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How to Organize Your Vocabulary apartment wardrobe air-conditioner bookshelf dryer washing machine cupboard heater closet switch kitchen laundry balcony/patio bathroom/ lavatory living room bedroom study microwave oven pan wok gas ring electric burner toiletries bathtub washbasin tap/shower Book 1-Unit 2 computer keyboard monitor mouse desk organizer paper clip eraser Book 1-Unit 2 Book 1-Unit 2 Key to Translation 1. This young couple want to buy a house in town, but can’t afford it now. 2. We can’t afford to wait. Let’s get out of here. 3. He took good care of the house and painted it every second year/every other year/once in two years. 4. He moved the furniture into another room. 5. They have decided to move house, because they don’t like to live in this area. 6. Li Ming shares the dormitory with four other students. (page 29) English-to-Chinese Translation Many Americans do not live with their families, but in apartment blocks of residential areas where everyone is more or less of the same age. Americans are often on the move, and some families change their homes every few years. …and big windows give a wonderful view of the swimming pool and the sea. The lack of privacy within the Chinese home finds its extreme expression in many well-to-do families of North China. Here the rooms are arranged in rows like the cars of a train. But instead of each room having a separate entrance, all the rooms are arranged in sequence, one leading into another. Such an arrangement in living quarters would be very uncommon to Americans. 1. 在美国, 许多年轻人不和家人住在一起，而是住在居民区的公寓楼群里，在这里大家差不多都是同龄人。 2. 美国人总是在搬家，有的家庭每隔几年就要搬一次。 3. ……大大的窗户将游泳池和大海的美景收览无余。 4. 中国家庭没有隐私概念，这在北方许多富裕家庭可以找到极端例子。在那里，房间并排连在一起，像火车车厢一样。所有房间一个通着一个，按一定的顺序排列，而每个房间没有单独的入口。如此这般的住所布局在美国并不常见。 Book 1-Unit 2 Book 1-Unit 2 Write an essay on one of the following topics: Do you prefer to live in an American house with almost no barrier to the exterior or a traditional Chinese house with almost no respect for privacy of individual m