德：没错，不过如果你拥有自己的住房，我想最重要的理由
是你没有浪费钱，那是
稳健的投资。实际上以后你还可以用这个房子盈利。
Akane: That's true
but with this day and age you really never know
when you're
going to lose your job or
if you're going to have to move for job reasons
and for that
reason I think that if
you're stuck with a mortgage and you lose your job
then you
won't be able to pay it and
what if you can't sell it?