
考慮搬到月球去
Rita and Ryan are browsing a renting website together.
瑞塔和萊恩正在一起瀏覽一個租屋網站。
browse(v.)瀏覽rent(v.)租用、出租
Rita: I like this room, but it’s a bit expensive – NT$12,000 per month with a two-month-rent deposit.
瑞塔:我喜歡這個房間,但有一點貴耶—每個月一萬兩千元與兩個月房租的押金。
a bit稍微、有一點per(prep.)每、每一rent(n.)租金deposit(n.)押金
Ryan: It really is. The 1111 Job Bank carried out a poll to know how much the rent costs salaried workers.
萊恩:真的耶。1111人力銀行進行了一項民意調查,來瞭解受薪族花了多少錢在房租上。
really(adv.)確實、的確carry out執行poll(n.)民意調查cost(v.)需花費salaried(adj.)支領薪水的
Rita: What’s the outcome?
瑞塔:結果呢?
outcome(n.)結果
Ryan: Salaried workers who live in rented accommodations in Taiwan spend about 27 percent of their income on rent on average.
萊恩:台灣的租房受薪族平均大約花費收入的百分之27在租屋上。
rented(adj.)租用的accommodation(n.)住處spend(v.)花費percent(adv.)百分之…income(n.)收入average(n.)平均、一般水準、平均水準
Rita: Gee! That’s nearly one-third of their salary!
瑞塔:天啊!那將近他們薪水的三分之一了!
nearly(adv.)幾乎、將近salary(n.)薪水、薪資
Ryan: And it shows that the rent in Taipei is the highest among the six municipalities – Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung.
萊恩:而且顯示台北的租金是六都(台北、新北、桃園、台中、台南及高雄)中最高的。
high(adj.)高的、多的among(prep.)在…中、…之一municipality(n.)自治市、市政府
Rita: Which of them has the lowest rent?
瑞塔:它們其中哪裡的租金最低呢?
low(adj.)低的
Ryan: Tainan does. According to the poll, about 38% of the respondents said they choose to rent because they cannot afford to buy.
萊恩:是台南。根據這項調查,百分之38的受訪者說,因為無法負擔買房,所以選擇租房。
according to根據respondent(n.)應答者afford(v.)負擔
Rita: Oh, no… Perhaps we should consider moving to the moon!
瑞塔:噢不……也許我們應該考慮搬到月球去!
perhaps(adv.)或許、可能should(aux.)應該consider(v.)認真考慮move(v.)搬家moon(n.)月球、月亮