日常生活英语-Service Interrupted(1)

A: Hello, I am calling about my cable¹ service.
B: What's the problem?
A: For the past week my cable hasn't been working.
B: I apologize, but the cable has been down lately.
A: Do you know when it is going to start working again?
B: Give it a couple days, and it should be back on.
A: Will I still have to pay for the cable while it's not working?
B: Since it's not working, I'm going to give you a credit².
A: So I don't have to pay anything?
B: You won't pay anything until your cable starts working again.
A: Okay, thank you very much for your help.
B: No problem. Thank you for being so understanding.
 

1 cable   

n.缆绳，索；电缆；电报；vt.电汇，打电报

参考例句：

• Don't forget to cable us as soon as you arrive.别忘了一到就给我发个电报。
• The worker attached a cable.工人连接电缆。

2 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。