Intermediate - Getting an Appliance Fixed (C2171)

A: 欢迎致电海尔维修热线,请问有什么可以帮您的吗?
huānyíng zhìdiàn hǎiěr wéixiū rèxiàn, qǐngwèn yǒu shénme kěyǐ bāng nín de ma?
Welcome to the Haier Repair Hotline. What can I help you with?
B: 我家的洗衣机坏了,能派人来修吗?
wǒ jiā de xǐyījī huài le, néng pài rén lái xiū ma?
My washing machine is broken. Can you send someone to come fix it?
A: 请问出现了什么问题?
qǐngwèn chūxiàn le shénme wèntí?
May I ask what problem you're having?
B: 最近总是发出很奇怪的声音。
zuìjìn zǒngshì fāchū hěn qíguài de shēngyīn.
It's been making very strange sounds recently.
A: 在保修期内吗?
zài bǎoxiū qī nèi ma?
Is it under warranty?
B: 应该超过了。
yīnggāi chāoguò le.
It should have expired already.
A: 您是什么时候购买的?
nín shì shénme shíhou gòumǎi de?
When did you buy it?
B: 四五年前吧,大概是09年的时候买的。
sì wǔ nián qián ba, dàgài shì líng jiǔ nián de shíhou mǎi de.
Four or five years ago, maybe. It was around 2009 when I bought it.
A: 您明天下午在家吗?我帮您安排师傅上门维修。
nín míngtiān xiàwǔ zài jiā ma? wǒ bāng nín ānpái shīfu shàngmén wéixiū.
Will you be at home tomorrow? I can arrange for a repairman to come to your house to fix it.
B: 白天不行,我要上班的。明天晚上可以吗?
báitiān bùxíng, wǒ yào shàngbān de. míngtiān wǎnshang kěyǐ ma?
I can't do it during the day. I need to work. Is tomorrow evening okay?
A: 五点到七点可以。七点以后师傅要下班了。
wǔ diǎn dào qī diǎn kěyǐ. qī diǎn yǐhòu shīfu yào xiàbān le.
From 5pm to 7pm is okay. After 7pm, the repairman gets off of work.
B: 我六点能到家,就帮我安排六点的吧。
wǒ liù diǎn néng dào jiā, jiù bāng wǒ ānpái liù diǎn de ba.
I can be at home at 6pm. How about you book it for me for 6pm?
A: 好的。您的洗衣机型号是什么?
hǎo de. nín de xǐyījī xínghào shì shénme?
Okay. What model is your washing machine?
B: 等一下,我看看说明书。是WM03X478。
děng yīxià, wǒ kàn kan shuōmíngshū. shì WM líng sān X sì qī bā.
Just a moment. I'll take a look at the instruction manual. It's WM03X478.
A: 没有这个型号。
méiyǒu zhè gè xínghào.
We don't have that model.

Key Vocabulary

致电 zhìdiàn to make a phone call
海尔 hǎiěr Haier
维修 wéixiū to repair
热线 rèxiàn hot line
洗衣机 xǐyījī washing machine
pài to dispatch
xiū to repair
出现 chūxiàn to appear
总是 zǒngshì always, continuously
发出 fāchū to emit
声音 shēngyīn sound
保修期 bǎoxiū qī warranty
nèi within
超过 chāoguò to exceed, surpass
购买 gòumǎi to purchase
安排 ānpái arrangements
师傅 shīfu repairman, master, sir
上门 shàngmén to come to the door
白天 báitiān daytime
型号 xínghào model
说明书 shuōmíngshū instruction manual

Supplementary Vocabulary

正式 zhèngshì formal
客服 kèfú customer service
过期 guòqī to expire
冰箱 bīngxiāng refrigerator
搞错 gǎocuò to make a mistake

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