时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:英语情景对话-买房


英语课

A: I came in to see how my home inspection 1 went.

B: First of all, I need to share what the purpose of a home inspection is. Do you understand what I was doing there?

A: I had a home inspection before, but didn’t really understand it.

B: I help you spot potential problems with the home before you purchase it.

A: The owner said that the roof had leaked, but that he got it fixed 2 last month.

B: Sellers aren’t really all that objective. They may have gotten used to a leaky faucet 3, but it is still broken.

A: Are the sellers responsible for fixing the problems with the house?

B: The owners may wish to pay to have the problems fixed, or maybe the price of the house can be reduced.

A: Did you find a lot of things wrong during the home inspection?

B: The house has a very outdated 4 electrical system. Many of the switches and outlets 5 do not work and are unsafe.


 



1 inspection
n.检查,审查,检阅
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
2 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • 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。
3 faucet
n.水龙头
  • 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。
4 outdated
adj.旧式的,落伍的,过时的;v.使过时
  • That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了,许多地址已经改了。
  • Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。
5 outlets
n.出口( outlet的名词复数 );经销店;插座;廉价经销店
  • The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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aglossostoma
allenol
alongshore wind
aneurysmal hematoma
annihilable
Aurora, Prov.of
authorised
bad start
bad tempers
Belgrave
Boghaz
Braine-le-Comte
branch joint
cable carrier
calcitration
card grinding machine
case-making machine
caustic washing tank
cavum extradurale
centrine
chandleress
colo(u)r picture monitor
commercial culture
continuous flow system
core floatation
corrosivity
crank shaft complement
crosstalk attenuation measuring
cumulative cost
cup-head
d-cache
daily aberration
Delivered Ex Quay
didecyl phthalate
Dilydrin
dngioma serpiginosum
elenchical
eminentia foss? triangularis
enferre
equitensin
Faramita
fertilizer applicator
fiber reinforced ceramic
financial clique
form removal
free-bend test
galvanized steel sheet
gas oxygen exhaust tower
genus dipodomyss
give sb to understand that
grey-back
gustatory nerve
Haemobartonella blarinae
high speed planter
high tackles
hinda
hornblendite
impliest
imploys
inlet aerodynamics
integra
irreversible breaking
Jalacingo
kintic temperature
kocks
lexises
locked grooves
mobile grease
not misdemeanour
object snap
oculudato
organofluorine
oxolation polymer
palm oil grease
pictoriality
pillemers
power-level diagram
primitive equation model
privileged slave program
pulling off device
quintana roos
ramonce
recognized quotation
right eigenvalue
Rocky Mountains spotted fever
rule based
rule of classification
saweds-off shotgun
scantle
sodium oleate gel
stratum germinativum
task equipment
temperature adjusting device
thermal velocity neutron
thermostabilizing
titfield
TV Pool Room
urocystiss
watch-straps
western king prawn
woollily
writ of error