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My sister spent three months looking for a small flat to buy.我姐姐花了三个月时间找一套可以买的小公寓。 On Saturday she met a prospective buyer for her old flat.星期六她见了一位有意购买她那套旧公寓的买家。 The man was tall, with blond hair and a very friendly smile.那个人个子很高，金发，笑容非常友好。 He asked many questions and seemed easy to talk to.他问了很多问题，看起来很好相处。 Sadly, his ego made him sure that he knew every answer already.可惜他的自负让他确信自己早就知道每一个答案。

In this city it is the norm to ask an attorney to check a contract.在这座城市，请律师检查合同是常规做法。 We also had to conform to some rules of the building about noise.我们还必须遵守这栋楼关于噪声的一些规定。 The path to the door was covered with loose gravel, which looked old.通往门口的小路上铺着松散的碎石，看起来很旧。 Ironically, the flat was cheaper than we first expected.讽刺的是，这套公寓比我们最初预想的便宜。 But the long list of papers began to overwhelm my sister.但那一长串文件开始让我姐姐不知所措。

My uncle often likes to preach about patience, so I asked him to help us instead.我叔叔常常喜欢讲耐心的大道理，所以我请他直接来帮我们。 We called the attorney, and he found two small problems in the contract.我们打电话给律师，他在合同里发现了两个小问题。 The seller fixed them, and both sides signed on Friday morning.卖方修改了这两处，双方在周五上午签了字。 Now she says the whole process was hard but worth it.现在她说整个过程很辛苦，但值得。