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Renovation Upstairs
A polite complaint to the building management about noise at the wrong hours.
A formal e-mail with a complaint. Notice the polite frame — understanding first, then the rule, then the request. 根据 (“according to”) brings in the rule, and 被 says what is done to the writer’s child.
物业的各位：
你们好！我是三号楼五零二’èr的陈静。我想反映一下关于楼上装修的问题。
从上个月十号开始，六零二’èr一直在装修。我理解装修是正常的事情，可是根据小区的规定，装修只能在每天早上八点到中午十二点、下午两点到六点。但是最近一个星期，他们晚上九点以后还在打墙，星期天早上七点也开始工作。
我家有一个一岁的孩子，晚上经常被吵醒。我去楼上找过一次，可是家里只有工人，他们说不知道有这个规定。
希望你们能尽快联系六零二’èr的业主，请他们在规定的时间装修。如果需要，我可以把我拍的视频发给你们。
谢谢！
陈静
物业：
你们好！我是三号楼五零二’èr的陈静。楼上在装修，我想说一下这个问题。
六零二’èr从上个月开始装修。小区的规定是：早上八点到中午十二点、下午两点到六点可以装修。可是最近，他们晚上九点以后还在打墙，星期天早上七点也开始。
我家有一个一岁的孩子，晚上常常被吵醒。我去楼上找过他们，可是只有工人在，他们说不知道这个规定。
请你们尽快联系六零二’èr的人。我可以把我拍的视频发给你们。
谢谢！
陈静
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- Sentences
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- Words per sentence
- 13.1
- in the vocabulary
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- measured level
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- Reading time
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Grammar in this text
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根据小区的规定
根据 + rule: “according to …” — the standard way to bring in a regulation. According to: gēnjù and ànzhào →
被吵醒
被 marks something done to the subject, often something unpleasant: 经常被吵醒, “is often woken up”. The passive with bèi →
关于楼上装修的问题
关于 + topic: “about, concerning” — typical at the start of a formal letter. About and regarding: guānyú and duìyú →
The words from 4 up in this text
Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 4 of the 94 words in this text are at 4 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.
业主
owner (of a flat or a business)
4反映
to reflect; to report (a problem to sb.)
4物业
property management (company)
4规定
regulation; rule; to stipulate
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Comprehension questions
5 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.
1. What is Chen Jing complaining about?
Read the third paragraph to the end.
Look for 以后还在.
他们晚上九点以后还在打墙
2. When may renovation work be done, according to the rules?
Look for the sentence with 根据.
Look for 到 between two times.
早上八点到中午十二点、下午两点到六点
3. Why is the noise especially hard for her?
Look at the fourth paragraph.
Look for 被.
我家有一个一岁的孩子，晚上经常被吵醒
4. What happened when she went upstairs?
Read the end of the fourth paragraph.
Look for 工人.
家里只有工人，他们说不知道有这个规定
5. What does she offer to send?
Look at the last long paragraph.
Look for 视频.
我可以把我拍的视频发给你们