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@ 31353 Leaky Pipes and Faucets
A: 李師傅，你來了！
Lˇı sh¯ıfu, nˇı la´i le!
Mr. Li. You’re here!
B: 嗯。什麼東西壞了？
ng. she´nme do¯ ngxi hua`i le?
Yeah. What’s broken?
A: 廚房的下水管沺水了。
chu´fa´ng de xia`shuˇıguaˇn lo`ushuˇı le.
The pipe in the kitchen under the sink is leaking water.
B: 哦，是閥門壞了。
o, sh`ı fa´me´n hua`i le.
Oh, the valve is broken.
A: 還有，衛生間的水龍頭關不上了。
ha´iyoˇu, we`ishe¯ ngjia¯ n de shuˇılo´ngtou gua¯ nbusha`ng le.
Also, the faucet in the bathroom won’t shut off all the way.
B: 我幫你換個新的吧。
woˇ ba¯ ng nˇı hua`n ge x¯ın de ba.
I’ll put a new one in for you.
A: 好。還有馬桶也堵了。
haˇo. ha´iyoˇu maˇtoˇng yeˇ
duˇ
le.
OK. Also, the toilet is backed up.
B: 哎呀，這東西可不能往馬桶裡扔，一扔就堵。
a¯ iya¯ , zhe` duˇ.
do¯ ngxi keˇ
bu`ne´ng waˇng maˇtoˇng lˇı re¯ ng, y¯ı re¯ ng jiu`
Geez, you really can’t throw these things in the toilet. They’ll instantly clog it.
A: 呃，知道了。還有......
e`, zh¯ıda`o le. ha´iyoˇu......
Oh, OK. Also...
B: 哦，6點了，我下班了，別的明天再修吧。
o, liu`
diaˇn le, woˇ
xia`ba¯ n le, bie´
de m´ıngtia¯ n za`i xiu¯
ba.
Oh, it’s 6 o’clock. I’m off work. I’ll fix the other things tomor- row.
A: 啊！
aˇ!
Ah!
---Key Vocabulary---
壞了 hua`i le to be broken
廚房 chu´fa´ng kitchen
下水管 xia`shuˇıguaˇn drainage pipe
沺水 lo`ushuˇı to leak water
閥門 fa´me´n valve
衛生間 we`ishe¯ ngjia¯ n bathroom
水龍頭 shuˇılo´ngtou faucet
關不上 gua¯ nbusha`ng to be unable to shut off
換 hua`n to switch, to change
馬桶 maˇtoˇng toilet
堵 duˇ
一......就...... y¯ı ... jiu`
congested
... as soon as...
修 xiu¯ to repair
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
修理工 xiu¯ lˇıgo¯ ng repair person
物業 wu`ye` property
保險絲 baˇoxiaˇns¯ı fuse wire
跳閘 tia`ozha´ trip [electrical]
燈 de¯ ng light
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