| 标题 | 口语交际:购物英语对话之装潢住房 |
| 内容 | CARL: I think we should do the floors before we work on the curtains and walls. SUE: Why? It doesn't make sense. If we do the floors first, and then paint the walls, we will get paint all over our new floor. CARL: Hmm. Maybe you're right. But I can't stand all this green carpet in here. And besides, I know how to paint. I will just cover everything with drop cloth. I won't get anything on the floor. SUE: Are you sure? CARL: Yes, I'm sure. I've done a lot of house painting in my life. And my mother was very picky. If I got even a tiny drop of paint on her furniture, she would get furious. So I learned to be very careful. SUE: Alright. Then maybe we can do the floor first. These wood floors under this carpet are beautiful. And me too--I can't wait to get all this old carpet out of here. But how can we get it out? Do we have to hire someone? CARL: Absolutely not. We can remove the carpet ourselves. Carpet is held down with carpet nails. You just need to pull it hard and it comes up. SUE: Great. Then, after we remove the carpet, we need to restain all the wood floors. Right? CARL: Yes. But we should hire someone for that. That will probably be expensive. And it has to be done right. SUE: And then, after the floors are done, we can start to move our furniture in. CARL: Sure. If we can get an appointment with someone to do the floors, we should probably be able to have the furniture in here after a week or so. I can get all the carpet out this weekend. SUE: So, after the floors are done, and after the furniture is in, we need to redo the curtains and paint all the walls and ceilings. CARL: I'm the painter. You can be in charge of going to curtain shops to choose curtains. That will probably be pretty expensive too. Having good curtains made isn't cheap. SUE: You mean we can't just buy curtains already made? CARL: Absolutely not. The windows must be measured, and then the curtains need to be made professionally. So that will take awhile. Maybe a month or so. SUE: While the curtains are being made, I can start having people look at the kitchen. I can't stand that old kitchen. I won't be able to cook in there. I don't want to use that electric stove. CARL: We will need to find an interior decorating company do redo the kitchen. I believe in Portland there are shops that specialize in kitchen renovation. I will look in the Yellow Pages. I'd like a kitchen mostly in ivory and light green. SUE: I agree. The colors must be soft and pleasant. You should feel comfortable when you cook our dinners. CARL: Me? Cook our dinners? Hah! You will be cooking, dear. You will cook. SUE: No, I don't think so. I'll be too busy having tea in our new tea room. CARL: Well, I suppose we'll have to hire a cook then. So you won't be able to afford any clothes next year. SUE: And you'll have to sell your motorcycle. And your cameras. Right? CARL: Maybe I'll cook once or twice a week. How is that? SUE: Four times might be enough. Not once or twice. |
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