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1 .MAN: Good morning.
男生：早上好。
2 .SHELLEY: Hi. This is Shelley Mayer. I’m renting your house on Archwood Avenue. I’m due to move in next week.
谢莉：你好。我是谢莉·梅耶，我租了你在阿切伍德大道的房子。我下周就要搬进去了。
3 .MAN: Oh yes, hello Ms Mayer. What can I do for you?
男生：哦，是的，梅耶女士，你好。我能帮你什么吗？
4 .SHELLEY: When I viewed the house, I told you I’ll most probably need to rent some furniture – at least until I know whether my temporary work contract is going to be made permanent.
谢莉：看房子的时候我跟你说过，我可能需要租一些家具——至少要等到我知道临时工作合同会不会转为正式合同之后再说。
5 .MAN: Yes of course, I remember. And I said I could give you some information about furniture rental companies in the city.
男生：对，我记得。我当时也说了，我可以给你提供一些关于市内家具租赁公司的信息。
6 .SHELLEY: That’s right.
谢莉：没错。
7 .MAN: Well, the biggest company is called Peak Rentals. I’ve recommended them to other people and have always heard positive reports about them.
男生：嗯，最大的一家公司叫Peak Rentals。我推荐过他们给其他人，也一直听到不错的反馈。
8 .SHELLEY: Could you give me an idea of their costs?
谢莉：你能大概说一下他们的价格吗？
9 .MAN: Sure, I actually have one of their brochures here. It says the monthly price per room starts at a hundred and five dollars and goes up to two hundred and thirty-nine dollars – that depends on which rooms you need furniture for, of course.
男生：当然，我这里刚好有一本他们的宣传册。上面写着每间房每月的价格从105美元起，最高到239美元——当然具体要看你需要哪几间房的家具。
10 .SHELLEY: Sure. It’s just to get a general idea of how much it’s gonna cost. And you said you had some positive feedback about this company.
谢莉：好的。我只是想大致了解一下费用情况。你也说过这家公司的评价不错。
11 .MAN: Yes, people have mentioned that the furniture from Peak Rentals is more modern than any of the other companies.
男生：是的，人们提到Peak Rentals的家具比其他公司的更现代一些。
12 .MAN: And also, once you place an order, the furniture will be delivered to you in just one or two days.
男生：而且，一旦你下单了，一两天之内就能送货上门。
13 .SHELLEY: That would be really helpful.
谢莉：那真的挺方便的。
14 .MAN: Oh, and the brochure says that there’s a special offer at the moment.
男生：哦，宣传册上还说他们现在有一个特别优惠。
15 .MAN: If you rent living room furniture – I believe that’s a set of chairs and a TV table, you’ll also get a lamp at no extra cost.
男生：如果你租客厅家具——应该是一套椅子和一张电视桌，还会免费送你一个台灯。
16 .SHELLEY: OK. But, you know, that price range you gave is more than I was hoping to pay.
谢莉：好的。不过那个价格区间比我预期的要高一些。
17 .MAN: Then you could try Aaron and Oliver.
男声：那你可以试试Aaron and Oliver这家公司。
18 .SHELLEY: Sorry, what and Oliver?
谢莉：抱歉，你说的是什么和Oliver？
19 .MAN: Aaron. Double-A-R-O-N.
男生：Aaron。拼写是A-A-R-O-N。
20 .SHELLEY: OK. Are they cheaper?
谢莉：明白了。他们便宜些吗？
21 .MAN: I’d say they’re a mid-price company. But if you chose them, you need to be aware that they charge an extra twelve per cent every month in case of damage.
男生：我觉得他们是中等价位的公司。但如果你选他们的话，要注意一点，他们会额外收取每月12%的费用以防家具损坏。
22 .SHELLEY: Oh I see. I’d have to do the math carefully then.
谢莉：哦，这样啊。那我得仔细算算账才行。
23 .MAN: Right. But one helpful thing is that they also do cleaning for customers.
男生：对。不过一个好处是，他们也会帮客户做清洁服务。
24 .SHELLEY: For the furniture?
谢莉：是针对家具的吗？
25 .MAN: For the house.
男生：是针对房子的清洁。
26 .SHELLEY: Oh I see. I probably won’t need that.
谢莉：哦，我明白了。我可能不需要这个服务。
27 .MAN: There’s another company called Larch Furniture. It’s quite new, and it has the lowest prices in town.
男生：还有一家公司叫Larch Furniture，这是一家比较新的公司，价格是全城最低的。
28 .MAN: That’s for both furniture and also electronic equipment.
男生：不光是家具，连电子设备也是低价位的。
29 .SHELLEY: Well that would be good. I’m not bringing much with me, and I won’t have much time to go shopping after I start my job.
谢莉：那太好了。我没打算带太多东西过去，而且开始工作后也不会有多少时间去逛街买东西。
30 .MAN: There are two things you need to know about Larch Furniture. First of all, you have to take out insurance on the furniture, and you need to organise that yourself.
男生：关于Larch Furniture你需要注意两点。首先，你必须给家具上保险，而且你要自己办理这个手续。
31 .SHELLEY: That wouldn’t be too hard.
谢莉：那应该不算太难。
32 .MAN: Also, you can’t take out a contract for less than six months, but I figure that might not be a problem for you.
男生：另外，合同不能少于六个月。不过我觉得对你来说可能不是问题。
33 .MAN: You’re renting the house for twelve months after all, aren’t you?
男生：反正你租房期是一年，对吧？
34 .SHELLEY: Yes. OK, well I …
谢莉：对。嗯……好吧，我……
35 .MAN: … sorry to interrupt. I just thought of another furniture rental company. It’s called Space Rentals. And it’s located very near to the house.
男生：抱歉打断你。我刚刚又想起来另一家家具租赁公司，叫做Space Rentals。它就在你房子附近。
36 .SHELLEY: OK.
谢莉：好的。
37 .MAN: I don’t have any information about their charges, so it’s best to use their app to find out what it would cost you to use them.
男生：我没有他们具体的收费信息，所以最好你下载他们的App看看价格大概是多少。
38 .SHELLEY: OK thanks. I’ll do that.
谢莉：好的，谢谢。我会去看看的。
39 .MAN: One good thing about that company is that if you don’t like the furniture once it’s delivered, you can request exchanges – as long as you do that within a week of receiving it.
男生：这家公司的一个好处是，如果家具送到后你觉得不满意，只要在收到后一周之内提出，就可以更换。
40 .SHELLEY: That sounds really great. OK. Well thanks very much. That’s so helpful …
谢莉：听起来真的很不错。好的，非常感谢。你的帮助真的很大……