shàng上gè个yuè月wǒ我hé和qī妻zǐ子kāi开shǐ始zhǎo找xīn新de的fáng房zi子。

Last month my wife and I started looking for a new place.

yīn因wèi为xiàn现zài在wǒ我men们zhù住dé得lí离gōng公sī司tài太yuǎn远le了。

Because where we live now is too far from the office.

wǒ我shàng上bān班de的shí时hou候yào要zuò坐yí一gè个xiǎo小shí时de的gōng公gòng共qì汽chē车。

To get to work I have to take a one-hour bus ride.

zuó昨tiān天xià下wǔ午wǒ我men们kàn看le了yí一gè个xīn新de的fáng房zi子。

Yesterday afternoon we looked at a new apartment.

tā它zài在yí一gè个xiǎo小xué学xiào校páng旁biān边。

It is next to a small school.

fáng房zi子hěn很dà大,fáng房jiān间yě也fēi非cháng常duō多。

It's big, and it has a lot of rooms too.

wǒ我zuì最xǐ喜huan欢de的shì是nà那ge个dà大fáng房jiān间,nà那ge个fáng房jiān间lǐ里yǒu有zhuō桌zi子hé和yǐ椅zi子。

What I liked most was the big room — it had a table and chairs in it.

dàn但shì是tā它tài太guì贵le了,wǒ我men们de的qián钱bù不duō多。

But it was too expensive, and we don't have much money.

qī妻zǐ子fēi非cháng常xiǎng想yào要tā它,dàn但shì是wǒ我jué觉de得bù不kě可néng能。

My wife really wanted it, but I didn't think it was possible.

wǒ我men们zài在nà那ge个fáng房jiān间lǐ里zuò坐le了èr二shí十fēn分zhōng钟。

We sat in that room for twenty minutes.

qī妻zǐ子wèn问wǒ我zěn怎me么yàng样,wǒ我gào告sù诉tā她tài太guì贵le了。

My wife asked me what I thought, and I told her it was too expensive.

qī妻zǐ子yǒu有yì一diǎn点ér儿bù不gāo高xìng兴,dàn但shì是tā她yě也zhī知dào道wǒ我duì对。

She was a little unhappy, but she knew I was right.

wǎn晚shàng上wǒ我men们huí回jiā家,kàn看le了yī一xià下bào报zhǐ纸shàng上de的fáng房zi子。

In the evening we went home and looked again at the apartments in the newspaper.

suǒ所yǐ以xīng星qī期yī一wǒ我yào要qù去gōng公sī司páng旁biān边kàn看yí一gè个xīn新de的fáng房zi子。

So on Monday I'm going to look at a new place next to my office.

suī虽rán然wǒ我hái还méi没yǒu有zhǎo找dào到fáng房zi子,dàn但shì是xià下gè个yuè月kě可néng能huì会yǒu有yí一gè个hǎo好de的。

I still haven't found one, but maybe there'll be a good one next month.