地道英语对话：Threatening not to Rent(2)

A: How do you like the apartment?
B: I like the apartment, but I see something wrong with it.
A: What’s wrong?
B: There’s a leaking faucet¹ in the kitchen.
A: That isn’t a problem.
B: That leak is going to raise my water bill.
A: What can I do?
B: You need to fix it.
A: I can’t right now.
B: I won’t rent it if the faucet isn’t fixed².
A: I will fix it for you.
B: I’m glad you finally agree.
 

1 faucet   

n.水龙头

参考例句：

• The faucet has developed a drip.那个水龙头已经开始滴水了。
• She turned off the faucet and dried her hands.她关掉水龙头，把手擦干。

2 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。