社交生活篇：向管道工解释问题(2)

A: Thank you for coming so quickly.

B: No problem. What’s wrong?

A: A pipe in my apartment is leaking.

B: Where is the pipe?

A: The pipe is in my bathroom.

B: Can you tell me how long the pipe has been leaking?

A: The pipe has been leaking for a couple days.

B: You do realize that I will need to rip down your wall to get to the pipe, right?

A: Yes, I’m aware of that.

B: Is that all right?

A: I just need the problem fixed¹.

B: I’ll get started on it now.

1 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。