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

Yeah, let's sort that out now. So we've got electricity, water, gas, internet, and trash. Most people just split everything fifty-fifty, but some people like to split based on room size if one room is bigger. What sounds good to you?

对，现在就定下来。我们有电费、水费、燃气费、网费和垃圾费。大部分人就平分，但有些人如果房间大小不同的话会按面积比例分。你觉得怎么好？

I can put the bills in my name since I've been here longer and already have accounts set up. Then I'll just Venmo you for your half each month. Or we could use Splitwise — it's an app that tracks who owes what, so there's no confusion. I've used it with past roommates and it works great.

账单可以用我的名字，因为我住得久一些，账户已经开好了。然后每个月通过 Venmo 收你那一半。或者我们可以用 Splitwise——这个 APP 可以记录谁欠谁多少，不会搞混。我以前和室友用过，很好用。

Electric and gas usually come around the tenth, water's around the fifteenth, and internet is on the first of every month. I'll log everything in Splitwise as soon as I get the bill, and you'll get a notification. Just try to pay within a couple days so I'm not floating the whole thing for too long. Oh, and heads up — the electric bill gets way higher in summer because of AC. Last July mine was like two hundred bucks, so budget for that.

电费和燃气费一般10号左右到，水费大概15号，网费每月1号。我一收到账单就会录入 Splitwise，你会收到通知。尽量几天内付，这样我不用垫太久。对了提醒一下——夏天电费会高很多因为空调。去年7月我的大概200美元，你提前有个心理准备。

💡 在美国，室友之间及时付账被视为基本信用。拖欠分摊费用是室友关系破裂的最常见原因之一。'Don't float the bill for too long' 意味着不要让一个人长期垫付。

Yeah, I noticed that too. I think it's because we've both been running the AC pretty hard. It's been over a hundred degrees this week. Also, I had a couple friends stay over last weekend and they were here for three days — extra showers, cooking, AC running all day. I feel bad about that. Maybe I should cover a bigger share this month since the spike was mostly on me?

是啊，我也注意到了。我觉得是因为我们俩空调开得猛。这周都超过100华氏度了。而且上周末我有几个朋友来住了三天——多洗澡、做饭、空调整天开着。这方面我不好意思。也许这个月我多出一些，因为主要是我这边用的多？

That's totally reasonable. How about this — anything under two nights is no big deal, we don't even worry about it. But anything over two nights, the person who invited the guest picks up the difference? We can also set the thermostat to seventy-six during the day and seventy-two at night — I read that saves a ton on AC. Sound good?

完全合理。这样行不行——两晚以内不用计较。但超过两晚，邀请客人的人承担多出来的部分？我们还可以把恒温器白天设到76度晚上72度——我看到说这样能省很多空调费。可以吗？

Oh yeah, I should have told you first — my bad. The promotional rate expired and it went back to the regular price. I called and they said they can offer us a new promo if we sign a one-year contract. It'd bring it back down to what we were paying before. Want me to go ahead and do that, or should we shop around first and see if another provider has a better deal?

哦对，我应该先跟你说的——我的错。促销价到期了，恢复到了正常价格。我打电话问了，他们说如果我们签一年合同可以给新的促销价，能降回之前的价格。你要我直接签呢，还是先看看其他运营商有没有更好的？