雅思场景听写训练 第13期:租房(4)

What are the problems that you’ve been having?

Well, no one thing is really dangerous or anything,

but you know, it's just been building up.

Yes, of course.

Well the first thing is the washing machine.

It’s been leaking¹ a little and it’s beginning to get worse.

Because we have a small child, we really need to get that done straight away.

OK... That’s a washing machine for immediate² repair.

And then there’s a niggling problem with the cooker...

Ah ha...

The door’s broken.

Right.

It’s nothing serious and it can be used, but if you can send someone over

in the next couple of weeks or so, that’d be great.

Fine, I’ve got that.

Then we are worried about all the windows.

Are they broken?

No, but there are no locks on them…a

nd you know with the insurance these

And when would you like those done?

Oh, that’s not really urgent³...

but you never know when there’s going to be a break-in...

No, we’ll get those done for you next week. Don’t worry.

And then there’s the bathroom light...it’s getting quite annoying.

It flickers⁴ quite badly and it's giving me headaches.

I’d really like to get that replaced right away.

That’s no problem.

And then the last thing on the list is the kitchen curtains. They’re torn.

Oh, right. We do have quite a few spare ones in stock⁵

and can get those to you in the next week, if that’s alright with you?

Yes, that’d be fine.

1 leaking   

n.漏泄，耗散v.漏( leak的现在分词 )；渗入，漏出；使泄露

参考例句：

• The roof was leaking. 屋顶在漏雨。
• an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子

2 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

3 urgent   

a.紧急的，急迫的，紧要的

参考例句：

• He asked to see the manager for something urgent. 他有急事求见经理。
• A part of this urgent task was allotted to us. 这项紧急任务的一部分分给了我们。

4 flickers   

电影制片业； （通常指灯光）闪烁，摇曳( flicker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The fire flickers low. 炉火颤动欲灭。
• A strange idea flickers in my mind. 一种奇怪的思想又在我脑中燃烧了。

5 stock   

n.存货，储备；树干；血统；股份；家畜；adj.存货的；平凡的，惯用的；股票的；畜牧的；vt.进货，采购；储存；供给；vi.出新芽；进货

参考例句：

• The shop takes stock every week on Friday mornings.这家商店每星期五早晨盘点存货。
• Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.专家已预测股票市场价格有上升趋势。