🤷🏻♀️那些當房東會遇到的事🤷🏼♂️
🧰就是總會在最不適當的時候遇上需要處理的事情。
Part 1
12月的某個週五下午,我家玫瑰花的房客和我說烤箱發出怪聲之後有瓦斯味。我打去給烤箱的製造廠商,對方給了我一隻瓦斯外洩的緊急電話,說先打這電話確認瓦斯安全後他們才能安排維修。
我打了之後半小時對方就到了,意料之外的有效率。但他說爐子瓦斯外洩必須換掉,在把爐子拆掉或換掉前瓦斯總開關必須關上。意思就是沒暖氣沒熱水。
我上網買新爐子,週五下午能找到最快加急運送的也要禮拜一。買了之後我家玫瑰花連絡plumber,約好週二上午安裝。週末房客就靠著電暖扇還有到我們家洗澡撐過去。
週一送到、週二安裝重啟瓦斯、我安排了週三council回收舊電器,危機解除!
Part 2
2021的第一天元旦下午,這次是我的房客跟我說暖氣壞了而現在外面零度。我是有保含熱水器的房東險的,打給保險公司但他們安排的維修人員最快要三天後週一才能過去。
我只好開始找該城市的緊急plumber,Google上我找到八間都打了電話,兩間有接聽的都說這兩天無法。我把我打過的名單交給我家玫瑰花,換手我陪小孩他繼續去打電話。最後終於找到一間可以在今晚七點之前過去修理的。
目前~危機尚未解除,還在等房客回報中!
Btw,plumber在電話中問到是否有人有病毒或隔離中?房客說她們每週都測並且她已經打了疫苗。房客是NHS的醫生,看來疫苗施打速度不算慢。
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plumber意思 在 遵理學校 Kenneth Lau Facebook 的最佳貼文
News of the Week (27/7/2015)
Social Issues
Lead water leaves residents high and dry
Tempers have been fraying since lead was detected in water collected from a public housing estate in early July. Although negligible amounts of lead, a heavy metal, do not pose a fatal threat to humans, the Centre for Health Protection reminded that exposure to lead for a long time is likely to cause damage to the brain and kidney.
Worried about the dangers of lead, residents in Kai Ching Estate are rushing to get bottled water frantically. Netizens expressed dissatisfaction with the way the government handled this matter – the government disclosed the identity of the plumber, which fuelled suspicions that they are intending to shift the responsibility onto him.
While the samples later collected from Kai Ching Estate met the standard of the World Health Organisation, the Centre for Health Protection urged that children below six and pregnant women use other sources of drinking water. Whether harmful to humans or not, water polluted with lead in Kai Ching Estate has revealed how the government approached a matter which concerns the safety of drinking water. The investigation is ongoing, and public fear is mounting too.
lead water是含鉛的水,正式應該寫成lead in water,但標題以言簡意賅為佳,因此寫成lead water已經非常清晰。water是水,有水理應不會乾,但標題則加上了dry一字,令標題加添了一份懸疑感覺,吸引讀者。leave someone high and dry其實是一整個expression,意思是「令…陷入困境、無人協助」。修辭手法oxymoron是指文字中加入矛盾,例如bittersweet (苦樂參半的)、you only have one choice (你只有一個選擇) 等等,都是運用了oxymoron。這個標題的語言概念與oxymoron概念相同,都是在句子中加入矛盾的元素。乍看並不會發現標題的特別之處,但細心閱讀後,便會發現water與dry的矛盾。
lead是「鉛」,讀音是/led/,即是與let的讀音 (le-) 相似;而解作「領導」時,則與need的 (-eed) 讀音相似。
Glossary:
1. temper [n.] 情緒
2. fray [v.] 煩惱;憤怒
3. negligible [adj.] 微不足道的
4. fatal [adj.] 致命的
5. Centre for Health Protection [ph.] 衛生防護中心
6. exposure [n.] 暴露
7. kidney [n.] 腎
8. frantically [adv.] 緊張忙亂地
9. disclose [v.] 揭露
10. plumber [n.] 水喉匠
11. fuel [v.] 令…惡化
12. suspicion [n.] 懷疑
13. shift [v.] 轉移
14. World Health Organisation [ph.] 世界衛生組織
15. approach [v.] 處理
16. ongoing [adj.] 持續進行中的
17. mount [v.] 增加
plumber意思 在 EN English Facebook 的精選貼文
幫大家一句句翻出來了!要用功噢!
Situation 1:
Wow, I've never stayed in a place this fancy before!
Welcome to the hula hula hotel! How can I help you?
We'd like to check in. Our names are Lisa and Mary Lee. We had a reservation for double room.
Let's see....Yes.. we have a suite for you on 3rd floor, room 321 on 5 nights!
Great! Oh and my sister's luggage was lost, please tell us if it is delivered to the hotel.
Of course. I'll need your passport and please sign this quest card.
OK, here you are. Oh and what is the check out time?
11 am, and if you need any assistance, please see our concierge or call the front desk, here are your keys.
Situation 2:
Hello! What can I do for you?
We just arrived the hotel, can you tell us what the restaurants you have?
The hula hula restaurant is open now. There is also a complementary breakfast buffet each morning! ( 注意!Complementary 意思是說免費招待的!They don't say it is free, they say: it is complementary )
Great! Can we get a wake up call at 8am tomorrow?
No problem! What's your room number?
We are in room 321!
OK! Be sure to try our gym on the 2nd floor, there is also a business lounge on the 3rd floor with computers, copiers and fax machines!
How about a nice place to relax here?
The beach is just down the street and now in back, we have a swimming pool, jacuzzi and sauna!
Great! Now we have an excuse to shop! To buy swimming suits!
Situation 3
This is the front desk, how can I help you?
uhhhh....we are having some problems in room 321, can you send someone up right away?
Certainly, what seems to be the problem?
Well, my sister spilled some juice on the bed sheet!
Oh dear, we will send a maid up with fresh linen as soon as possible!
Well, my sister tried to clean up the sheets, but the water wouldn't stop! Now there is water everywhere!
Oh No! We'll send a janitor and a plumber too!
And then my sister slipped on the wet tile and hurt her toe!
Oh then we'll also send a doctor!
ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's the matter?
And send the electrician as well, the light just went out!
Situation 4
Hello, what can I do for you?
We'd like to check out of our room! Here are the keys! It's room number 321!
Did you take anything from the refrigerator?
Yes, we had 2 colas, we also order room service once.
Okay, your 5-night total comes to 310 dollars. Are you paying by cash or credit card?
Credit card. Here you are. Oh can you call the airport taxi for us?
I'll do that right away.
A moment later....
Please sign at the dotted line.
You bought so much! We can barely carry it all! I am glad they lost my suitcases!
Oh! And I almost forgot! Miss Lee, someone dropped this off this morning!
What? Hey! That's my luggage!
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