A：I can’t believe the cost of apartments in New York City.我真難以相信紐約市的房價。
    B：Oh, you didn’t know that apartments here are considered valuable, even if they are small and crowded?噢，你難道不知道這里的公寓雖然很小、很擠，但還是很值錢嗎?
    A：Of course I had heard about that, but now I know how expensive it is to rent a place here.我當(dāng)然聽說過了，但是現(xiàn)在我知道在這里租間房都多貴了。
    B：I don’t mind paying high rent to live in New York.能住在紐約，我不介意房租貴。
    A：Why? You pay so much for such a tiny space to live.為什么不呢?你付那么多的錢住一個這么小的地方。
    B：Yeah, but so what! I’m proud to live in the world’s most excting city. And, the salaries here are the highest in the nation, too.是啊，但那又怎么樣?能住在世界上最繁華的城市，我很自豪。而且，這里的薪水也是全國最高的。