When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for a one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them.
当约翰和维多利亚·福尔斯到达纽约市进行一年的停留时，他们没有带很多东西。
They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture.
他们计划要么住配备家具的公寓，要么购买二手家具。
But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using.
但他们很快了解到一种越来越多人在使用的新系统。
The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America's fastest growing businesses.
家居用品的租赁（床、桌子、盘子等）已成为美国增长最快的业务之一。
What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them?
什么样的人会租用家居用品而不是购买呢？
People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples - people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another.
他们是国际商务或政府官员、外国学生、航空公司员工、年轻夫妇——那些工作或业务可能迫使他们频繁从一座城市搬到另一座城市的人。
They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time.
他们省去了很多麻烦以及每次搬运家具的费用。
They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes.
他们只需在到达新家时租用新家具。
Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike.
钱少的年轻人不想购买可能很快就会不喜欢的廉价家具。
They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like.
他们更愿意等到有足够的钱购买真正喜欢的家具。
Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.
同时，他们发现自己可以租到比买得起更高质量的家具。
One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things.
有一个家庭，现在自己拥有宽敞漂亮的房子，他们非常喜欢租来的家具，以至于决定继续租用，而不是购买新家具。
But usually people don't like to tell others about it.
但通常人们不喜欢告诉别人这件事。
The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.
租赁家居用品的想法仍然相当新颖，他们不确定邻居会怎么想。
Beds, tables and even dishes can be rent in the United States.
在美国，床、桌子甚至盘子都可以租用。
