社交生活篇：找物业（4）

A: I'm Janet Smith in apartment 23. Is this the apartment manager?

B: Hello. What can I do for you today?

A: My living room window is broken¹.

B: Are you serious? Do you know what happened?

A: I am not really sure, because I was out when it occurred².

B: Do you have any idea who might have been behind this?

A: Something tells me it might be some of the kids in the complex³.

B: What led you to think it might be the kids in this building?

A: I found a baseball near the broken glass.

B: Well, you can't ignore⁴ a baseball in your living room, can you?

A: I saw them in the lot just before I went out.

B: Do you know any of them?

A: No, I didn't pay any attention to who they were.

B: I'll call the window repairman, but it'll probably take a couple of days.

A: I could get fast service if I call a friend of mine.

B: I don't have a problem with that. Let me look at the damage⁵ first.

A: Okay, I'm waiting for you. But who does my friend give the bill to?

B: Since the kids broke it, your friend can bill me.

A: Whew! I was worried that I would have to pay for it.

B: Believe me, if I find out which kid broke the window, I'll bill his parents.

 

A:我是23号公寓的珍妮特·史密斯。这是公寓经理吗？

B:你好。我今天能为你做什么？

A:我客厅的窗户坏了。

B:你是认真的吗？你知道发生了什么事吗？

A:我不太确定，因为事情发生时我不在家。

B:你知道谁可能是幕后操纵者吗？

A:我觉得可能是大楼里的一些孩子。

B:是什么让你认为可能是这幢楼里的孩子们？

A:我在碎玻璃附近发现了一个棒球。

B:嗯，你不能忽视客厅里的棒球，是吗？

A:就在我出去之前，我在停车场看到了他们。

B:你认识他们吗？

A:不，我根本没注意他们是谁。

B:我会打电话给窗户修理工，但可能要几天时间。

A:如果我打电话给我的朋友，我可以得到快速的服务。

B:我没问题。让我先看看损坏情况。

A:好的，我在等你。但是我的朋友把账单给谁了？

B:既然孩子们把它弄坏了，你的朋友可以给我开账单。

A:哇！我担心我会为此付出代价。

B:相信我，如果我发现是哪个孩子打破了窗户，我会给他的父母开账单。

1 broken   

adj.坏掉的，患病的，被制服的，断掉的；vbl.break的过去分词

参考例句：

• He is mending a broken cup.他在修补破杯子。
• Something was broken in my engine.我的发动机里有个东西损坏了。

2 occurred   

v.发生(occur 的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions. 控诉方称发生过数次性交。
• These changes have occurred over a long time span. 这些变化经过了很长一段时间才形成。

3 complex   

adj.复杂的，合成的，综合的；n.联合体

参考例句：

• What he said was too complex for me to understand.他说的太复杂了，我无法了解。
• Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law.正义是复杂的法律机器的一部分。

4 ignore   

vt. 不理睬, 忽视, 驳回, 忽略;

参考例句：

• Do not ignore others dream for ever.永远不要忽视别人的梦想。
• We chose to ignore her rudeness.我们决定忽视她的粗暴无理。

5 damage   

n.(pl.)赔偿金，损坏，毁坏；vt.损害，毁坏

参考例句：

• Don't bend the book back,and you'll damage it.别向后卷书，会弄坏的。
• He paid for the damage done.他赔偿了造成的损失。