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英语日常口语
Unit82
英语日常口语
Unit82
：
A tour of the
flat
看公寓
本单元是关于看公寓的对话。
Helen
：
So that's
Tim's room, the bathroom's over there,
and your bedroom is here. It's got a
desk and chair and all
that, so you
shouldn't need any more furniture.
Khalid
：
Ok, that
looks ok...erm, what do you guys do
about housework?
Alice
：
Everybody
kind of chips in, don't they Tim?
Tim
：
Yes, Alice,
we all do our bit.
Alice
：
We keep
all the cleaning stuff in this cupboard
here.
Khalid
：
Ok, I
see.
Helen
：
So, what
do you think?
Khalid
：
It's a
very nice room, and you guys are great
and everything, but I have to say, I
think it's a little bit
pricey...I
wonder if it would be possible to reduce the rent
a little bit?
Helen
：
Well, I'm
afraid it isn't up to me Khalid, I'll
have to ask my dad about
that.
Vocabulary
：
字汇
everybody chips in
大伙一起做
everybody helps or
contributes to doing a task
we all do our bit
每个人都尽本分
we all contribute fairly to
doing a task
pricey
昂贵
expensive
I'm afraid
I regret to
say/ I'm sorry to say (a polite expression
used when saying 'no')
It isn't up to
me
It's not my choice. I can't/don't
decide this
本单元的语言点是描述相似的事物，
有时我们不想把事情描写的
很具体或很难做到，我们用些特别的语言来表达，请看下面的
解释和
例句。
Vague language
Background
：
背景
We use vague language when we do not
want to be (or
cannot be) exact,
accurate and precise.
Talking about
similarities
：描述相似的事物
There are some
phrases that are useful when we want to
say that something is similar to
something else, but it is
not exactly
the same. We often use these phrases because we
can't find the exact word that we
need.
kind of and sort
of
：
We can use these phrases before nouns
and adjectives
：