Checking the Entry Inventory and Missing Garage Remote
Property manager (speaking English) and New tenant (speaking Mandarin) talk through “Checking the Entry Inventory and Missing Garage Remote”. You interpret both ways — English into Mandarin, and Mandarin into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Full transcript with model answers
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Before you sign the entry inventory, Ms Luo, let's check the garage access items. Your lease starts on 2 November. Have you checked the remotes?
Model answer and marking points
罗女士，在您签入住物品清单之前，我们先核对一下进出车库用的东西。您的租约从十一月二日开始。您核对过遥控器了吗？
What an examiner checks here:
- Check garage access items before signing the entry inventory
- Addressed to Ms Luo
- Lease starts on 2 November
- question: Have you checked the remotes?
Easy to miss: Keep 2 November as the lease start date.
我核对过了。租约是十一月二日开始，清单上写着两个车库遥控器，可是交钥匙的时候，我只拿到了一个。
Model answer and marking points
I've checked. The lease starts on 2 November, and the inventory lists two garage remotes, but I only received one when the keys were handed over.
What an examiner checks here:
- Has checked the items
- Lease starts on 2 November
- Inventory lists two garage remotes
- Only one remote received at the key handover
Easy to miss: Distinguish the two remotes listed from the one actually received.
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Interpret it aloud now →Thanks for checking. The inventory lists 2 garage remotes, so I'll record that only one was supplied and contact the building manager about the missing remote.
Model answer and marking points
谢谢您核对。清单上列了两个车库遥控器，所以我会记下实际只交付了一个，并联系大楼管理员，询问缺少的那个遥控器。
What an examiner checks here:
- Thanks the tenant for checking
- Inventory lists two garage remotes
- Will record that only one was supplied
- Will contact the building manager about the missing remote
Easy to miss: The agent will contact the building manager; the tenant is not being asked to do so.
那我是不是应该先在清单上注明少了一个，再签字？我已经给收到的钥匙和遥控器拍了照片，需要发给您吗？
Model answer and marking points
So should I note on the inventory that one is missing before I sign it? I've already taken photos of the keys and remote I received. Do you need me to send them to you?
What an examiner checks here:
- question: Note one missing remote on the inventory before signing?
- Already photographed the keys and remote received
- question: Send the photos to the agent?
Easy to miss: Preserve both questions and the fact that the photos have already been taken.
Yes, please note the missing remote beside that item before signing. Keep a copy and send us a photo showing the remote you actually received.
Model answer and marking points
是的，请先在那一项旁边注明少了一个遥控器，再签字。自己留一份清单，再给我们发一张照片，拍清楚您实际收到的那个遥控器。
What an examiner checks here:
- Confirms the tenant should note the missing remote
- Write the note beside the relevant item before signing
- Keep a copy of the inventory
- Send a photo showing the remote actually received
Easy to miss: The missing remote must be noted before signing, beside the relevant item.
好的，我会把照片发过来。另一个遥控器找到以后，我能来办公室拿吗？我白天要上班，星期五中午可以抽空过来。
Model answer and marking points
Okay, I'll send the photos over. Once the other remote is found, can I come to the office to collect it? I work during the day, but I can make time to come over at midday on Friday.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will send the photos
- question: Collect the other remote from the office once found?
- Works during the day
- Can come at midday on Friday
Easy to miss: The proposed collection time is Friday midday, not Friday afternoon.
I can ask the building manager to leave the spare at our Auburn office. If it's available, would Friday afternoon suit you for collection here?
Model answer and marking points
我可以请大楼管理员把备用遥控器放在我们奥本的办公室。如果有的话，您星期五下午方便来这里取吗？
What an examiner checks here:
- Can ask the building manager to leave the spare remote
- Leave it at the Auburn office
- Collection depends on the remote being available
- question: Would Friday afternoon suit for collection here?
Easy to miss: Friday afternoon is a conditional proposal, not a confirmed collection appointment.
下午不太方便，我一点就得回去上班。能不能中午十二点一刻来拿？办公室离我上班的地方不远。
Model answer and marking points
The afternoon isn't very convenient. I have to be back at work by one. Could I collect it at a quarter past twelve? The office isn't far from where I work.
What an examiner checks here:
- Afternoon is inconvenient
- Must be back at work by 1 pm
- question: Collect at 12:15 pm?
- Office is near the tenant's workplace
Easy to miss: A quarter past twelve means 12:15 pm, not 12:45 pm.
Around midday should work. I'll confirm once the remote arrives. Please wait for our confirmation before coming, as the building manager hasn't located it yet.
Model answer and marking points
中午左右应该可以。遥控器送到以后，我会再跟您确认。请等我们确认后再过来，因为大楼管理员还没有找到那个遥控器。
What an examiner checks here:
- Around midday should work
- Will confirm once the remote arrives
- Wait for confirmation before coming
- Building manager has not located the remote yet
Easy to miss: The remote has not been found, so the tenant must wait for confirmation before coming.
明白，那我先等您的消息。如果星期五之前还没找到，就安排下个星期吧，我可以提前调整午休时间。
Model answer and marking points
Understood. I'll wait to hear from you. If it still hasn't been found before Friday, let's arrange it for next week. I can adjust my lunch break in advance.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will wait to hear from the agent
- If the remote is not found before Friday, arrange collection next week
- Can adjust lunch break in advance
Easy to miss: Next week is the fallback if the remote has not been found before Friday.
Certainly. We'll arrange another collection time if necessary. When you collect the remote, we'll update the inventory together and give you a copy for your records.
Model answer and marking points
当然可以。有需要的话，我们会另约一个领取时间。您来取遥控器时，我们会一起更新清单，再给您一份留存。
What an examiner checks here:
- Will arrange another collection time if necessary
- Update the inventory together when the remote is collected
- Give the tenant a copy for their records
Easy to miss: The inventory will be updated when the tenant collects the remote.
好，那现在先注明只收到一个，等我拿到另一个以后再更新。我会保留这两份清单，这样就清楚了。
Model answer and marking points
Okay, so for now we'll note that I've only received one, and update the inventory once I've collected the other one. I'll keep both copies of the inventory so it's clear.
What an examiner checks here:
- Record now that only one remote was received
- Update the inventory after collecting the other remote
- Will keep both copies of the inventory
- Keeping both copies makes the record clear
Easy to miss: Both copies refers to the inventories, not the remotes.
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