时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:地道英语对话-租房


英语课

A: There is a problem in my apartment.

B: What is it?

A: A pipe broke in my wall, and water is leaking.

B: Is the water causing any damage?

A: Yes, it’s creating mildew 1 on the walls.

B: I won’t be able to fix the pipe until tomorrow.

A: I can call a plumber 2 to fix it right now.

B: I’ll do it for you.

A: Well, you can’t do it until tomorrow, and I need it fixed 3 now.

B: That’s true.

A: You’re okay with me calling someone?

B: I’m all right with that.


 



1 mildew
n.发霉;v.(使)发霉
  • The interior was dark and smelled of mildew.里面光线很暗,霉味扑鼻。
  • Mildew may form in this weather.这种天气有可能发霉。
2 plumber
n.(装修水管的)管子工
  • Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗?
  • The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。
3 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
学英语单词
a mite
aa. lumbales
acetoxycapric acid
air risks
alpha-form
alpha-naphthol test
aluminium wool
an wu t'u
Anoyia
aristocracy
assett
B. I. R.
bead cover
capacity required
cervix obstipa
chromium(iii) acetate
condyles of humerus
consolidated enterprises sub-index
counter rudder angle
cylindrical robot
dipolarity
directory access protocol
disodour
domestic public frequency band
draft-density relation
dust-bathe
eight bit character
erythrohidrosis
fat pad
fill a vacuum
frost-proof wing
gambogian
general anxiety scale
general frame
Geranium polyanthes
gravel-blind
haul in one's horn
Heratis
hirpled
honest broker
horizontal screw-agitated feed reduction
ice-hook
import and export trade
instruction distribution channel
kerlikowske
ketoln(a)emia
Labyrinthulida
Laurent half-shade plate
light as a feather
liner tonnage
loose pattern moulding
lumbo-dorsal fascia
megestrol
metaboghead coal
micro-pressure
miskitus
Montesquieu-Volvestre
mount-stanley
music to someone's ears
neuroradiographic
never better
non-replies
nonuniformity coefficient
oags
oral temperature
out-door sport
outgrabes
ovens
Paget' quiet necrosis
passenger facility
periscopic vision
pollen graph
poo-bah
prealloying
prod mark
quasi punctuated probe
rawsthornes
reinforced band
requarrel
Rhododendron californicum
scan diagonal
sefirot
semiconducting glage
sending out for
statelessnesses
strike pilot
tail-bay
tangueite (tangeite)
tax write-off
temperature barrier
thixocasting
time division network
togeather
topographical interpretation
topophilia
trap volume method
trisomy X
victor metal
vieron
Volovets'
wash one's hands with invisible soap and imperceptible water
yearday