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英文短篇故事（纽约）85 Renting a Manhattan Apartment

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 　　Lynn is a Manhattan real estate agent. She gets many calls. She asks all callers the same questions. She listens carefully to their answers. She wants serious callers. If she thinks they're lying about anything, she says she can't help them. "If they qualify, I can quickly find them an apartment they like," she says. "They get their apartment, and I get my commission." The phone rang. The caller wanted to rent an apartment. Lynn asked the usual questions: "When do you want to move? Why do you want to move? Is your annual salary 40 times the monthly rent for the apartment you want? Do you have good credit? Do you have a letter of employment? Do you have three recent pay stubs? Do you have a reference letter from your current landlord?" The caller hung up. Lynn wasn’t disturbed. She thought, "That's okay. Serious callers don't hang up!"


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0 annual AMhys     
adj.每年的；一年的；（植物）一年生的 n.年刊；一年生植物
参考例句：
  • It's an annual report.这是年度报告。
  • The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
0 quickly LkAz66     
adv.很快地，迅速地
参考例句：
  • Don't eat so quickly.不要吃得这么快。
  • He went into the office quickly.他迅速地走进办公室。
0 pay NL6xI     
v.付钱；n.付钱；薪金
参考例句：
  • How much did you pay?你付了多少钱？
  • His pay is below the average.他的工资低于一般水平。
0 phone VNxxf     
n.(口语telephone)电话，电话机；v.打电话
参考例句：
  • Could I use the phone,sir?我能打电话么，先生？
  • Phone the lawyer at once.马上给律师打电话。
0 caller 5xKzNU     
n.打电话者，来访者，呼叫者
参考例句：
  • The operator told the caller that the line is busy.接线员告诉打电话的人对方电话占线。
  • The caller is on hold.那个打电话的人正等着通话。
0 qualify oCFyi     
vt.取得资格，有资格，限定，描述；vi.取得资格，有资格
参考例句：
  • I won't qualify until next year.我明年才具备资格。
  • You must qualify yourself for the post.你必须使自己具备担任这一工作的资格。
0 Okay 8Iax3     
(=okey，O.K.)adj./adv.好，行，不错；n.同意
参考例句：
  • The play is okay,but I still prefer the book.戏还可以，可我仍愿读原著。
  • Is it okay with you if I borrow this book?我借这本书你不在意吧？
0 recent KUbxv     
adj.近来的，新近的
参考例句：
  • The photo is quite recent.这张照片是新近照的。
  • Things have changed in recent weeks.近几周来情况发生了变化。
0 estate InSxv     
n.所有地，地产，庄园；住宅区；财产，资产
参考例句：
  • My estate lies within a mile.我的地产离那有一英里。
  • The great real estate brokers do far more than this.而优秀的房地产经纪人做得可比这多得多。
0 thought 1oMwg     
n.想法，思想，思维，思潮，关心，挂念；v.vbl.think的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
  • She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。
0 rang 8kbzBC     
vbl. ring的过去式
参考例句：
  • A peal of church bells rang out in the distance. 远处响起了一阵教堂的钟声。
  • I rang the doorbell. Ding-dong! No answer. 我按了按门铃。叮当！可没有人回答。
0 reference IACzU     
n.提到，说到，暗示，查看，查阅
参考例句：
  • We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
  • I like to have my reference books within my reach.我喜欢把参考书放到伸手可取的地方。
0 calls f2bb91e8e7436eaa944c378d44066a79     
n.调用v.叫( call的第三人称单数 )；通电话；认为；估计
参考例句：
  • The Prime Minister clung to his job like a limpet, despite calls for him to resign. 首相不顾有人要求他辞职，死赖在他的职位上不下台。
  • There are calls for more punitive measures against people who drink and drive. 有人呼吁对酒后驾车的人要有更具处罚性的措施。
0 monthly 7EixE     
adj.每月的，持续一个月的，每月发生的；adv.每月，按月； n.月刊；(复数）monthlies:月经
参考例句：
  • The rent on his apartment was his biggest monthly expense.他的房租是每个月最大的开支。
  • The monthly rent is $15,inclusive of light and water.每月租金15美元，包括水电费在内。
0 employment HpGxe     
n.雇用；使用；工作，职业
参考例句：
  • A large office requires the employment of many people.一个大办事处需要雇用好多人员。
  • The state of employment in this city is improving.这个城市就业状况正在改善。
0 commission 1bkyS     
n.委托，授权，委员会，拥金，回扣，委任状
参考例句：
  • The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金。
  • The commission is made up of five people,including two women.委员会由五人组成，其中包括两名妇女。
