Sometimes it seems that the cost of living keeps going up: rents, food and general living costs. How to discuss this with your colleagues and friends and decide how best to manage?
In this Podcast, you will learn:
(1) To talk about costs which always seem to be going up
(2) How to describe, with emphasis, some of the costs which are increasing
Dialogue:
A：天呐，最近的房价真是疯涨！Tiān nà, zuìjìn de fángjià zhēnshi fēng zhǎng!
Oh my god, recently house price have increased crazily!
B：可不是么！而且从下月起咱们的房租也要涨了。Kě bùshì me! Érqiě cóng xià yuè qǐ zánmen de fángzū yě yào zhǎngle.
Yes, and also our rent is going to increase from next month as well.
A: 唉，真糟糕。不过……我倒是有个好消息。Āi, zhēn zāogāo. Bùguò……wǒ dǎoshì yǒu gè hǎo xiāoxī.
That’s terrible. But…. I do have some good news!
B: 什么什么？快说呀！Shénme shénme? Kuài shuō ya!
What is it? Tell me quickly!
A: 我今天升职了！我下月要涨工资了！Wǒ jīntiān shēngrìle! Wǒ xià yuè yào zhǎng gōngzīle!
I got promoted today. My salary is going to increase next month!
Chinese words and phrases mentioned in this Podcast:
最近：recent
真糟糕: terrible
也：too, as well
不过：but
好消息：good news
什么什么：What? (repeating the word twice shows he/she really wants to know quickly).
快说：Please do tell me quickly
升职：got promotion
下个月：next month
涨工资：salary increase
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