Apartment
All my friends in Paris seemed very happy when I was leaving. To them they were not losing a friend but gaining an apartment.
当我要离开时,我所有在巴黎的朋友好象都很高兴,对他们来说他们一个朋友也没有失去,但却得到了一套公寓。
注:他要暂时离开半年,有套单元房留给朋友们住,朋友们很高兴,他们的友谊得以继续。
I really enjoy camping, especially since I don’t have enough money to buy an apartment.
我喜欢野营,特别是因为我没有足够的钱买房子。
注:他不是喜欢野营,他是没钱买房子,被逼无奈才住在帐篷里。
We’re lucky we have an apartment. If we lived in our car, we'd be home by now.
幸运地是我们还有房子住,我们如果住在汽车里,现在就到家里了。
注:你爸爸在车里抱怨交通拥堵,你这么劝他。
注:应该乐观地看问题。