純正地道美語 第111期(外教講解):Daily Life Dr. Plumber
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A: Good afternoon! Did you call for a plumber?
B: Yes, yes I did. Please come in! I’m so glad you came! This old house is falling apart! Come on into the
bathroom. See, here, there’s water leaking everywhere!
A: I see. Let me have a look. It seems that your toilet.is clogged, and that’s why it won’t flush. Let me just get
my plunger. No, that’s not working either. I suspect that there’s some sort of foreign object in the pipes that‘s
causing a blockage. That’s what’s making your toilet overflow.
B: Oh, that must be because of my four-year-old daughter. She is always flushing things down the toilet. You know
how kids are.
A: Yeah, I have a little one myself. Anyway, these water pipes are really rusty, so they also should be changed. That
could be causing water to not drain completely; that might lead to more problems in the future. I would also suggest
fixing this faucet that isn’t shutting off properly. I could have it all finished by today if it’s urgent.
B: That would be great! Is it expensive?
A: Let’s see... I would say about eight hundred dollars.
B: What? That’s more than I make in a day and I’m a heart surgeon!
詞彙註釋:
fall apart 崩潰, 瓦解, 破裂, 破碎
Everything's falling apart; the whole system needs jacking up.
一切都亂了,整個系統有待整頓。
leak v漏,滲漏
The roof leaks; it lets the rain comes in.
房頂漏了,雨漏進來了。
clog vt.塞滿,阻塞
The pipes were clogged with rubbish.
管子裏塞滿了髒物。
plunger n. 馬桶搋子
suspect v. 懷疑, 猜想
He's a prime suspect in the murder case.
他是這次謀殺案的主要懷疑對象
foreign a.外來的
blockage n. 阻塞;堵塞
overflow 使溢出; 使氾濫
The bath overflowed.
浴室溢水了。
flush v.沖洗,沖刷
The lavatory won't flush.
抽水馬桶不靈。
rusty a.生鏽的;荒疏的
drain vt. 排出;流掉
The water drained away slowly.
水排得很慢。
faucet n.水龍頭
shut off 切斷(水等),關掉,(使)停止運轉
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n. 水管工人
leak[li:k]想一想再看
n. 漏洞
v. 漏,滲
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n. 嫌疑犯
adj. 令人懷疑的,不可信的<
sus下面+spect看→在下面看→懷疑 surgeon['sə:dʒən]
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n. 外科醫生
drain[drein]想一想再看
n. 下水道,排水溝,消耗
v. 耗盡,排出,
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n. 溢值,超值,氾濫
v. 氾濫,溢出
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v. 奔流,發紅,沖洗,迅速流過
n. 臉紅,
flu衝,sh:自己想! prime[praim]
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adj. 最初的,首要的,最好的,典型的
n.
源於:prim(adj 整潔的;最好的;早的) faucet['fɔ:sit]
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n. 水龍頭
聯想記憶X單詞faucet聯想記憶:faucet是fauces(n 咽喉;喉頭)的一種讀:放死他-放水淹死他,打開水龍頭 rubbish['rʌbiʃ]
想一想再看
n. 垃圾,廢物,廢話
v. 貶損
參考譯文:
A: 下午好,是你打電話叫水管修理工嗎?
B: 是的。請進。你能來我很高興。這所老房子在崩塌。進盥洗室來看看吧,到處都在漏水。
A: 我看見了,讓我檢查一下。看上去你的廁所堵了,那就是不能沖洗的原因。讓我用馬桶搋子試
下看。這個也不管用。我想是管道中有異物引起了堵塞。那是馬桶溢水的原因。
B: 那是因為我四歲的女兒。她總是往廁所裏扔東西。你知道小孩子總是那樣的。
A: 使得,我自己也有個小孩子。無論如何,這些水管確實生鏽了,所以應該換掉。那就是導致水
不能排盡的原因,將來可能會導致更多問題。我建議安裝個不會導致切斷水源的水龍頭。如果很經
濟,我今天就能裝完。
B: 那太好了,有點貴嗎?
A: 讓我算下……大概800美元。
B: 什麼?那比我一天掙得都多,而且我是個心臟外科醫生。
重點單詞查看全部解釋plumber['plʌmə]想一想再看
n. 水管工人
leak[li:k]想一想再看
n. 漏洞
v. 漏,滲
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n. 嫌疑犯
adj. 令人懷疑的,不可信的<
sus下面+spect看→在下面看→懷疑 surgeon['sə:dʒən]
想一想再看
n. 外科醫生
drain[drein]想一想再看
n. 下水道,排水溝,消耗
v. 耗盡,排出,
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n. 溢值,超值,氾濫
v. 氾濫,溢出
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v. 奔流,發紅,沖洗,迅速流過
n. 臉紅,
flu衝,sh:自己想! prime[praim]
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adj. 最初的,首要的,最好的,典型的
n.
源於:prim(adj 整潔的;最好的;早的) faucet['fɔ:sit]
想一想再看
n. 水龍頭
聯想記憶X單詞faucet聯想記憶:faucet是fauces(n 咽喉;喉頭)的一種讀:放死他-放水淹死他,打開水龍頭 rubbish['rʌbiʃ]
想一想再看
n. 垃圾,廢物,廢話
v. 貶損