▸ 小林xiǎo lín在zài城里chéng lǐ租zū房子fáng zi住zhù，已经yǐ jīng住zhù了le两liǎng年nián了le。

Xiao Lin has been renting an apartment in the city for two years.

▸ 他的tā de房子fáng zi在zài一条yī tiáo热闹rè nao的de街上jiē shang，楼下lóu xià全quán是shì饭馆fàn guǎn。

His place is on a busy street, with restaurants all along the ground floor.

▸ 每天měi tiān晚上wǎn shang楼下lóu xià都dōu特别tè bié吵chǎo，他tā实在shí zài受不了shòu bù liǎo了le。

Every night the noise downstairs is terrible, and he really can't take it anymore.

▸ 朋友péng you问wèn他tā：“你nǐ为什么wèi shén me不bù搬家bān jiā呢ne？”

His friend asked him, "Why don't you move?"

▸ 小林xiǎo lín说shuō：“我wǒ也yě想xiǎng过guò，可是kě shì找zhǎo房子fáng zi太tài麻烦má fan了le。”

Xiao Lin said, "I've thought about it, but apartment hunting is such a hassle."

▸ 朋友péng you说shuō：“与其yǔ qí每天měi tiān抱怨bào yuàn，不如bù rú认真rèn zhēn找zhǎo一yī找zhǎo新xīn房子fáng zi。”

His friend said, "Rather than complain every day, you'd be better off seriously looking for a new place."

▸ 小林xiǎo lín想xiǎng了le想xiǎng，觉得jué de他tā说得shuō de对duì。

Xiao Lin thought it over and decided his friend was right.

▸ 与其yǔ qí在zài这里zhè lǐ睡shuì不好bù hǎo觉jiào，不如bù rú花huā点diǎn时间shí jiān找zhǎo个gè安静的ān jìng de地方dì fāng。

Rather than keep sleeping badly here, better to spend some time finding somewhere quiet.

▸ 他tā打开dǎ kāi手机shǒu jī，开始kāi shǐ看kàn租zū房子fáng zi的de信息xìn xī。

He opened his phone and started browsing rental listings.

▸ 房子fáng zi多duō得很de hěn：大dà的de、小的xiǎo de、贵guì的de、便宜pián yi的de，什么样shén me yàng的de都有dōu yǒu。

There were plenty of places: big, small, expensive, cheap — every kind you could imagine.

▸ 他tā跟gēn自己zì jǐ说shuō：“房间fáng jiān大小dà xiǎo无所谓wú suǒ wèi，但是dàn shì一定要yī dìng yào安静ān jìng。”

He told himself, "The size of the room doesn't matter, but it absolutely has to be quiet."

▸ 看了kàn le一个yī ge晚上wǎn shang，他tā有点累yǒu diǎn lèi了le，干脆gān cuì把bǎ手机shǒu jī放下fàng xià，先xiān睡觉shuì jiào。

After browsing all evening he was getting tired, so he simply put the phone down and went to sleep.

▸ 第二天dì èr tiān是shì周末zhōu mò，反正fǎn zhèng没事méi shì，他tā决定jué dìng出去chū qù看kàn房子fáng zi。

The next day was the weekend — he had nothing going on anyway, so he decided to go look at apartments.

▸ 他tā还hái叫jiào上了shàng le朋友péng you：“你nǐ陪péi我去wǒ qù吧ba，反正fǎn zhèng你nǐ周末zhōu mò也yě没事méi shì！”

He roped in his friend, too: "Come with me — it's not like you have weekend plans anyway!"

▸ 朋友péng you笑着xiào zhe说shuō：“好好hǎo hǎo好hǎo，我wǒ陪péi你nǐ去qù。”

His friend laughed: "Fine, fine, I'll come along."

▸ 找zhǎo了le一yī整天zhěng tiān，小林xiǎo lín好不容易hǎo bù róng yì才cái找到zhǎo dào三个sān gè觉得jué de不错bù cuò的de地方dì fāng。

After searching all day, Xiao Lin finally managed to find three places that seemed decent.

▸ 他tā心里xīn li想xiǎng：找zhǎo房子fáng zi真zhēn难nán，不过bù guò为了wèi le睡个shuì gè好觉hǎo jiào，值得zhí de！

He thought to himself: apartment hunting is hard — but for a good night's sleep, it's worth it!

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