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李阳疯狂英语突破对话 Lesson64

2008-09-27来源:
4、Getting Things Fixed
修理物件

Kim’s Note:
This is also a very common situation facing everyone at sometime or another in their life.

A:Mr. Jones, this is Bill, your tenant in 8C.
琼斯先生,我是比尔,你的8号C的房客。

B:Hi. What’s up? Nothing’s wrong I hope.
你好。有什么事吗?希望一切完好。

A:There are a few problems with the apartment. First, the faucet in the bathtub drips constantly.
我的房间有点毛病。首先,浴缸的水龙头老是滴水。

B:I’ll ask my plumber to come by and fix it tomorrow.
明天我让水管工来修理一下。

A:Also, one of the burners on the stove doesn’t work.
还有,炉子上有一个炉头点不着火。

B:What’s the matter with it?
是什么毛病呢?

A:I can’t control the temperature. I think you’ll have to get an electrician.
我不能控制温度。我想得派一个电工来修一下才行。

B:I’ll see what I can do. Is that everything?
我会看着办的。没有别的事了吧?

A:Well, there’s one more thing. I can’t get a dial tone on the phone; it’s dead.
还有一点。我的电话没有拨音号,完全哑了。

B:I’m sorry, there’s nothing I can do about that. You’ll have to call the phone company.
对不起,这个我管不了。你得给电话公司打电话。

额外成就感

修理物件用语
broken 坏了;碎了
* The window in the bathroom is broken.
厕所里的窗户坏了。
* The lock on the front door is broken, the key won’t turn.
前门的锁坏了,钥匙转不动。
* How long has this faucet been broken?
水龙头坏了多久了?

cracked 破裂的,破碎的
* The kids broke the window; it’s cracked.
孩子们把窗户打碎了。
* That mirror cracked when they were installing it.
他们安装镜子的时候把它打碎了。

electrician 电工
* We need an electrician to fix our light switch.
我们需要一个电工来修理电灯开关。
* Be sure the electrician you hire is qualified.
要保证你雇的电工合格。

plumber 水管工人
* A plumber can fix your bathroom.
水管工人可以修你的厕所。
* Do you think you can fix it yourself or do I need to call a plumber?
你自己能修好它还是要我去叫个水管工来?