Kenneth: When I told you I had a particular building in mind for you.
This is the one I was talking about. It's a historical home on one of the best
blocks in all of Brooklyn.
Alex: Remember what we talked about.
Nancy: I know, poker face .
Kenneth: Built-ins, built-ins.
Nancy: Oh, the kitchen's a little small.
Kenneth: Well, rip off this awful
room divider, and you've got an eat-in kitchen. And over here you have your
library.
Alex: Wow.
Nancy: For your books.
Kenneth: Oh, you like books?
Alex: I have a little collection of first-edition novels.
Nancy: Alex is a writer.
Kenneth: The parlor.
Nancy: Oh, my God.
Alex: So, this staircase. This leads to where?
Kenneth: I thought you realized. This is a duplex.
Nancy: As in two floors for the price of one?
Kenneth: I believe it's right there in the listing sheet.
Alex: So, why was it sealed off? Were there, like, a slew of murders up there or something?
Kenneth: No, there's just a sweet, little old lady that lives upstairs.
Nancy: A tenant?
Kenneth: Mm-hmm.
Alex: So, rent control means we can't kick her out, right?
Nancy: Alex!
Kenneth: That's a legitimate question. No, you cannot evict her. She has to
decide to leave or, God forbid... Poor thing hasn't been feeling well lately.
She's gotta be close to 100 years old.
妙词佳句，活学活用
1. poker
face 非常好用的一个短语，是指不显露出任何表情的时候用的。打个比方，“在砍价的时候，千万不要露出任何喜欢的表情”就可以说成：When you
are making a bargain, you'd better keep a poker face.
2. rip off A：rip something
off 这个短语有两个含义，第一层含义也就是本文当中所提到的“拆掉”。此外，我们说“脱衣服”也可以用它：rip off the
T-shirt。 B：是最为常用的俚语之一，意思是steal something。比如：“有些人以偷东西为生”就可以说：Some people rip
off the goods from the supermarket to make a living.
3. a slew of 意思是“很多”，用起来的时候也很简单，比如“今天我有很多课”就可说：I've got a slew of classes
for today.
文化面面观
Rent control
Rent control has been in force in a number of major American
cities for many decades. The best-known example is New York, which still retains
rent controls from the temporary price controls imposed during World War II. But
this policy, meant to assist poorer residents, harms far more citizens than it
helps, benefits the better-off, and limits the freedom of all citizens. In many
cities, policymakers understand that controls drive out residents and
businesses. Thus many exempt significant portions of housing from controls,
creating shadow markets, yet as controls hold down rents for some units, costs
for all other rental housing skyrockets. And tenants in rent-controlled units
fear moving to more desirable neighborhoods since the only units available for
rent are very high-priced. ( With no doubt, rent control is a good thing, at
least from someone's point of view, but nowadays some tenants even take
advantage of the rent control law by getting the free tenant lawyers to escape
from paying the rent. And this does give rise to the dissatisfaction of some
landlords who adopt the way of evictions to get rid of the tenants).
北京新东方学校优秀英语教师，主教听说速成，听说读写，电影听说强化等课程，有多年的英语听说教学经验。陈锐老师主修英文专业，深刻了解英语学习的困难所在；并有丰富的口译经验及体会。通过多年的经验积累，陈锐老师总结出一套适合中国学生自己的汉英学习法，更好的结合汉语来攻克英文。
Kenneth: When I told you I had a particular building in mind for you.
This is the one I was talking about. It's a historical home on one of the best
blocks in all of Brooklyn.
Rent control has been in force in a number of major American
cities for many decades. The best-known example is New York, which still retains
rent controls from the temporary price controls imposed during World War II. But
this policy, meant to assist poorer residents, harms far more citizens than it
helps, benefits the better-off, and limits the freedom of all citizens. In many
cities, policymakers understand that controls drive out residents and
businesses. Thus many exempt significant portions of housing from controls,
creating shadow markets, yet as controls hold down rents for some units, costs
for all other rental housing skyrockets. And tenants in rent-controlled units
fear moving to more desirable neighborhoods since the only units available for
rent are very high-priced. ( With no doubt, rent control is a good thing, at
least from someone's point of view, but nowadays some tenants even take
advantage of the rent control law by getting the free tenant lawyers to escape
from paying the rent. And this does give rise to the dissatisfaction of some
landlords who adopt the way of evictions to get rid of the tenants).