聽(tīng)懂老外聊生活英語(yǔ)對(duì)話(huà) 住房 22：房奴

　　Topic22 房奴

　　情境導(dǎo)讀

　　Mary買(mǎi)了一套新房，正在和Cherry談?wù)摤F(xiàn)在的房?jī)r(jià)問(wèn)題。由于月供很高，她向Cherry 訴苦說(shuō)自己成了房奴。

　　英語(yǔ)情景會(huì)話(huà)

　　(以下C代表Cherry，M代表Mary)

　　C: Hi, Mary. Have you bought the house that you mentioned before?

　　M: yes. Because I'm very satisfied with it.

　　C: Really? Have you did you pay for it?

　　M: I look out a mortgage loan. My parents paid for the down payment. I will pay the monthly payments to the bank.

　　C: Right. You don't have to pay the whole amount of money at once. The house price is dropping and the mortgage rate is low now.

　　M: But even though the price has dropped. it's still very high.

　　C: Yeah. that's true. Buying a house is a major life investment How much do you pay for the monthly payment?

　　M: RMB 3,000.

　　C: Wow, that's a lot of money. How many years will it take to pay off your mortgage?

　　M: Twenty years. It's like forever. I have to live very frugally.The payment takes the lion's share out of my salary every month. I'm a mortgage slave now.

　　英語(yǔ)筆記

　　1.口語(yǔ)中，because/b?'k?z/常讀作/k?z/。

　　2.mortgage 中的字母t不發(fā)音，讀作/?m?:ɡid?/。

　　3.even though 重讀，表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。

　　4.pay off 的意思是“償還清”。

　　5.mortgage slave 是“房奴”的意思。

　　英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)音語(yǔ)調(diào)

　　because的音變

　　because在口語(yǔ)中經(jīng)常不發(fā)/b?'k?z/完整的音，而是被簡(jiǎn)化讀作/k?z/。下面我們來(lái)看幾個(gè)例子：

　　A:l didn't see you in the party yesterday.

　　我昨天在派對(duì)上沒(méi)有看見(jiàn)你。

　　B：Oh,I didn't go. because /k?z/ I had to review my courses.

　　哦，我沒(méi)去，因?yàn)槲乙獜?fù)習(xí)功課。

　　A: You look terrible.

　　你看起來(lái)氣色不太好。

　　B：Because /k?z/I stayed up all last night playing cards.

　　因?yàn)槲易蛲硗嫫⑼媪藗€(gè)通宵。