新房子是一個不錯口語聊天話題，但是，怎麼開啟這個聊天呢?下面這篇英語口語對話可供大家學習以及練習。
Todd: Oh, so what's your new house like?
你的新房子什麼樣?
Keri: It's small, it's old. It's mostly wooden in the inside. It has two rooms and a balcony off of those rooms and downstairs there's like a living room area and a tatami mat room, kitchen, bathroom.
很小，很舊。房子內部主要是木質結構。樓上有兩間房，各有陽臺。樓下有一塊生活區，一間榻榻米房間，廚房和廁所。
Todd: Wow, so do you live in the tatami mat room?
哇，你住在榻榻米房間嗎?
Keri: No, there's two tatami mat rooms. There's one upstairs and there's one downstairs and I don't live in either. One we use as kind of a spare room and the other one is my roommate's bedroom.
不，一共有兩間榻榻米房間。樓上一間，樓下一間，我不住那裡。一間是空房，一間是我室友的房間。
Todd: Oh, OK. So you have a roommate?
好的。也就是說你有一名室友了?
Keri: Yes.
是的
Todd: What's it like having a roommate?
和室友住在一起感覺怎麼樣呢?
Keri: It's good. It's good. I like living alone too but sometimes it's nice to come home and have someone there and my roommate gets home before I do and she likes to cook so often she's cooked dinner for me.
很好。我也喜歡一個人住，但有時候回去看到家裡有人也挺好，我的室友比我早到家，而且喜歡做飯，經常是我回去看到她在為我們燒飯。
Todd: Wow, that's nice.
哇，真棒。
Keri: I know.
是的。
Todd: Well, you do all the cleaning?
那麼，你負責清潔?
Keri: Well, now that you mention it, I do a lot of the cleaning, but not all of it. Oh, OK.
是的'，你提到了，我做大部分清潔，但不是全部。
Todd: Well, what kind of things does she make you?
她經常給你做什麼吃?
Keri: Last night she made curry. I think it was an Indian curry, tomato-based.
昨晚她做了咖哩。我想那是印度咖哩，西紅柿是主要食材。
Todd: Spicy?
辣的?
Keri: Yes.
是的。
Todd: Cool.
酷。
