27. A Plumber

　　My daughter Judy, who works for a plumbing² company, found herself in need of a plumber³ at home. When she got to work, she asked that a plumber be sent. For several days her request was ignored.

　　In desperation, as she departed one afternoon she left her boss this note - "I will come to work in the morning as soon as a plumber gets to my house. " One arrived shortly before 7 a. m.

Notes:

　　(1) plumber n.水管修理工

　　(2) ignore v.不理；不顾

　　(3) desperation n.不顾一切的冒险；拼命

　　(4) depart v.离开

Exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、误（F）：

　　① One day, something was wrong with the plumb¹ in Judy's house.

　　② For several days, Judy didn't ask for a plumber.

　　③ The company did not send a plumber to Judy's house because Judy herself was a plumber.

　　④ Judy was so furious that she left her boss a note indicating she wouldn't work any more.

　　⑤ Judy succeeded by writing a proper note to the

27.管道修理工

　　我女儿朱迪在一家管道公司工作。一日，她发现自己家里需要一个管道修理工。于是，去上班时，她要求派一个管修工到她家里。但一连几天，她的要求都没有得到回应。

　　出于无奈，一天下午下班时，她给老板留下这样一张字条：“明早管修工一到我家，我即刻来上班。”第二天早晨还不到七点钟就来了一位管修工。

练习参考答案：

①T②F③F④F⑤T

1 plumb   

adv.精确地，完全地；v.了解意义，测水深

参考例句：

• No one could plumb the mystery.没人能看破这秘密。
• It was unprofitable to plumb that sort of thing.这种事弄个水落石出没有什么好处。

2 plumbing   

n.水管装置；水暖工的工作；管道工程v.用铅锤测量（plumb的现在分词）；探究

参考例句：

• She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. 她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
• They're going to have to put in new plumbing. 他们将需要安装新的水管。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 plumber   

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。