第1079期:Meg's Place

Todd: So Meg, do you live in a house or an apartment?Meg: I live in an apartment near the train station.Todd: Oh, you live downtown.Meg: I do.Todd: Do you like living downtown?Meg: I do like living downtown because it's so convenient. Everything is close by, grocery stores, the mall, the station.Todd: Oh, that's great. So what about your apartment? Do you have a nice apartment?Meg: It's a nice apartment, but it's really small.Todd: Oh yeah? How many rooms?Meg: Well, there are three rooms. But each room is pretty small. There's a bedroom, a sitting room like a living room, and the kitchen room.Todd: Oh, wow. So in your bedroom, like, do you have a big queen size bed, a small bed?Meg: I have a small twin size bed or a single bed in the bedroom because it's pretty small. So there's not much space for a big bed.Todd: All right. So do you have a TV in your bedroom?Meg: No. Actually, I don't own a TV at all.Todd: Really? So there's no TV in the living room, too.Meg: There's no TV anywhere in the apartment.Todd: Wow. What do you do in your house?Meg: I have a laptop computer. So usually, I can watch some TV shows or videos on my laptop.Todd: All right. Okay. Do you like to watch movies in bed?Meg: Yeah. Sometimes I like to watch movies in bed or sometimes I prefer to sit in the living room and watch movies.Todd: Right. So you must have high-speed Internet.Meg: I do. Yes. I have an Internet box that my laptop can connect to.Todd: Okay. Cool. Do you have a nice big sofa?Meg: I have two small sofas. So you can push them together to make one big sofa or you can keep them separate. Usually, I keep them separate because there's more room for people to sit on.Todd: Okay. Now, you like to cook. So you must have a nice kitchen.Meg: Unfortunately, I have a very tiny kitchen.Todd: Oh no. How do you cook?Meg: I have to use some extra tables to have more space. The counter is really small, so there's not much space. So I have an extra table I use for preparing the food.Todd: Okay. Do you have an oven?Meg: I have a very small toaster oven. So it's not really an oven.Todd: All right. So do you have a microwave?Meg: I do have a microwave and a small refrigerator and one burner, like a stove top burner.Todd: Okay. Do you cook every night?Meg: I don't cook every night. Sometimes, I'm too busy. And sometimes because my kitchen is so small, I get a little frustrated. So I just pick up some food from a restaurant.Todd: All right. Now, you live in an apartment, so how many floors does your apartment building have?Meg: The building has five floors and I live on the fifth floor.Todd: Nice. Fifth floor.Meg: Yeah. The view is nice, but unfortunately, there's no elevator.Todd: Oh no.Meg: So you always have to take the stairs.Todd: Wow. Five flights of stairs.Meg: Five flights of stairs every day. But it's good exercise.Todd: So you're on the fifth floor. Do you have a balcony?Meg: I have a small balcony where my washing machine is and I can also hang out my laundry out there.Todd: Oh cool, washing machine is outside.Meg: It is outside. It's a little different from my house in America.Todd: So from your view, what can you see?Meg: I can see the train station from one window and all the restaurants downtown. And from a different window, I can see the mountains.Todd: Oh nice. Yeah, the mountains are nice.Meg: Yeah, it's really pretty.

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