house
manager
for rent
for sale
for lease
application
apartment
signature
security deposit
deposit
not interested
interested
rent rented
renting
look, looked, looking
for move, moved, moving in
pay, paid,
paying
11. Renting a House or Apartment: Story
Dave and Anne have two children (1).
Their names are Bob and Katie. Bob is six years old; Katie is three.
The family lives in a one-bedroom
(2) apartment. They want to move to a house where they’ll have more room.
(3)
While Dave is at work (4), Anne looks for a house to rent. She finds (5) a house for
lease and calls (6) the number.
When someone (7) answers the phone
she says, “I’m looking for a three-bedroom house to rent. Do you have one?”
The rental manager is a giraffe. He says,
“Yes, we have a three-bedroom house in a nice neighborhood (8). You can
lease it for a year with an option to buy (9).”
Dave and Anne meet (10) with the
manager. His name is Mr. Rogers. He’s nice and very tall (11).
Mr. Rogers shows them (12) the
house. They like it (13) and are interested in leasing it.
Mr. Rogers helps them fill out (14)
the application. They pay (15) a deposit of $5.20.
The house rents for $3.60 a month. If they
want to buy it after a year, they will owe (16) $250,398.12.
Dave and Anne pay Mr. Rogers $8.80 and sign
(17) the contract. They are very happy because now (18) they and their
children will have their own (19) room!
1) niños
2) una recamara
3) más espacio/lugar
4) Mientras
D. está en su trabajo
5) encuentra
6) llama;
telefonea
7) alguien
8) vecindario
bonito
9) de comprar
10) se
juntan
11) alto
12) les
muestra
13) les
gusta
14) les
ayuda llenar
15) pagan
16) después
de un año deberán
17) firman
18) porque
ahora
19) tendrán
su propio
11. Renting a House or Apartment: Reading
Dave and Anne are a married couple
(1) with two children. Their names are Bob and Katie. Bob is six years old
(2); Katie is three.
The family is living in a one-bedroom
apartment where there’s not much room. (3) Dave and Anne want to move
(4) to a bigger place.
While (5) Dave is at work, Anne starts looking (6) for a house
to rent. She looks on craigslist on her computer.
She finds a house for lease at a good price.
Anne dials the number. (7) She hears, (8) “Hello, This is Fred
Rogers of the Alchemy Rental and Leasing Agency. How can I help you (9)?
Anne tells him (10) she’s looking for
a three-bedroom house and asks if he knows of one (11) they can rent or
lease.
Fred says that he’s does. It’s in a good
neighborhood, close to (12) an elementary school where children can
attend school and play (13). The house comes (14) with an option to
buy.
Anne says she’s very interested. She tells Fred that she and Dave will come
(15) look at the house when he gets home (16) from work.
At six o’clock Dave and Anne meet with
(17) the rental manager. They are surprised to see that he is a giraffe. Fred
Rogers is nice and very tall.
Mr. Rogers shows them (18) the
house. They like it (19) and are interested in leasing it. They ask him
how much it will cost.
Mr. Rogers helps them fill out (20)
the application. They pay (21) a deposit of $5.20. The house rents for
$3.60 a month. If they want to buy it after a year, they will owe (22) $250,398.12.
Dave and Anne pay Mr. Rogers $8.80 and sign
(23) the contract. Dave and Anne are very happy because now they and their
children will have their own room!
The children love it too because it is so
close to their new school’s playground (24) and they each have their own
room!
1)
pareja casada; matrimonio
2)
tiene seis años
3)
espacio
4)
quieren mudarse
5)
Mientras
6)
comienza a buscar
7)
marca el número
8)
escucha
9)
¿Cómo le puedo servir?
10)
le dice
11)
conoce una
12)
bonito vecindario cerca de
13)
pueden asistir y jugar
14)
viene
15)
irán/vendrán
16)
vuelve a casa
17)
se juntan
18)
les muestra
19)
Les gusta
20)
les ayuda llenar
21)
pagan
22)
después de un año deberán
23)
firman
24)
tan cerca al patrio de recreo de su nueva escuela
