1--Good afternoon! Did you call for a plumber?
 
2--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!
 
1--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.
 
2--Oh, that must be because of my four-year-old daughter. She is always flushing things down the toilet. You know
how kids are.
 
1--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.
 
2--That would be great! Is it expensive?
 
1--Let’s see... I would say about eight hundred dollars.
 
2--What? That’s more than I make in a day and I’m a heart surgeon!
 
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注解：
 
1.plumber水管工
2.clogged阻塞的
3.overflow溢出
 
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译文：
 
1--下午好，是你打电话叫水管修理工吗？
2--是的。请进。你能来我很高兴。这所老房子在崩塌。进盥洗室来看看吧，到处都在漏水。
1--我看见了，让我检查一下。看上去你的厕所堵了，那就是不能冲洗的原因。让我用马桶搋子试下看。这个也不管用。我想是管道中有异物引起了堵塞。那是马桶溢水的原因。
2--那是因为我四岁的女儿。她总是往厕所里扔东西。你知道小孩子总是那样的。
1--使得，我自己也有个小孩子。无论如何，这些水管确实生锈了，所以应该换掉。那就是导致水不能排尽的原因，将来可能会导致更多问题。我建议安装个不会导致切断水源的水龙头。如果很经济，我今天就能装完。
2--那太好了，有点贵吗？
1--让我算下……大概800美元。
2--什么？那比我一天挣得都多，而且我是个心脏外科医生。