Mechanic

Howdy! Nice car! What seems to be the problem?

嗨！好车！出什么问题了？

I don’t know! This stupid old car started spewing white smoke and it just died on me. Luckily, I managed to start it up and drive it here. What do you think it is?

我不知道！这破车突然冒白烟，然后就熄火了。还好我又发动起来开到了这儿。你觉得是怎么回事？

Not sure yet. How about you pop the hood and we can take a look. Hmmm, it doesn’t look good.

还不确定。你把引擎盖打开，我们看看。嗯，情况不太妙。

What do you mean? My daddy gave me this car for my birthday last month. It’s brand new!

什么意思？这是我爸上个月送我的生日礼物，还是新车！

Well missy, the white smoke that you saw is steam from the radiator. You overheated your engine so now the pistons are busted and so is your transmission. You should have called us and we could have towed you over here when your car died.

姑娘，你看到的白烟是散热器冒出的蒸汽。发动机过热，活塞和变速箱都坏了。你当时就该打电话给我们，我们可以把车拖过来。

Ugh... So how long is this going to take? An hour?

唉……那要多久？一个小时？

I’m afraid a bit more than that. We need to order the spare parts, take apart your electrical system, fuel pump and engine and then put it back together again. You are going to have to leave it here for at least two weeks.

恐怕得久一点。我们要订零件，拆开电路、油泵和发动机，然后再装回去。你得把车留在这儿至少两个星期。

What! How am I supposed to get to school or go shopping? This is not happening!

什么！那我怎么去学校，怎么买东西？绝对不行！