Your next door neighbour has been playing his rock and roll music at high volume the whole morning. You also find that the bathroom hot water tap has been dripping and you cannot turn it off no matter how hard you try. You are so annoyed that you finally decide to call the apartment manager to have both problems fixed.
A: Good morning, Mr Hanson. I was wondering if you could please tell the tenant in 2B to turn down his stereo.
B: Has he been playing it very loudly in the evenings?
A: No, but he does play it full blast in the mornings.
B: Have you asked him to turn it down?
A: Yes, many times, but it doesn't seem to matter. Perhaps you should talk to him, since you are the manager.
B: OK, I'll take care of it right away.
A: While you're here, I'd like you to look at the hot water tap in the bathroom.
B: What's wrong with it?
A: It keeps dripping and I can't turn it off.
B: Does it drip all day, or only after you've used it?
A: It leaks night and day and it's driving me crazy.
B: All right, I'll come back right after lunch to take care of it.
A: Good. I'll be expecting you.
你的鄰居整個早上把搖滾樂播放得很大聲。浴室的熱水龍頭又滴水，無論你怎樣用力關也不能將它關閉。你非常懊惱，便決定找公寓經理來解決這些問題。
甲：早晨，韓森先生。不知道你可不可以請2B單位的住客把唱機的音量關小一點呢？
乙：他晚上都把唱機開得很大聲嗎？
甲：不是，但早上他把唱機聲量校到非常刺耳。
乙：你可有叫他把唱機關小一點嗎？
甲：有，已經很多次了，但似乎都沒效。或者你該去告訴他，始終你是公寓經理。
乙：好的，我會立即處理這件事
甲：你來的時候，我想你看看浴室內的熱水龍頭。
乙：有什麼問題呢？
甲：水龍頭不斷滴水，我關不掉它。
乙：水龍頭是整天滴水，還是只在你用後才滴呢？
甲：日夜都漏水，真令我煩死了！
乙：好啦，午飯後我立即來弄妥它。
甲：好，我會到時等你。
Language Notes 語文註解
Complain — 投訴。
I am wondering if you could— 未知你可不可以。這句子非常有用，當你需要禮貌地向人提出請求時經常會用到。
Tenant — 房客。
Turn down — 校低（聲量）。
Full blast — （指聲量）較至最高程度。
It doesn't seem to matter — 好像毫無作用。
Perhaps — 或者。留意perhaps一字對語氣的影響，如果不用perhaps，句子變成You should talk to him，語氣就沒有那麼婉轉了。
Take care of it — 這裏解處理。
Tap(=faucet) — 水龍頭。
Dripping — 滴水。
Leak — 漏水。
Driving me crazy — （慣用語）指令我非常煩燥。
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