I recently got the urge to move to a new apartment. There were a variety of reasons - it was getting too noisy where I was, the new taxi prices were becoming a killer during the commute to work, and I needed a change of scenery, so I gave my landlord 30 days' notice and went hunting. My first two moves since arriving in Beijing had been a breeze - in fact on both occasions I had taken the first apartment I had seen.

    最近我急切地想要换个新公寓。原因有很多：现在住的地方太吵了；赚的钱快要负担不起新涨的计程车钱；想换换四周的景色 ......