DOS INQUILINOS

Two Tenants

Hoy traemos una entretenida conversación en inglés americano grabada a velocidad moderada. Por diferentes problemas domésticos, dos inquilinos llaman a Ms. Lock, la encargada del edificio donde viven.

TWO TENANTS

MS. LOCK: [Phone rings] Hello? MR. BURR: Hello, Ms. Lock. This is Jack Burr. MS. LOCK: Uh, Mr. Burr ... in Apartment 205? MR. BURR: No, in Apartment 305. MS. LOCK: Oh, yes. What can I do for you? Does your refrigerator need fixing again? MR. BURR: No, it's the oven this time. MS. LOCK: Oh, so what's wrong with it? MR. BURR: Well, I think the temperature control needs to be checked. Everything I try to cook gets burned. MS. LOCK: Really? OK, I'll have someone look at it right away. MR. BURR: Thanks a lot, Ms. Lock. MS. LOCK: Uh, by the way, Mr. Burr, are you sure it's the oven and not your cooking? [Phone rings again] Hello? MRS. HARRIS: Hello. Is this the manager? MS. LOCK: Yes, this is Ms. Lock. MRS. HARRIS: This is Mrs. Harris in Apartment 216. MS. LOCK: Yes. How can I help you, Mrs. Harris? MRS. HARRIS: I'm having a problem MS. LOCK: What sort of problem? MRS. HARRIS: With the electricity. MS. LOCK: What sort of problem with the electricity? MRS. HARRIS: Well, I don't seem to have any. MS. LOCK: I see. Do you mean for the lights or is it the appliances, too? MRS. HARRIS: Let me check ... [Refrigerator door opens] No, the refrigerator is OK, so it must be just the lights MS. LOCK: I guess something must be wrong with the fuse box. I'll come up and have a look at it right away. MRS. HARRIS: Thanks so much.

GLOSSARY: need fixing: necesita ser reparado/a; oven: horno; what's wrong with it: qué le sucede, qué problema tiene; gets burned: se quema, sale quemado; I'll have someone: llamar´a alguien (para); right away: de inmediato; by the way: a propósito; your cooking: su manera de cocinar; manager: encargado/a, administrador/a; what sort of: qué tipo de; I don't seem to have: creo/me parece que no tengo; do you mean for: se refiere a; appliances: electrodomésticos; let me check: voy a revisar; so it must be: así que debe(n) ser; I guess: supongo que; fuse box: caja de fusibles; I'll come up: subiré; have a look: a echar un vistazo.