雅思口语Part2：你的邻居 Describe one of your neighbors

Describe one of your neighbors.

You should say:

When you two become neighbors

how often you meet him/her

State whether your neighbor is a good person

and explain why you like/ dislike this neighbor.

I’m lucky, I’ve got good neighbors. I’m going to tell you about just one of them, when we met, how often we meet and why I think he is a good neighbor who I like very much.

我很幸运，我有好邻居。我将告诉你们其中的一个，当我们相遇的时候，我们多久见一次面，为什么我认为他是我非常喜欢的一个好邻居。

I live in an old house which has been converted into about eleven different flats and bedsits. I live on the top floor, which is actually the modernized attic space of the original building, there is just one other flat in this roof area. To get to my flat, and that of my immediate next door neighbor, you have to go up a back stairway that was probably originally the servants’ staircase, I think what is now my flat and that of my neighbor’s too, must have been at one time servants’ quarters. This means that our doorways are directly opposite one another, and we are the only people who use this entrance to the building.

我住在一所老房子里，它已经被改造成了大约十一个不同的公寓和床头柜。我住在顶楼，这实际上是原建筑的现代化阁楼空间，在这个屋顶区域只有一间公寓。要到我的公寓，和我隔壁邻居的，你必须上一个后楼梯，那可能是仆人的楼梯，我想现在我的公寓和我邻居的，一定曾经是仆人的宿舍。这意味着我们的门是直接相对的，我们是唯一使用这个入口的人。

I moved into the flat I live in about five or six years ago now. It is a rented flat. At that time the flat opposite me was empty, but a few weeks later I met a woman a little bit older than me who was busy cleaning just inside the flat, but with the door wide open. I paused to introduce myself and talk to her. She was really friendly, and I found out it was her son who was to be my new neighbor, she was just helping him to move in. A bit later he, Oliver, turned up too. He was new to the area, so I explained where all the local shops were, when the rubbish was taken out and various other little details about the practicalities of living in the property. A couple of days later he knocked on my door and called round for a chat. We found we got on really well. We have a very similar sense of humor, a shared (but slightly half-hearted) interest in running, and a mutual appreciation of good food – I could recommend the deli over the road to him as a source of lovely upmarket cheeses, olives and home-made *gna and delicious pasta and pesto sauce too. We also both have an unfulfilled wanderlust, always plotting our next journey. He is off to Australia soon, lucky him!

大约五六年前我搬进了我现在住的公寓。这是租来的公寓。当时，我对面的公寓是空的，但几个星期后，我遇到了一个比我大一点的女人，她正忙着打扫公寓的内部，但门却大开着。我停下来做了自我介绍并和她交谈。她真的很友好，我发现是她的儿子要做我的新邻居，她只是帮他搬进来。过了一会儿，他，奥利弗也出现了。他是新来的，所以我向他解释了当地所有的商店在哪里，当垃圾被拿出来的时候，还有其他关于住在这里的实用性的小细节。几天后，他敲了敲我的门，找我聊天。我们发现我们相处得很好。我们有一个非常相似的幽默感,一个共享的(但略半心半意的)兴趣跑步,和互相欣赏的美食,我可以推荐熟食店的路上他的可爱的高档奶酪,橄榄和*的烤宽面条和美味的意大利面和香蒜沙司酱。我们都有一个未实现的旅行欲望，总是计划着我们的下一个旅程。他很快就要去澳大利亚了，他真幸运!

Given how close we live together, our front doors face directly onto one another, we see each other incredibly rarely. We both have busy lives, working full time but different hours. At weekends I tend to be out and about, and he’ll often disappear for the weekend to stay with his girlfriend. Even so, whenever we do meet, it is always friendly, we make each other laugh. We often end up having long conversations just chatting in the hallway outside our front doors. I probably see him only once a fortnight or so, but we leave each other notes too from time to time if we need help with anything.

由于我们住在一起很近，我们的前门是面对面的，所以我们很少见面。我们都有繁忙的生活，全职工作，但时间不同。周末的时候，我经常出去走走，他经常会在周末消失，和他的女朋友呆在一起。即使如此，无论何时我们真的相遇，它总是友好的，我们让对方笑。我们经常会在前门外面的走廊里聊很长时间。我大概只有两周左右见他一次，但如果我们需要帮助的话，我们也会时不时地给对方留些便条。

Oliver is a great neighbor because I know I could call on him if I needed to. We will always help each other if we can. I dug his car out of the snow for him once as he didn’t have a shovel, but he’s returned the favor in other ways, taking in parcels for me when I’m away for example. Because I live on my own it is really important to me to have a neighbor close by that I trust and like. I was really sad when he told me he was planning to emigrate. I was also really pleased for him, you have to wish someone well when they are following their dreams. I hope my new next-door neighbor is half as nice!

奥利弗是一个很好的邻居，因为我知道如果我需要的话，我可以去拜访他。如果我们能互相帮助，我们将永远互相帮助。有一次我帮他把车从雪里挖出来，因为他没有铲子，但他以其他方式回报了我，比如在我不在的时候帮我拿包裹。因为我自己住，所以有一个我信任并喜欢的邻居对我来说真的很重要。当他告诉我他打算移民时，我真的很难过。我也为他感到高兴，你必须祝福那些追逐梦想的人。我希望我的新邻居有我一半好!