地道美語聽力播客850：組裝家具

Armand: Did you know that this nightstand required assembly when you bought it?阿曼德：你買這個床頭柜的時候知道怎么組裝嗎?

Suzanne: The box said that it required simple assembly. I guess what’s simple to them isn’t simple to us.

蘇珊妮：箱子的說明上說只要簡單組裝就行。我想對他們來說的簡單組裝對我們來說沒那么簡單。

Armand: You can say that again. These instructions aren’t in English, there are no diagrams showing how the parts fit together, and we seem to be missing parts. I also question the quality. It’s mainly made of particle board and plywood. Do you think we should return it?

阿曼德：你可以這么說。這些說明根本就不是英文，也沒有這些零件的組裝示意圖，并且我們好像丟失了一些零件。我還懷疑這些東西的質量。這些主要是用拼合版或者膠合板做成的。你覺得我們要不要退回呢?

Suzanne: No, let’s just keep it and do the best we can.

蘇珊妮：不，我們先留著它們，盡自己最大的努力去組裝吧。

Armand: That’s hard to do when there seems to be a design flaw with the drawers. The pieces don’t fit together as they should. These nails are also bent and these screws look defective.

阿曼德：這很難做到，因為抽屜的設計有些瑕疵。這些木板根本就不拼合，釘子也是彎的，螺絲的質量也不好。

Suzanne: It’s not looking good, is it? I also bought this because I thought everything could be assembled using Allen wrenches, but it looks like we’ll actually need a hammer, screwdriver, and maybe a drill.

蘇珊妮：這個是看起來不好，不是嗎。但是我仍然購買它的原因是我認為我們可以用艾倫曲線的原理將這個組裝好。但是現(xiàn)在看起來我們需要一個錘子，一個改錐，還有可能需要一個鉆機。

Armand: Well, let’s see what we can do. If we don’t have the right tools or parts, I have a solution.

阿曼德：好吧，讓我們看看能怎么做。如果我們沒有這些合適的工具或者零件。我還有一個辦法。

Suzanne: What?

蘇珊妮：什么辦法?

Armand: Duct tape.

阿曼德：強力膠。