地道美語(yǔ)聽力播客850：組裝家具

Armand: Did you know that this nightstand required assembly when you bought it?阿曼德：你買這個(gè)床頭柜的時(shí)候知道怎么組裝嗎?

Suzanne: The box said that it required simple assembly. I guess what’s simple to them isn’t simple to us.

蘇珊妮：箱子的說(shuō)明上說(shuō)只要簡(jiǎn)單組裝就行。我想對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)的簡(jiǎn)單組裝對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)沒(méi)那么簡(jiǎn)單。

Armand: You can say that again. These instructions aren’t in English, there are no diagrams showing how the parts fit together, and we seem to be missing parts. I also question the quality. It’s mainly made of particle board and plywood. Do you think we should return it?

阿曼德：你可以這么說(shuō)。這些說(shuō)明根本就不是英文，也沒(méi)有這些零件的組裝示意圖，并且我們好像丟失了一些零件。我還懷疑這些東西的質(zhì)量。這些主要是用拼合版或者膠合板做成的。你覺得我們要不要退回呢?

Suzanne: No, let’s just keep it and do the best we can.

蘇珊妮：不，我們先留著它們，盡自己最大的努力去組裝吧。

Armand: That’s hard to do when there seems to be a design flaw with the drawers. The pieces don’t fit together as they should. These nails are also bent and these screws look defective.

阿曼德：這很難做到，因?yàn)槌閷系脑O(shè)計(jì)有些瑕疵。這些木板根本就不拼合，釘子也是彎的，螺絲的質(zhì)量也不好。

Suzanne: It’s not looking good, is it? I also bought this because I thought everything could be assembled using Allen wrenches, but it looks like we’ll actually need a hammer, screwdriver, and maybe a drill.

蘇珊妮：這個(gè)是看起來(lái)不好，不是嗎。但是我仍然購(gòu)買它的原因是我認(rèn)為我們可以用艾倫曲線的原理將這個(gè)組裝好。但是現(xiàn)在看起來(lái)我們需要一個(gè)錘子，一個(gè)改錐，還有可能需要一個(gè)鉆機(jī)。

Armand: Well, let’s see what we can do. If we don’t have the right tools or parts, I have a solution.

阿曼德：好吧，讓我們看看能怎么做。如果我們沒(méi)有這些合適的工具或者零件。我還有一個(gè)辦法。

Suzanne: What?

蘇珊妮：什么辦法?

Armand: Duct tape.

阿曼德：強(qiáng)力膠。