A: Mr Sellers, it's Steven speaking, your tenant. We've just suffered a power failure. What should I do now?

塞勒先生，我是你的住客，史蒂文。我們這里剛停電了，我該怎么辦？

B: Alright, Steven. Do you have a flashlight?

哦，史蒂文，你有沒有手電筒？

A: Yes, I do.

有的。

B: Okay, now go down to the basement and find the circuit box. Open it and check if there are any fuses blown out.

好，現在到地下室去找電箱，打開它看保險絲有沒有燒斷了。

A: How do I know if it's blown out?

我如何知道保險絲燒斷了？

B: You'll see it's black and has burned smell.

保險絲是黑色的，有焦味，就是燒斷了。

A: Then what should I do?

接下來我要怎么做？

B: Unscrew the burnt fuses and replace them with the good ones. You can find them on the rack in the basement.

拿下那些燒壞了的，再換上好的。你可以在地下室的架子上找到好的保險絲。

A: Okay, I'll try. I'll call you if it doesn't work.

好的，我現在試試。如果行不通，我再打電話給你。

重點單詞短語:

tenant

房客；租戶

suffer

遭受（不快的經歷；挫折；損失）

power failure

(由于故障導致的)停電

power outage斷供

power cut切斷

The power just went out/off.

The power is out/off

The electricity is gone/out/off.

We are having a blackout.

We had a power outage for about half an hour.

我們停了大約半個小時的電。

basement

地下室；地庫

circuit box

電箱

fuse

保險絲；導火索

blow out

（保險絲）熔斷；吹熄

例句：

The fuse has blown out.

保險絲燒壞了。

unscrew

旋松；擰下螺絲

（to undo sth by twisting or turning it）

例句：

Can you help me unscrew the lid of this jar?

你能幫我把瓶蓋子擰開嗎？

You have to unscrew all the screws.

你得把所有螺絲旋松。

rack

支架；架子

not work

不奏效；不起作用

例句：

God help us if it doesn't work.

如果這個行不通，那就靠上帝了。

The pump doesn't work and we have no running water.

這個水泵不運轉了，我們沒有自來水。

My washing machine doesn't work.

我的洗衣機壞了。