How to rent an apartment or buy a house in English?

Yeah, it's in the basement. Take the elevator down to B1 and turn left. It's the second door on your right. You'll need your building key fob to get in.

在地下室。坐电梯到B1，左转，右边第二个门。进去需要门禁卡。

These ones take quarters — a dollar seventy-five per wash and a dollar fifty to dry. There's a change machine down there too, but it only takes ones and fives. Pro tip: always keep a roll of quarters in your apartment.

这些是投币的——洗一次1.75美元，烘干1.50美元。那里也有个兑币机，但只收1美元和5美元纸币。建议：在公寓里常备一卷25美分硬币。

Just go with normal and cold water for most stuff — that's what I do. Hot water for towels and sheets. Oh, and don't overload the machine or your clothes won't get clean. And make sure you clean out the lint trap in the dryer when you're done.

大多数衣服用 normal 加冷水就行——我就这么洗。毛巾和床单用热水。对了，别塞太满否则洗不干净。用完烘干机记得清理绒毛过滤网。

💡 美国洗衣机通常有水温选项（hot/warm/cold），这在中国家用洗衣机上不太常见。清理烘干机的 lint trap（绒毛过滤网）是安全问题，积聚的绒毛可能引起火灾。这是美国的常识但中国人通常不知道，因为中国家庭很少用烘干机。

Oh, that's been sitting there for like an hour. At this point, you're totally fine to take it out and put it on the folding table. That's pretty standard around here — everyone knows not to leave their stuff sitting in the machine.

那个已经放了大概一小时了。这种情况你完全可以拿出来放在折叠台上。这在这里很正常——大家都知道不应该把衣服留在机器里不取。

Ugh, that one's been acting up lately. Try giving the door a good push — sometimes it doesn't latch all the way and the safety sensor won't let it start. If that doesn't work, you'll need to report it to building management. Their number's on the poster by the door.

烦，那台最近一直有问题。试试使劲推一下门——有时候门没完全扣好，安全传感器就不让启动。不行的话就得跟物业报修了。电话号码在门边的海报上。

Technically the laundry room's open twenty-four seven, but most people try to finish up by ten. The washers aren't that loud, but the dryers can be pretty noisy and the people on this floor can hear them. If you have to do it late, just stick with the washer and hang-dry your stuff if you can. Nobody's gonna complain about a washer at eleven, but a dryer rattling at midnight — yeah, that's pushing it.

洗衣房技术上是24小时开放的，但大多数人尽量10点前洗完。洗衣机不算太吵，但烘干机挺响的，这层的人能听到。如果非要晚洗，尽量只用洗衣机，能晾干就晾干。11点用洗衣机没人会抱怨，但半夜12点烘干机嗡嗡响——那就有点过分了。

💡 美国公寓对噪音非常敏感，尤其是晚上。“Quiet hours” 通常是晚10点到早8点。有些公寓的租约里明确写了洗衣房使用时间。在中国的公寓里，因为每家有自己的洗衣机且现在的洗衣机很安静，所以这不是什么大问题。但美国的共享洗衣房通常用的是商用机器，噪音更大。