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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!
词汇注释

词汇注释：
fall apart 崩溃, 瓦解, 破裂, 破碎

Everything's falling apart; the whole system needs jacking up.

一切都乱了，整个系统有待整顿。

leak v漏，渗漏

The roof leaks; it lets the rain comes in.

房顶漏了，雨漏进来了。

clog vt.塞满，阻塞

The pipes were clogged with rubbish.

管子里塞满了脏物。

plunger n. 马桶搋子

suspect v. 怀疑, 猜想

He's a prime suspect in the murder case.

他是这次谋杀案的主要怀疑对象

foreign a.外来的

blockage n. 阻塞；堵塞

overflow 使溢出； 使泛滥

The bath overflowed.

浴室溢水了。

flush v.冲洗，冲刷

The lavatory won't flush.

抽水马桶不灵。

rusty a.生锈的；荒疏的

drain vt. 排出；流掉

The water drained away slowly.

水排得很慢。

faucet n.水龙头

shut off 切断(水等)，关掉，(使)停止运转

参考译文
参考译文：
A: 下午好，是你打电话叫水管修理工吗？

B: 是的。请进。你能来我很高兴。这所老房子在崩塌。进盥洗室来看看吧，到处都在漏水。

A: 我看见了，让我检查一下。看上去你的厕所堵了，那就是不能冲洗的原因。让我用马桶搋子试

下看。这个也不管用。我想是管道中有异物引起了堵塞。那是马桶溢水的原因。

B: 那是因为我四岁的女儿。她总是往厕所里扔东西。你知道小孩子总是那样的。

A: 使得，我自己也有个小孩子。无论如何，这些水管确实生锈了，所以应该换掉。那就是导致水

不能排尽的原因，将来可能会导致更多问题。我建议安装个不会导致切断水源的水龙头。如果很经

济，我今天就能装完。

B: 那太好了，有点贵吗？

A: 让我算下……大概800美元。

B: 什么？那比我一天挣得都多，而且我是个心脏外科医生。