Урок 15

ТЕКСТ. AT THE REPAIRMAN'S

1.

Client:	Hello!
Repairman:	Hello! What can I do for you?
Client:	Something is wrong with my video, I’m afraid.
Repairman:	Let me see … O.K., what’s the problem with it?
Client:	There is no colour picture and the sound is very low.
Repairman:	Did you check your TV set? It may be out of order.
Client:	Oh, no. TV box is O.K. It’s certainly the video. It was working all day yesterday, and in the evening there came out black smoke from under its upper panel.
Repairman:	Ha-ha! Has the video’s guarantee period expired?

Client: No, I think it hasn't. So, you make repairs

under the guarantee, don't you?

Repairman: Yes, that's right.

Client: Great! And when will it be ready, then?

Repairman: In a week, I suppose.

Client: Could I have an after-repair guarantee?

Repairman: Sure. You could, and certainly would.

2.

Client:	Hello! My hair dryer is broken. Can you fix it?
Repairman:	How can I? I don’t repair dryers.
Client:	Aren’t you a repairman?
Repairman:	Of course, I am. But I work with shavers only. Have you got a shaver to fix?
Client:	No, I’ve got a broken hairdryer, and I have to get it repaired. Is there another repair shop near here?
Repairman:	I’m not quite sure, but might be one behind Central Park. You can try it.
Client:	Thanks a lot.
Repairman:	You are most welcome.

Слова и выражения

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to repair — чинить,

ремонтировать

repairman — монтер, мастер

video — видео (магнитофон)

picture — картина,

картинка, изображение sound — звук

to check — проверять

TV — телевидение

set — набор, установка, прибор

TV set — телевизор

in order— в порядке, исправленный, работающий

out of order — не в порядке, неисправный, неработающий

black — черный

upper — верхний

panel — панель

guarantee — гарантия

period — период

to expire — истекать (о сроке действия какого-либо условия)

Ha-ha — Ха-ха

under the guarantee — в соответствии с условиями гарантии

ready — готовы

to suppose — полагать

I suppose — Я полагаю

hair — волосы

to dry — сушить

dryer — сушилка

(зд. фен)

to fix — устанавливать, укреплять, закреплять; исправлять, чинить

to be broken — сломаться (быть сломанным)

to shave (shaved, shaven) — брить, бриться

shaver — разг. электробритва

to have something repaired — починить (букв, иметь что-либо починеным)

to get something repaired — починить (букв, иметь что-либо починенным)

quite — вполне

I'm not quite sure — я не вполне уверен

while — в то время как