323 – 我和John 之间的聊天记录

J: Nicole, I forgot to ask you about the coins! Do you have any? No rush.

Nicole，我忘了问你硬币的事了。你有吗？不用急。

N: Oh, I totally forgot about it! I had it in my purse.

哦， 我完全忘了。它就在我的钱包里。

J: Maybe I will trade you for some blueberry pie this week?? I am fixing appliances now. Adele’s urgent request before return to school. I diagnosed the problem with the dishwasher yesterday (cracked drain hose). And today have to clean the drain hose in the fridge. The curse of the engineer is that I can usually figure out most of these problems, so have to always give it a go myself first! I will give you a call when everything is fixed. The dishwasher is currently lying on its side on the kitchen floor!

我这周用蓝莓派和你交换，怎么样？我正在修理电器。Adele在返校前的紧急请求。我昨天检查出洗碗机的问题所在了 （排水管子裂了）。今天我必须清理冰箱里的排水管子。这就是一个“工程师的诅咒”，我总能找出大部分问题的原因，所以总要自己先试试。修好后我给你打电话。洗碗机现在正侧躺在厨房地上呢！

N: Hahaha! Now I know you can fix fridge. May I ask you to take a look at my son’s fridge? There is some water issue. I guess it’s to do with the frost. I will trade you for a lunch and a coin. Deal?

哈哈！现在我知道你会修冰箱了。我能不能请你看看我儿子的冰箱？有一些水的问题。我猜是和结霜有关。我用一顿午餐以及硬币和你做交换，成交吗？

J: It’s a deal. Usually the water indicates a blocked drain in the freezer.

成交，通常水意味着冷冻室的排水堵住了。

N: Great! Let’s work out a day and time. Talk to you later.

太好了！咱们商量个日子和时间。再聊。

Vocabulary

-        Rush: 匆促、冲进

-        Purse：钱包、手提袋

-        Trade：交易、贸易、买卖

-        Appliance：电器

-        Diagnose：诊断

-        Dishwasher：洗碗机

-        Cracked：破裂的

-        Drain：排水

-        Hose：软管

-        Figure out: 找出、断定

-        Curse：诅咒

-        Give it a go: 试一试

-        Deal：交易、约定

-        Blocked：堵塞的