地道美语听力播客850：组装家具

Armand: Did you know that this nightstand required assembly when you bought it?阿曼德：你买这个床头柜的时候知道怎么组装吗?

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

苏珊妮：箱子的说明上说只要简单组装就行。我想对他们来说的简单组装对我们来说没那么简单。

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：你可以这么说。这些说明根本就不是英文，也没有这些零件的组装示意图，并且我们好像丢失了一些零件。我还怀疑这些东西的质量。这些主要是用拼合版或者胶合板做成的。你觉得我们要不要退回呢?

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

苏珊妮：不，我们先留着它们，尽自己最大的努力去组装吧。

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：这很难做到，因为抽屉的设计有些瑕疵。这些木板根本就不拼合，钉子也是弯的，螺丝的质量也不好。

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.

苏珊妮：这个是看起来不好，不是吗。但是我仍然购买它的原因是我认为我们可以用艾伦曲线的原理将这个组装好。但是现在看起来我们需要一个锤子，一个改锥，还有可能需要一个钻机。

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，让我们看看能怎么做。如果我们没有这些合适的工具或者零件。我还有一个办法。

Suzanne: What?

苏珊妮：什么办法?

Armand: Duct tape.

阿曼德：强力胶。