EP 0112Daily Life
Dr. Plumber
Good afternoon! Did you call for a plumber?
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!
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.
Oh, that must be because of my four-year-old daughter. She is always flushing things down the toilet. You know how kids are.
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.
That would be great! Is it expensive?
Let’s see... I would say about eight hundred dollars.
What? That’s more than I make in a day and I’m a heart surgeon!
核心词汇
clogverb
slowly forming a block in something
blockagecommon noun, singular
something that stops another thing from passing through
shut offverb
to cause a machine to stop operating
falling apartphrase
slowly break
leakverb
liquid or gas escaping from its containter through
plumbercommon noun, singular
plumber
flushverb
to cause water to clean a toilet
plungercommon noun, singular
a tool for unclogging toilets
suspectverb
have an idea about the reason for something
foreignAdjective
something that doesn’t belong
overflowverb
to flow over the edge of something
rustyAdjective
covered with a reddish brown color
drainverb
to remove liquid from something by letting it flow
faucetcommon noun, singular
a device that controls the flow that comes out of
shutting offverb
to cause a machine to stop operating
拓展词汇
pumpcommon noun, singular
a machine that moves liquid from one place to another
burstverb
break apart suddenly
tapcommon noun, singular
the part of the sink that water comes out of
appliancecommon noun, singular
an electric machine with a special purpose
floodverb
water coming into a place where it shouldn’t