A Plumbing Problem - Part 1 - LINC 3.18
10:01 AM Watch the video. Listen and repeat to improve your pronunciation. Complete the exercise below.
what a mess • shouldn't be • would be done • have to wait • fix it yourself • what I can do • had to turn off • would come • he was held up • Does that mean • I'm afraid so • I'm afraid not • a lot of
Click and Drop: click on a word in the box above and then in the correct space. Check your answers. What is your score?
| ESTER: Oh, no! Oh, ! Hello. This is Ester Gueverra in Apartment 302. That's right, 302. I just got home and a pipe under my kitchen sink is leaking. Okay. See you in a minute, then. |
| ESTER: Hi! Come on in. It's open. |
| MANAGER: Hi. |
| ESTER: Hi. I'm just mopping up. |
| MANAGER: Oh, was there water? |
| ESTER: It's not too bad. |
| MANAGER: Oh, good. |
| ESTER: I see you brought your tools. Are you going to ? |
| MANAGER: Well, I'm going to try. Where's the leak? |
| ESTER: Under the sink. |
| MANAGER: Let's have a look. Oh yes, I see it. Let's try this. Nope. |
| ESTER: Can I help? |
| MANAGER: Well, you can hand me those large pliers there. |
| ESTER: Here you go. |
| MANAGER: Thanks. Well, that's that. |
| ESTER: So, can you fix it? |
| MANAGER: No, . I don't have the right tools. |
| ESTER: Oh. |
| MANAGER: I'll have to call the plumber. |
| ESTER: What's the problem? |
| MANAGER: There's a leak in the pipe just above the main shut off valve. I your hot water. |
| ESTER: Turn off the hot water? I won't have any hot water? |
| MANAGER: . It's the main shutoff to the whole apartment. |
| ESTER: Oh, no! |
| MANAGER: You'll for the plumber. |
| ESTER: Well, I hope he gets here soon. |
| MANAGER: Well, I'll make a quick call. It any later than tomorrow morning. |
| ESTER: Okay. |
| MANAGER: Okay, bye-bye. |
| ESTER: Bye. |
| The Next Day |
| ESTER: Oh, I don't believe this! |
| MANAGER: Hello. |
| ESTER: Hello? This is Ester Gueverra in Apartment 302. |
| MANAGER: Oh yes? Is everything okay? |
| ESTER: No. It isn't. You told me the plumber this morning to fix the pipe under the kitchen sink. |
| MANAGER: Oh, I guess . |
| ESTER: Held up! This is the second day in a row he's been held up. And you promised this in a day. |
| MANAGER: Oh, I am sure he'll be there tomorrow morning. |
| ESTER: I hope so. I still don't have any hot water, you know! |
| MANAGER: I am sorry. I'll see . |
| ESTER: All right then. |
This exercise has been made using a free generator and script at Random Idea English Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
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