Chapter 4 Home,Neighbourhood&Hometown
accommodation ★★★★ [əˌkɒmə’deɪʃn]
n. 住宿
➢ We can make an accommodation for you.
我们可以为你提供住宿。
agency ★★★ [‘eɪdʒənsi]
n. 代理；代理处
➢ The agencies in town are pretty good—it is just a matter of contacting them in good time.
镇上的中介都是挺不错的——不过需要在恰当的时间联系他们。
air conditioning ★★★
<词组> 空气调节系统
➢ An increasing number of new-built homes,particularly apartments within urban areas,seem to now come with air conditioning as standard.
现在越来越多的新建住宅，尤其是城市地区的公寓，似乎都以安装空调作为标准。
apartment ★★★ [ə’pɑːtmənt]
n. 公寓
➢ I live in a two-bedroom apartment.
我住在一套两室一厅的公寓房里。
appliance ★★★★ [ə’plaɪəns]
n. 器具；装置
➢ The new company came up with a new design for a typical domestic kitchen appliance.
这个新公司为日常家用厨房电器想出了一种全新的设计。
car park ★★★
<词组> 停车场
➢ The school car park can only hold a limited number of cars.
学校停车场只能容纳有限的车辆。
cinema ★★★ [‘sɪnəmə]
n. 电影院
➢ Under a single roof,the plaza houses concert rooms,theatres,cinemas,art galleries and a wonderful public library,as well as service facilities including three restaurants and a bookshop.
就在同一个屋檐下，广场容纳了演奏室、戏院、电影院、美术馆、公共图书馆，以及包含三个餐厅和一个书店的一系列服务设施。
cloakroom ★★★★ [‘kləʊkruːm]
n. 衣帽间
➢ Jane’s house got a very large living room and kitchen,a bathroom and a cloakroom.
简的家有一个非常大的客厅，还有厨房、浴室和衣帽间。
close to ★★★
<词组> 在……附近
➢ Another reason people change their places of living is because they want to be closer to the city.
人们变换住所的另外一个原因是他们想要离城市更近一些。
community ★★★★ [kə’m juːnəti]
n. 社区
➢ The local community was not happy about the idea of building a public park.
当地社区对于建设一个公共公园的想法不是很高兴。
complex ★★★★ [‘kɒmpleks]
n. 综合楼
➢ Residents wanted open space for outdoor activities,rather than housing or even an indoor sports complex.
居民们想要的是一个户外活动的开放空间，而不是住宅或者甚至一个室内的运动综合楼。
cooker ★★★★ [‘kʊkə]
n. 炉具
➢ The rented house got very good facilities—good quality cookers and fridges and so on.
出租屋有着非常棒的设施——优质的炉具、冰箱等。
dining room ★★★
<词组> 餐厅
➢ The designer combined living room and dining room with a separate kitchen.
设计师把客厅、餐厅和一个独立的厨房综合在了一起。
dorm itory ★★★★ [‘dɔːmətri]
n. 集体宿舍
➢ I moved out of my dorm itory last semester.
上学期我就已经搬出宿舍。
* 缩写为dorm [dɔːm]
down town ★★★ [daʊn’taʊn]
n. 市中心区；市中心
➢ Green Island is a big park in a residential area,but it is only ten minutes from downtown if you take a bus.
Green Island是一个在居民区的大型公园，不过如果你乘坐公交，离市中心也只有十分钟。
environmentally-friendly ★★★★ [envaɪə’rənmentəlifr’endlɪ]
adj. 有利于环境的
➢ Their chief aim was to create somewhere that was as environmentally-friendly as possible.
他们的主要目标是创造一个尽可能有利于环境的地方。
facilities ★★★ [fə’sɪlɪtɪz]
n. 设施；设备
➢ The other alternative is to opt for a single bedsit,which actually has more space and better facilities.
另一个方案是可以选择一个单人的卧室兼起居室，而且实际上有更大的空间和更好的设施。
flat ★★★ [flæt]
n. [英]公寓
➢ Parking is rather difficult round John’s flat.
