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Signing a Lease

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ID: 1924 Upper Intermediate
Even if you're able to find an agent from a reliable real estate company to help you find the apartment of your dreams in China, you're still going to be confronted with a massive block of Chinese at the end of the process: the lease. Needless to say, it will probably take you a bit of time to read through the entire document, but today's upper-intermediate ChinesePod lesson should ease the pain a bit!
Wed May 02 2012 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
租房 zūfáng to rent an apartment
合同 hétong contract
条款 tiáokuǎn clause
中介公司 zhōngjiègōngsī intermediary, agency
你好，请看一下，这个是这次租房的合同。没问题的话，就在下面签个字。
nǐhǎo ，qǐng kàn yīxià ，zhè ge shì zhècì zūfáng de hétong 。méiwèntí dehuà ，jiù zài xiàmian qiān ge zì 。
Hello. Please take a look at this housing lease. If there's no problems, you can sign your name at the bottom.
哇，好多条款啊。这是你们中介公司草拟的吗？
wā ，hǎo duō tiáokuǎn a 。zhè shì nǐmen zhōngjiègōngsī cǎonǐ de ma ？
Wow, there's a lot of clauses. Was this drawn up by your agency?
我们用的是政府网站现成的合同范本，非常正规的。
wǒmen yòng de shì zhèngfǔ wǎngzhàn xiànchéng de hétong fànběn ，fēicháng zhèngguī de 。
We use a ready-made contract template from the government's website. It's completely legitimate.
哦，那让我稍微看一下。
ò ，nà ràng wǒ shāowēi kàn yīxià 。
Ah. Let me take a quick look.
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