白领的一天:交通与住房

Jessica和她的外国朋友Peter聊起了刚到北京的生活。

J: Finally I managed to find a place to live in Beijing.
我总算在北京找到住的地方了。

P: That is great to hear! Where is it?
那太好啦！在哪个地方？

J: Somewhere near my place of work. I don’t know the location exactly, I am new here.
离我工作地地方很近，我不知道具体的地址，我才刚来呢。

P: No worries, I hope you are near a subway station, too.
没事，我希望你附近有个地铁站。

J: Yep. The transportation is very convenient… one of the factors that I decided to rent that place.
附近有。交通很便捷，这是我觉得租下那个地方的原因之一。

P: Yeah that is very important. Where I was living in Perth before I came to China was like that, only 5 minutes walk from the train station and 2 minutes walk from a bus route to the city and a big shopping centre.
恩，这很重要。在我来北京之前，我在帕斯住的地方情况就是这样的，只要走5分钟就可以到火车站，走2分钟就可以到达开往城里的公交线和一个大型的购物中心。

J: Cool! I think I am starting to settle in.
真棒！我觉得我开始适应新环境了。

P: That is good. It will take a little bit of time.
这很好啊。这是需要一点时间的。

词汇讲解:

settle in/into sth: to begin to feel happy and relaxed in a new situation, home, job, or school 安顿下来，习惯于(新居)，适应(新工作)

How are the kids settling into their new school?
孩子们在新学校习惯吗？

I haven't yet settled in in my new job.
我还未适应我的新工作。