约翰所住公寓的周围很难找到停车位。
furnished ★★★★ [‘fɜːnɪʃt]
adj. 带家具的
➢ The lake house is very well furnished and equipped.
这个湖边小屋的家具和装修非常完备。
furniture ★★★ [‘fɜːnɪtʃə(r)]
n. 家具
➢ The new owners have not bought a single item of new furniture— they just kept what they already had.
新来的房主一件新的家具都没有买——他们只是保留了原有的（家具）。
garage ★★★ [‘ɡærɑːʒ]
n. 车库
➢ Usually,a garage pushes up the rental price.
通常情况下，多一个车库会推高房租。
lifestyle ★★★ [‘laɪfstaɪl]
n. 生活方式
➢ Their aim is to raise people’s awareness of healthy lifestyles and improve general fitness.
他们的目标是提高人们对于健康生活方式的意识，提高全民的健康水平。
neighbourhood ★★★★ [‘neɪbəhʊd]
n. 邻里关系
➢ People moved their homes to somewhere else because they wanted to be in a more attractive neighbourhood.
很多人搬家是因为他们想要住在一个更加迷人的社区。
noted for ★★★
<词组> 以……著称
➢ The Park Island is noted for its great range of trees.
Park岛以它种类繁多的树木而著称。
oven ★★★ [‘ʌvn]
n. 烤炉
➢ The landlord really does think of every essential detail,from an oven and cooking rings fuelled by bottled gas,to mirrors in the bedroom areas.
房东认认真真地考虑到了每一个必要的细节，从罐装液化气供能的烤箱和炉圈到卧室的镜子。
place of historical interest ★★★★
<词组> 名胜古迹
➢ Obviously,places of historical interest always offer a variety of shopping nearby.
显然名胜古迹周围有很多购物场所。
pharmacy ★★★★ [‘fɑːməsi]
n. 药房
➢ I had to go and work four hours every week in a community pharmacy.
我不得不在一个社区的药房里每周工作四个小时。
property developer ★★★★
<词组> 房地产开发商
➢ The property developer proposed a high-rise housing development.
这个房地产开发商提出了建设一栋高层住宅的开发计划。
residence ★★★★★ [‘rezɪdəns]
n. 住处；居住
➢ Visitors can enjoy every corner of this superb residence.
游客们可以欣赏这个一流住处的每一个角落。
settle ★★★ [‘setl]
v. 定居；安顿
➢ Plenty of new comers settled on the suburbs from abroad,bringing their skills as workers and merchants during the next few hundred years.
大量来自海外来的新移民在接下来的几百年内定居于郊外，带着他们作为工人和商人的技艺。
shopping centre ★★★
<词组> 购物中心
➢ The whole area was some distance from the high-rise office blocks of the central business district and shopping centre,but it was only one kilometer from the ring road.
整个区域离中央商务区高耸的办公大楼和购物中心有些距离，但是离环道却只有一公里。
sofa ★★★ [‘səʊfə]
n. 沙发
➢ In a sitting area,people can have a rest with com fortable chairs and sofas.
在休息区，人们可以在舒适的椅子和沙发上休息一下。
staircase ★★★ [‘steəkeɪs]
n. 楼梯
➢ The tower stands twelve metres high with the spiral staircase.
塔高达十二米，楼梯是螺旋式的。
studio flat ★★★★
<词组> 单间公寓
➢ I rented a lovely studio flat available at that time.
那时候我租过一套迷人的单间公寓。
student house ★★★
<词组> 学生公寓
➢ Now I live with two other students in a student house.
目前我和其他两位同学一起住在学生公寓里。
n. 书房
➢ This older house in Riverside Road has a living room,a kitchen-diner and a study.
这栋滨江路的老房子有一个客厅，一个厨餐厅，还有一个书房。
suburb ★★★★ [‘sʌbɜːb]
n. 郊区
➢ He will be telling us about the plan to improve the fast-grow ing suburb of X.
他将会告诉我提升快速发展的X郊区的计划。
tenant ★★★★ [‘tenənt]
n. 房客
➢ It was the availability,rather than the condition,of the housing that was the major concern for tenants.
住房的紧张程度是房客们最大的担心，而不是住房的条件。