社交生活篇：协商解决问题(1)

A: What do you think of the apartment?

你认为公寓如何？

B: I like it, but there is one problem.

我很喜欢，但是屋子有个问题。

A: What problem is that?

什么问题？

B: The faucet¹ in the kitchen is leaking.

厨房的水龙头漏水。

A: I don’t understand what the big deal is.

我不理解那是什么大问题。

B: That leak is a problem for my water bill.

漏水会让我多付水费。

A: What you would like me to do about it?

你想让我做点什么？

B: The leak must be fixed².

修好漏水。

A: I won’t be able to fix it at the moment.

我现在修不了。

B: I will not rent the apartment with that leaking faucet.

那我不能租。

A: If that’s the case, then I will fix the faucet.

如果是那种情况，我会修好水龙头。

B: Thanks for understanding.

谢谢理解。

1 faucet   

n.水龙头

参考例句：

• 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。

2 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。