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。
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a black belt
abb
activist-investor
am open to question
amplitude in angle of attack
anouilh
artworlds
auty
auvergnat
Bapsfontein
BC soil
betting
Bindlach
breslau (wroclaw)
Bulbul, Wādī
C3activativation
catch sb tripping
caterpillar band
clarifying enzyme
contact mechanics
cooped up in prison
corrugated steel silo
customization vs. standardization
cut-image rangefinder
cycle hire
dead rise
deadly weapon
diked
dipolar fluid
discriminating taxation
Duraloy
equi
eremitical
examinationpaper
excursion of temperature
Fiskardhon
forced laugh
freight steam locomotive
genus elodeas
Gloger's rule
hindthoughts
iterative loop
JAJO
Kondensation
magnesium-melanterite
marginal relief arrangement
market square
medium texture
melanophore-stimulating hormone releasing factor
missikins
molecule self-assembly
neothoracaphis quercicola
nonharmonic
nontraversing
not an atom of
o-iodobenzoic acid
Ouachita, L.
ougly
over compensation operation mode
Pa Hang
pass sth. off as
pedal bone
Peromyscus leucopus
phenological division
phiales
predetermined motion time (pmt)
pushing engine
put someone on the lookout
rakery
reactor oscillation technique
revascularisation
roentgen(r )
rub iron
sahibah
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seven-year
shulamiths
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single stick
spoiltest
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star-turns
Stylochona
sun-lounger
Taygeta
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the bridge of asses
three phase shunt commutator motor
trachymedusae
trapping spot
two-volume
uhtred
uncommoded
variance report
Vasotan
wall light
Waybān
whickers
wield a big stick
winter squashes
Yevreinova, Mys
Yule I.