英语口语笔记B1-Unit7.租房攻略-02-Calling the landlord

Calling the landlord

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have a moment有时间
issues问题
going in and out时好时坏
drop by顺道拜访
broke down出故障

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Tips for a healthy landlord-tenant relationship

和房东搞好关系的小技巧

The relationship that you have with your landlord can directly impact your lifestyle, comfort, image, and financial standing. Here are some quick tips to help maintain and improve landlord-tenant relationships:

你和房东的关系会直接影响你的生活方式、舒适程度、声誉和财务状况。以下是一些有助于维持和改善房东-房客关系的小技巧：

Pay your rent on time

按时交房租

Very few landlords will want to evict a tenant who they believe honestly wants to pay but is having a short-term problem. The worst option is silence. A non-paying, non-communicating tenant will and should be dealt with harshly.

很少有房东会赶走那些愿意付房租但是短期内付不上的房客。付不上房租时，最糟糕的做法是默不作声。既不付钱，也不沟通，这样的房客将会而且应该受到严厉的处理。

Be reasonable with your requests

合理提需求

There are many cases where the tenants are absolutely in the right and landlords have neglected their duty to provide clean, safe housing. However, in many other instances, the requests made by tenants are completely unreasonable. By utilizing a bit of patience and thought, these issues can be resolved reasonably.

许多情况下，房客是正确的，而房东忽视了自身责任，没能提供干净、安全的住房。然而，有时候房客提出的要求完全不合理。这些问题只要耐心一点，仔细思考，就可以合理解决。

Save your landlord’s time

节约房东时间

If you have small issues and can’t handle them on your own, then wait until a larger problem arises that truly requires service and ask if those smaller items can be addressed as well, so as to save multiple service trips. If you have a non-emergency issue, don’t require that it be handled on an emergency time frame.

如果遇到点鸡毛蒜皮的小事，自己不能解决，那就等到遇到真正亟待解决的严重问题时，顺便问一下这些小事是否可以一起解决，这样也可以让房东少跑几趟路。问题不紧急的话，就不要把它当急事处理。

Source: USNews, “How to Talk to Your Landlord”

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