0 questions 478669c7fa549970e36eac591cdca62e     
n.询问，疑问，问题；问题( question的名词复数 )；疑问；怀疑；议题v.问（某人）问题( question的第三人称单数 )；对（某事物）表示[感到]怀疑
参考例句：
  • He asked several questions concerning the future of the company. 他问了几个有关公司前途的问题。
  • the crass questions all disabled people get asked 所有残疾人都会碰到的愚蠢而缺乏同情心的提问
0 anything QMIy4     
pron.任何东西(事物)；无论什么东西(事物)
参考例句：
  • He'll do anything within reason but he won't break the law.在合理范围内他会做一切事情，但他不会违法。
  • He is a strange little mouse，never said anything.他竟然胆小如鼠，一句话都没说。
0 callers d9eb9ada20d10d46008b321a320c3d1b     
访问者( caller的名词复数 )； 呼叫者； 鸣叫物； 打电话者
参考例句：
  • He is one of the regular callers here. 他是此地的常客之一。
  • A good telephone voice can do much to improve the temper of irate callers. 电话中悦耳的声音可以大大消减通话人的怒气。
0 hang he3xC     
v.处…绞刑，把吊…起，悬挂
参考例句：
  • Why don't you hang up your clothes?你怎么不把衣服挂起来？
  • Hang the picture on the wall.把画挂到墙上。
0 real 6TXxO     
adj.真实的；非虚构的；真正的；非常的
参考例句：
  • You know her real name?你知道她的真正名字？
  • The real world does not look that way!现实世界不是这样的！
0 serious fECzy     
adj.认真的，严肃的，重大的，严重的
参考例句：
  • You know I am serious.你知道我是认真的。
  • He is a serious boy.他是个严肃的孩子。
0 answers 78949a75178ddd3c0c73cfcd5475d75a     
v.答复( answer的第三人称单数 )；解答；答辩；适应
参考例句：
  • Cross-check your answers with a calculator. 用计算器核对一下你的答案。
  • Answers are given on the opposite page. 答案在对页上。
0 hung qbdxz     
v.悬( hang的过去式和过去分词 )；（被）绞死；贴；逗留
参考例句：
  • The picture hung aslant. 照片挂歪了。
  • The caller hung up. 打电话的人挂断了电话。
0 letter h1Bx1     
n.字母，信
参考例句：
  • This letter is for you.这是你的信。
  • What letter is a question?什么字母是一个问题？
0 help 6dwxc     
v.帮助，帮忙
参考例句：
  • Maybe I can help you.也许我可以帮你。
  • Please help me with English.请帮我学英语。
0 credit pOGzH     
n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任
参考例句：
  • I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
  • He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。
0 agent oKkyA     
n.代理人；代理商；产生作用的人或事物
参考例句：
  • I am an agent for Apple.我是苹果公司的代理。
  • Go to my agent's office in New York.请到我在纽约的代办处吧。
0 disturbed disturbed     
adj.被扰乱的；心理失常的；为心理失常者服务的v.干扰(disturb的过去分词)
参考例句：
  • a special school for emotionally disturbed children 为精神异常儿童开办的特殊学校
  • A gentle wind disturbed the surface of the water. 微风拂动水面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
0 lying 6oJzpf     
躺
参考例句：
  • He was correct in his assertion that the minister had been lying. 他认定部长说谎，事实果然如此。
  • She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying. 她对暗示她在说谎的言论嗤之以鼻。
0 landlord H2sxF     
n.地主，房东，(旅店)店主
参考例句：
  • He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
  • He used to be a long - term labourer for a landlord.他早先给地主扛过长活。
0 move 5Fpxr     
vt.移动；感动；vi.移动；运行；n.走棋；步骤
参考例句：
  • I move the mouse by hand.我用手移动鼠标。
  • Would you help me move the table?你能帮忙我移一下桌子吗？
0 salary TYtxd     
n.工资，薪水，薪晌，薪金
参考例句：
  • The cost will be stopped out of your salary.费用将从你的工资中扣除。
  • I want to speak to her in the matter of my salary.我想就我的薪水问题和她谈谈。
0 usual OUDzP     
adj.通常的；平常的
参考例句：
  • I got up at six that morning as usual.像往常一样那天早上我六点起床。
  • It's usual to have a holiday in summer.夏天休假是惯例。
0 rent XBWzi     
n.租金；vi.出租；vt.出租，租用
参考例句：
  • I have rented a house and paid the rent.我已租了房子，并交了租金。
  • He decided to rent the house.他决定租这房子。
0 current YYezN     
n.涌流，趋势，电流，水流，气流；adj.当前的，通用的，流通的，现在的，草写的，最近的
参考例句：
  • Electric current is often powerful enough to kill a man.电流常强得足以致命。
  • There is a story about her in the current number.最近一期上有关于她的故事。
0 apartment 5MWy1     
n.（美）公寓住宅，公寓房间；单元房间
参考例句：
  • How big is the apartment?这公寓有多大？
  • Remember to clean your apartment.记得打扫你的公寓。
0 carefully FTDyE     
adv.仔细地；小心地
参考例句：
  • If you watch carefully you will see how to do it. 如果你仔细观察，你就会看出如何做此事了。
  • Now listen carefully everybody.请大家仔细地听。

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