Ping-Pong tables, soda machines, and lots of music.
乒乓球, 汽水贩卖机, 热闹的音乐。
I bought it at half price.
我花了半价买来的。
On turning eagerly to the text, one learns that the lady was a typist who found the sound of office typewriters worried her more and more until eventually she had to go into a mental hospital.