时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:地道美语播客


英语课

Mickey: Hello, McQuillan Plumbing 1.



Colleen: Hi, I’m having a lot of plumbing problems. Can you send a plumber 2 out to my house right away?



Mickey: Yes, we can. But first, let’s find out what the problems are.



Colleen: Well, to start, my toilet won’t flush and it’s overflowing 3.



Mickey: An overflowing toilet – check. What else?



Colleen: The sink in the bathroom is stopped up and the pipes underneath 4 the sink are leaking.



Mickey: A stopped up sink and leaking pipes – check. What else?



Colleen: The garbage disposal in the kitchen is making funny noises and the water won’t drain.



Mickey: A busted 5 garbage disposal – check. Is that all?



Colleen: No, the faucet 6 in the shower is stuck and I can’t shut off the water.



Mickey: A stuck faucet – got it. What else?



Colleen: That’s it.



Mickey: You’ve got some really big problems there.



Colleen: Yes, I know. That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you. Can you send someone out right away?



Mickey: Sure, no problem. How about next Tuesday?



Colleen: Next Tuesday?! Didn’t you hear me? These are emergencies!



Mickey: Yes, but all of our plumbers 7 are booked up until next Tuesday. Should I put you down for a morning appointment?



Colleen: Forget it! By next Tuesday, I’ll be under 10 feet of water!





Script by Dr. Lucy Tse



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》
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。
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
n.水龙头
  • The faucet has developed a drip.那个水龙头已经开始滴水了。
  • She turned off the faucet and dried her hands.她关掉水龙头,把手擦干。
n.管子工,水暖工( plumber的名词复数 );[美][口](防止泄密的)堵漏人员
  • Plumbers charge by the hour for their work. 水管工人的工作是以小时收费的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Plumbers, carpenters, and other workmen finished the new house quickly. 管道工、木工及其他工匠很快完成了这幢新房子。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
'omes
a handsome sum of money
balconettes
Beilul
bench-type edge bander
bereswill
biplanar rotation
blue-roan
boiler blow out pipeline
broadsied sailing boat
buoyage system
business frontage
cardiid
Ceratophyllum inflatum
clapped up
claudels
cokeballs
comber
cornworms
curvaticin
diffusion shell
diffussion problem
dress-basket
etek
field failure data
fluting board
general capital increase
gentex call number
gilt edged securities
gross horse-power
guitar cello
handlebar grips
High Holy Day
Hillsdale County
hostless system
hypertrophic lymphangioma
indicarminum
industrial infrastructure
judicial bureau
juncaceaes
keep sb in the trot
keystone herbivore
kingsw
lacri(mo)-
light observation quiet aircraft
likiangensis
limits of autoignition
logon owner name
Magic Trackpad
maritime training academy
Matsuda-gawa
minimalises
missile ranging miran
mode II fracture
monotonic decreasing quantity
morinamide
muricola ruminantium
musty odo(u)r
navigable channel depth
Ngol Bembo
nonmutilated
nonpink
orphen
overactives
overmoderated
Pay me
peaking pulse
penetration of hardness
phrase book
police-officer
possessioner
prime move
principle of ability to pay
pyloric canal ulcer
quantitied
queen's
reflcetivity
rhincholites
Rhodiola serrata
royal progresses
Semirara
sidesway
simple consistency
simple postfix translation
single-page
skintight
spares for accommodation outfit
speckle method
spring-safety valve
standard subset
streaming formatter/controller
syntax-based query optimization
tempering moisture
thiolation
treponemal antigen test
umiak
universal transverse mercator projection (utm projection)
veralbidine
vitamin B-12
zap'em-up
zoellers
zoias