地道英语对话：Noisy Neighbors(1)
时间：2019-01-20 作者：英语课 分类：地道英语对话-租房
英语课
A: Those neighbors of mine are so noisy!
B: Yes, I can hear them. What is that pounding sound?
A: I think that they are hammering nails to hang pictures.
B: How often do you hear them making noise?
A: They play their music really loud, and I can hear it.
B: Have you spoken to them about the noise problem?
A: No, I haven’t spoken with them about it.
B: What else do you hear that bothers you?
A: I hear a lot of plumbing 1 sounds, like the toilet flushing 2 and the dishwasher running.
B: If this continues, I would speak to the manager.
n.水管装置；水暖工的工作；管道工程v.用铅锤测量（plumb的现在分词）；探究
- She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. 她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
- They're going to have to put in new plumbing. 他们将需要安装新的水管。 来自《简明英汉词典》