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Elementary ‐ Daily Life ‐ Mechanic (C0132)
A: Howdy! Nice car! What seems to be the problem?
B: 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?
A: Not sure yet. How about you pop the hood and we can
take a look. Hmmm, it doesn’t look good.
B: What do you mean? My daddy gave me this car for my
birthday last month. It’s brand new!
A: 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.
B: Ugh... So how long is this going to take? An hour?
A: 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.
B: What! How am I supposed to get to school or go
shopping? This is not happening!