[Music] welcome to english listening and vocabulary [Music] section one you will hear a conversation between a housing agent and a college student who wants to rent a house first you have some time to look at questions one to four [Music] now we shall begin you should answer the questions as you listen because you will not hear the recording a second time listen carefully and answer questions one to four good afternoon and welcome to habitat hunters you must be joseph yes that's right you said on the phone that i could come by at two o'clock sorry
i'm a little early no problem at all in calgary's market you have to move fast if you want a good apartment actually i'd settle for almost anything i've been here 10 days and the hotel is ruining me my father has me on a strict budget sit right down here now sir let's talk a little about the places before we go have a look now we have four apartments available okay could you tell me more about those four apartments sure the first one is on beetle road just a block off campus it's a three bedroom with
a bathroom and a living room and a great italian restaurant right next to it how much well it's 435 dollars a month including internet and utilities okay that sounds reasonable any drawbacks to the house there's a really big garden but it hasn't been taken care of over the years and it's just too big to clean up nicely that sounds okay tell me about the next option the other three bedroom apartment is on oakington avenue on campus it is right near the building where you have classes and the kitchen and living room are newly furnished wow
that sounds like a pretty good option well it is a cool apartment but since it's a dormitory the living room bathroom kitchen and washing machine are all shared it would be nice not to have to buy living room furniture though and how much is this one four hundred dollars per month for a bedroom with an air conditioner for a bedroom without an air conditioner you would pay less 340 for it yikes even with the air conditioner it sounds really inconvenient to have to share facilities i'll never cook if i have to walk down the hall
to use the kitchen yeah that's true before you hear the rest of the conversation you have some time to look at questions five to ten [Music] now listen and answer questions five to ten anyway the next place is a two bedroom on mead street oh i like mead street that's off campus right yep it's pretty cool but it only has two bedrooms plus a living room and a study but i want to live together with my two friends so you could make the study into a small bedroom if you end up living with them also
we guys want a tv and dvd player since we're all so much into movies well this place has a great tv and vcr but no dvd player no dvd that's so weird are any other facilities provided as you said weird enough it also comes with a wash basin is there a washing machine i think we need that more than just a wash basin i'm afraid there's no washing machine in the apartment wow that's so old-fashioned maybe it's not the best choice for three college guys how much is it well it's six hundred dollars per month
but of course it would be cheaper if you made it into three bedrooms instead of two where is the apartment located it's two 2500 mead street where there are a lot of bars it would be affordable but it would get pretty noisy and that sounds really expensive for an old place in a noisy area how about the last place this one's on campus in the devon close complex it's a one bedroom so it will be a little quieter than the mead street place one bedroom huh that could be good for focusing on my studies what
else does it have it comes with a living room and a study and includes a really nice lamp in the study that has a bunch of different settings you know what else is cool there's a dining hall downstairs so all evening meals are free you can purchase breakfast and lunch but meals after 6 p.m are free wow this place sounds too good to be true is it really expensive it's all right 500 per month but there's no bathroom what no bathroom well there's no bathroom in the apartment but there's one at the end of the
hall hmm thanks i think now i just have to decide whether i want to live alone or not yeah which one do you prefer i think i choose either this apartment or the one on beetle road okay you'd better think about it and then you can contact me asap fine thanks for your help you're welcome that is the end of section one you now have half a minute to check your answers [Music] subscribe to the channel for more videos support us by clicking on the like button and leaving your comments here thank you
