A: Good news: I talked to the people in the apartment upstairs about the noise.
B: Oh? How did it go?
A: They seem really nice. They had no idea the soundproofing is so bad and promised to keep the noise down.
B: Great. We’re so lucky to have friendly neighbors. Now all we have to do is deal with the cockroaches...
A: 好消息︰我跟樓上公寓的人談過噪音的問題了。
B: 喔？談得順利嗎？
A: 他們看起來人還不錯，他們也不知道原來隔音這麼差，而且保證會降低音量。
B: 太棒了！我們有這麼友善的鄰居真幸運，現在要做的就剩下對付蟑螂了……。
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