1. Given the current state of the economy, many people are choosing to double up with a roommate to help share expenses.

考慮到現在的經濟形勢，很多人都選擇找一個室友來分攤房租。

2. I just rented a two-bedroom downtown. I’m looking for a compatible roommate.

我剛在市區租了個兩居室，想找一個合得來的室友。

3. My ideal housemate would be someone who is laid-back and drama-free.

我的理想室友是個閑散、不愛鬧事的人。

4. My last roommate was a drama queen. Every time I forgot to take my shoes off, she got really mad and made a big deal out of it.

我上一個室友特喜歡小題大做。每次我進門忘了脫鞋，她就特生氣，嘮叨半天。

5. I hate living with roomies who compact garbage down in the container instead of taking out the garbage. What abouy you? Do you have any pet-peeves?

我討厭室友不清理滿了的垃圾筒，而把里面的垃圾壓實了繼續用。你呢?你最不能忍受的事是什么?

6. I really don’t want a lot of drama in the apartment. It’s important that we don’t get on each other’s nerves.

我不喜歡家里總是吵吵鬧鬧的。我們得注意別把對方惹毛了。

7. I really hate living with mooches. They always eat all of your food and ask you to pay for everything.

我討厭和愛貪便宜的人住，他們老來拿你的東西吃，而且買東西的時候總讓你付錢。

8. We each need to pull our weight by cleaning the dishes, taking out the garbage and paying the bills.

在洗碗、扔垃圾和付水電費等問題上，我們每個人都應該出一份力。

9. I’m pretty social and outgoing, and I like making new friends. But I’m not a party animal, and I like to keep the apartment clean.

我很好相處、外向活潑、喜歡交朋友。但是我不是一個聚會狂，而且我喜歡保持家里干凈。

10. I hate living with someone who put dishes in the sink after cooking, instead of washing them and putting them away.

我討厭吃完飯把碗筷堆在洗碗池中不洗的室友。

11. A good start of finding a compatible roommate is to search for someone from your circle of friends ... or better yet, friends of friends. Searching online is usually a last ditch effort.

想找一個合得來的室友，首先要從你的朋友圈中來找，或者更好的是從你朋友的朋友里來找。不到萬不得已不要在網上找室友。