英語播客初級版 第274期(外教講解):修理工

A: The air conditioning is not working! We need to call a handyman before we start to fry in here!
B: Dan is on top of that. I think they are also getting the handyman to fix the bathroom toilet that keeps clogging up.
A: That would be convenient. They might as well ask him to fix the electrical wiring. The circuit breakers keep going out all the time. It’s really annoying!
B: Yeah you are right. This office is falling apart! Frank told me the other day that the gutters outside were clogged and that’s why the parking lot was flooded.
A: I know! I was in ankle deep water trying to get to my car that day! The handyman definitely has his work cut out for him.
air conditioning 空調(diào)
handyman n.勤雜工
on top of that 除此之外
clog up 堵塞
wiring n.電線
fall apart 崩潰, 破碎
gutter n.排水溝
cut out 刪去，減少
A: 空調(diào)不工作了。我們開始在這里工作前，我們得給修理工打電話。
B: 除此之外。我想他們也得讓修理工修下衛(wèi)生間的馬桶，馬桶總是堵塞。
A: 那樣就方便多了。他們也許會讓修理工裝好電線?？偸前l(fā)生短路。真煩人。
B: 你說得對。這個辦公室正在一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)瓦解。有天Frank告訴我排水溝堵了，那就是停車場經(jīng)常被淹的原因。
A: 我知道。那天我在齊腳深的水中試圖發(fā)動車子。修理工肯定偷懶了。