Renovating a House
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ID: 2921
Upper Intermediate
This lesson is all about renovating a house, not for your own comfort, but for the benefit of your parents by making it more spacious and convenient. Learn some useful words and phrases regarding home improvements, as well as some more specific vocabulary relating to drawing up contracts with the architects and contractors.
Photo by Joost Markerink
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 重大 | zhòngdà | serious | |
| 宣布 | xuānbù | to announce | |
| 发神经 | fāshénjīng | to be oversensitive | |
| 重新 | chóngxīn | again |
我有一个重大的消息要宣布
wǒ 我yǒu 有yī 一gè 个zhòngdà 重大de 的xiāoxi 消息yào 要xuānbù 宣布
I have important news to announce.
快点说你要结婚啦
kuài diǎn 快点shuō 说nǐ 你yào 要jiéhūn 结婚la 啦
Hurry up then, are you getting married?
你发什么神经我连个男朋友都没有跟谁结婚啊是我决定重新装修家里
nǐ 你fāshénmeshénjīng 发什么神经wǒ 我lián 连gè 个nán péngyou 男朋友dōu 都méiyǒu 没有gēn 跟shéi 谁jiéhūn 结婚ā 啊shì 是wǒ 我juédìng 决定chóngxīn 重新zhuāngxiū 装修jiālǐ 家里
What's wrong with you, I don't even have a boyfriend, who would I even get married to? The news is that I've decided to renovate my house.
怎么突然想装潢房子不是住得好好的吗
zěnme 怎么tūrán 突然xiǎng 想zhuānghuáng 装潢fángzi 房子bùshì 不是zhù 住de 得hǎohāo de 好好的ma 吗
Why are you suddenly redecorating your house, isn't it a really nice place?
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