365个英语简短小故事- 189. The Oil Change (2)

Andy, Moe’s younger brother, called late Wednesday morning. Andy told Darwin that he’d checked out the Buick for needed repairs. “Go ahead. I’m sitting down,” Darwin said.

Andy said the car needed new pads on the front disc brakes. It needed a new fuel filter. It needed new coolant. It needed new windshield wiper blades. “How much are the blades?” Darwin asked. Andy said $12. Darwin said that he’d buy them at Wal-Mart and install them himself.

“Is that it?” Darwin asked. “What about the plugs and wires, and the transmission fluid?” Andy told him that they were all okay. “But I thought I needed to change the transmission fluid every two years or so,” Darwin said. Andy said only if it had a burnt odor. “We can’t find a leak in that tire,” Andy said. “Oh, one more thing—I strongly recommend a new battery.”

“But that’s a DieHard, and it’s still got two years left on its 100-month warranty¹,” Darwin said.

“That battery is over six years old,” Andy said. “You’re already on borrowed time. I can put in a new Interstate that has a 75-month warranty, plus it’s 100 percent guaranteed for the first two years.”

Darwin thought about it. He hated to quit on a battery that still had lots of life in it. But, if the DieHard failed, and something bad happened to Gilroy, Denise would kill Darwin. Denise was Gilroy’s mom and Darwin’s girlfriend. He asked how much the new battery would be. “$137.46,” Andy said. Yikes, Darwin thought. "So what would that bring the total price to?" he asked. “$593.74,” Andy said.

Although Darwin had been hoping for a $300 bill, he told Andy to go ahead. Andy said he’d call later. If there were no glitches², the Buick would be ready by 5 p.m. I hope there's no glitches, Darwin thought, because I can't afford any.

 

1 warranty   

n.担保书，证书，保单

参考例句：

• This warranty is good for one year after the date of the purchase of the product.本保证书自购置此产品之日起有效期为一年。
• As your guarantor,we have signed a warranty to the bank.作为你们的担保人，我们已经向银行开出了担保书。

2 glitches   

n.小过失，差错( glitch的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Manufacturing glitches have limited the factory's output. 生产中的故障影响了该厂的产量。 来自辞典例句
• Another kind of period variation,\"Glitches,\" are seen in several pulsars. 在几个脉冲星中还看到了周期的另一种变化，即“自转突快”现象。 来自辞典例句