Describing your home
词汇
- flat / apartment公寓
- semi-detached半独立式房屋
- detached house独栋房屋
- terraced house联排房屋
- studio单间公寓
- landlord房东
- tenant租客
- rent租金;租
- mortgage房贷
- attic阁楼
- basement地下室
- cosy温馨舒适的
- balcony阳台
- spacious宽敞的
用比较级和最高级描述住处
比较几处房子,或者形容自己家,都要用比较级和最高级。
形式回顾
比较级:
- 短形容词:bigger, smaller, cheaper, older
- 长形容词:more spacious, more comfortable, more expensive
- 不规则:better, worse
最高级:
- 短形容词:the biggest, the smallest, the cheapest
- 长形容词:the most spacious, the most comfortable
- 不规则:the best, the worst
选哪一套要看音节数,不能凭感觉。中文不管形容词多长,一个「更」「最」全包了,所以这一步得专门记:more small 是错的,smaller 才对。
描述住处的例句
- My flat is smaller than my parents' house, but it's more modern. → 我的公寓比我父母家小,但更现代。
- The kitchen is the biggest room in the flat. → 厨房是这套房子里最大的一间。
- This is the most comfortable sofa I've ever had! → 这是我用过最舒服的沙发!
- My new flat is cheaper than the old one, but it's further from work. → 新公寓比原来的便宜,不过离公司更远。
常用的描述说法
- It's quite spacious / tiny / cosy. → 挺宽敞的 / 很小 / 很温馨。
- It has a lovely view. → 视野很好。
- It's on the third floor. → 在英式说法的三楼,也就是中文的四楼(ground floor 才是一楼)。
表达
- I moved into a new flat last week说自己刚搬进新住处
- It's cosy and bright形容住处的氛围
- It's on the second floor说自己住在几楼
- It has a nice view of the park描述从家里看出去的景色
- The most comfortable place I've lived in说这是自己住过最舒服的地方
- It's closer to work比较离公司的远近
- It needs a bit of work说房子需要装修一下
- I share a flat with two friends说自己是合租
常见错误
My flat is more bigger than yoursMy flat is bigger than yoursbigger 已经是 big 的比较级,前面不加 more。
It's in the second floorIt's on the second floor说楼层用 on,不用 in:on the second floor。
It's the more comfortable flatIt's the most comfortable flat长形容词的最高级用 the most,不是 the more。
My flat is more small than yoursMy flat is smaller than yourssmall 是单音节短形容词,用 smaller,不用 more small。
The kitchen is enough bigThe kitchen is big enoughenough 放在形容词后面,不放前面。
My room has a big window and is very luminousMy room has a big window and is very bright形容房间明亮用 bright,日常英语很少说 luminous。
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