地道美语听力练习:修理汽车

Mechanic:Hi, I'm the mechanic. What can I do for you?
机修工：嗨，我就是机修工。有什么能帮助你的吗？

Amy:My car is making a very weird noise. It sounds like this: gulug, gulug, gulug...
艾米：我的汽车老是发出很奇怪的噪音。听起来就像：gulug, gulug, gulug...

Mechanic:Hm, that doesn't sound good. Where is it coming from?
机修工：嗯，听起来不妙。声音是从哪里传来的？

Amy:I'm not sure. When I'm in the car, it sounds like it's coming from the engine, but when I get out of the car, it sounds like it's coming from directly under the trunk, maybe the muffler?
艾米：我不清楚。我在车里时，感觉像是引擎发出的，但我下车后，又感觉像是从车尾的行李箱底下传来的，可能是消音器的问题吧？

Mechanic:That's not a noise a muffler would make. Let me take a look. Can you start the car and pop the hood?
机修工：消音器不会发出这样的声音。我来检查检查。你能发动汽车，打开引擎盖吗？

Amy:Sure.
艾米：当然。

Mechanic:Well, I don't hear the sound right now, but your battery needs replacing, you have a coolant leak, your carburetor needs adjusting, and your spark plugs are shot. I need to look under the car.
机修工：不过，现在我听不到噪音了。你的电池需要更换，冷却剂存在泄漏，化油器也需要重新调整。还有火花塞太短。我要到车底检查。

Amy:Okay, go ahead.
艾米：可以，开始吧。

Mechanic:Your brake pads need replacing and your tires need balancing.
机修工：你的刹车档要更换，轮胎也得调节平衡。

Amy:But are any of those problems causing that horrible noise?
艾米：但是，是这些毛病引起那可怕噪音的吗？

Mechanic:I don't know. I don't hear the noise right now, so it's hard to tell. But that's all work you need to have done on this car anyway for it to run right. It's only a matter of time before your car stops working if you don't take care of those problems.
机修工：我不知道。我现在没有听到噪音，所以不敢妄作论断。总之为了安全起见，你还是应该把车的毛病都解决了。如果你不重视这些毛病，车子抛锚是迟早的事。

Amy:I come in with one problem and you find 10 others. I guess you should go ahead. What else can I do?
艾米：我来这是让你修理噪音的毛病，你却给我找出10种其它毛病。我想你还是继续吧。不然我还能怎么样？

Mechanic:Um, buy a bus pass?
机修工：嗯，买一张公交卡？