社交生活篇：垃圾处理系统（3）

A: Is anybody home? It's me--Hannah.

B: Hey, Hannah. How's everything going?

A: My garbage disposal isn't working.

B: Can you be a little more specific?

A: Nothing happens when I turn on the switch.

B: Do you remember how it started?

A: about a week ago I noticed a new sound.

B: You didn't drop a fork or anything into it, did you?

A: I don't use it very often. When I do use it, I put only soft food into it.

B: I've heard that disposals need to be run frequently.

A: That's interesting. I never heard that before.

B: Have you tried to turn it manually using the key?

A: I don't have a key, and I wouldn't know how to use it.

B: I've got an extra key. I'll show you how to use it.

A: I'm always willing to learn something new. Come on over.

B: The key might not work. Then I'll have to call the plumber¹.

A: If it works or doesn't work, it doesn't matter much to me.

B: Yes, but I prefer to fix things now instead of later.

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n.(装修水管的)管子工

参考例句：

• Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
• The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。