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.
瓊斯先生,我是比爾,你的8號C的房客。
B:Hi. What’s up? Nothing’s wrong I hope.
你好。有什么事嗎?希望一切完好。
A:There are a few problems with the apartment. First, the faucet in the bathtub drips constantly.
我的房間有點(diǎn)毛病。首先,浴缸的水龍頭老是滴水。
B:I’ll ask my plumber to come by and fix it tomorrow.
明天我讓水管工來修理一下。
A:Also, one of the burners on the stove doesn’t work.
還有,爐子上有一個爐頭點(diǎn)不著火。
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.
我不能控制溫度。我想得派一個電工來修一下才行。
B:I’ll see what I can do. Is that everything?
我會看著辦的。沒有別的事了吧?
A:Well, there’s one more thing. I can’t get a dial tone on the phone; it’s dead.
還有一點(diǎn)。我的電話沒有撥音號,完全啞了。
B:I’m sorry, there’s nothing I can do about that. You’ll have to call the phone company.
對不起,這個我管不了。你得給電話公司打電話。
額外成就感
修理物件用語
broken 壞了;碎了
* The window in the bathroom is broken.
廁所里的窗戶壞了。
* The lock on the front door is broken, the key won’t turn.
前門的鎖壞了,鑰匙轉(zhuǎn)不動。
* How long has this faucet been broken?
水龍頭壞了多久了?
cracked 破裂的,破碎的
* The kids broke the window; it’s cracked.
孩子們把窗戶打碎了。
* That mirror cracked when they were installing it.
他們安裝鏡子的時(shí)候把它打碎了。
electrician 電工
* We need an electrician to fix our light switch.
我們需要一個電工來修理電燈開關(guān)。
* Be sure the electrician you hire is qualified.
要保證你雇的電工合格。
plumber 水管工人
* A plumber can fix your bathroom.
水管工人可以修你的廁所。
* Do you think you can fix it yourself or do I need to call a plumber?
你自己能修好它還是要我去叫個水管工來?