超出預算還是買了
Stephanie and Stan were tired of living in a small apartment in the city.
史蒂芬妮和斯坦厭倦了住在城市裡的小公寓。
be tired of厭倦、厭煩=be sick of
Even though they thought city living was convenient, they had dreamed of having a house with a big yard in the suburbs.
儘管他們認為城市生活很方便，但他們一直夢想能在郊區擁有一棟帶大院子的房子。
although(conj.)儘管despite(prep.)儘管=in spite ofurban(adj.)城市的convenient(adj.)方便的、便利的suburb(n.)市郊、郊區
Because of this, they had been saving money for several years to buy a house.
因此，他們已經存了幾年錢準備買房。
When the time came to start looking, they made appointments each weekend to see houses outside of the city.
到了開始看房的時候，他們每個週末都會預約去郊區看房。
schedule appointments做預約
Stan’s sister, Jane, worked for a real estate agency so she helped them to find houses for sale each week.
斯坦的姐姐珍在一家房地產仲介公司工作，所以她每週都會幫他們找待售的房子。
real estate不動產real estate agent房地產經紀人real estate developer房地產開發商agency(n.)社、代理機構、代銷處for sale出售中on sale特惠中
While many of the places that they looked at were nice, Stephanie and Stan still couldn’t find the perfect one.
雖然他們看過許多地方都很不錯，但史蒂芬妮和斯坦還是沒能找到理想的房子。
They were starting to wonder if they would ever move out of the city.
他們開始懷疑自己是否會搬出城市。
wander(v.)漫遊、閒晃、(河流)蜿蜒
Then one day Jane called because a three-bedroom house with a huge yard had just gone up for sale.
然後有一天，珍打電話來，說剛有一棟帶大院子的三房房子要出售。
go up for sale公開出售或待售list for sale房子開放出售
She told them they had to take a look, even though it was a little bit above their budget.
儘管價格略高於他們的預算，但她告訴他們一定要去看看。
budget(n.)預算budget airline廉價航空
They agreed but worried that they couldn’t afford it.
他們同意了，但擔心買不起。
afford(v.)負擔得起、買得起affordable(adj.)負擔得起的unaffordable(adj.)負擔不起的
However, after looking at the house, they knew they had found their new home.
然而，在看過房子後，他們知道自己已找到了新家。
nonetheless(adv.)然而=nevertheless
So even though it was expensive, they bought the house because they loved it.
因此，儘管房子很貴，他們還是買了，因為他們喜歡那棟房子。
While it took more money than they wanted to spend, they have been happily living in the house ever since.
儘管花了比他們預算更多的錢，但從那時起，他們就一直幸福地生活在那棟房子裡。