地道英语对话：Threatening not to Rent(3)

A: What do you think of the apartment?
B: I like it, but there is one problem.
A: What problem is that?
B: The faucet¹ in the kitchen is leaking.
A: I don’t understand what the big deal is.
B: That leak is a problem for my water bill.
A: What you would like me to do about it?
B: The leak must be fixed².
A: I won’t be able to fix it at the moment.
B: I will not rent the apartment with that leaking faucet.
A: If that’s the case, then I will fix the faucet.
B: Thanks for understanding.

 

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。