I was going to take a look at the pipe.

我要去看一下那根排水管。

" This is a bathtub with no drain."

“这就像一没有排水管的浴缸。”

Most of the businesses used to pour all their oil waste into drain pipes.

大多数企业过去都是将所有的废油直接倒进排水管。

I don't listen for it, but it's nice to know everything's okay with your plumbing. The building's plumbing.

我不是故意去听 不过很高兴知道你的排水管道一切都好 还有这栋楼的排水管道。

Suddenly a dark shape appeared in front of me. It was the pipe!

突然，一现在我的面前，是那根排水管！

Something like unclogging a sink drain is an analytical problem with some straightforward solutions.

像疏通水槽排水管这样的事情是一带有一些直接解决方案的分析性问题。

Well, I hate to disagree with you, O voice from the drainpipe, but I live in Whoville.

不是我想吐你槽！排水管里的老兄，但是我住在呼呼镇。

Oh, the upstairs bathroom has a bunch of hair stuck in the drain. Can you take care of that?

楼上的浴室里有一簇头发塞住了排水管。你能弄一下吗？

It has been an engineering problem all along, he said. " This is a bathtub with no drain."

“这一直是一工程问题，”他说。“就像是一没有排水管的浴缸。”

Just after a quarter to one, I came to the pipe and waited quietly in its shadow.

差一刻一点的时候，我到了排水管边，在阴里静静等待。

Cover the drain when there's water hanging out above it and push.

当上面有水时， 盖上排水管并推动。

It went to an old drainpipe.

它去了一旧的排水管。

Some try to communicate with fellow prisoners by yelling through the shower drains.

有些人试图通过淋浴排水管大喊大叫来与其他囚犯交流。

Oh, the upstairs bathroom has a bunch of hair stuck in the drain.

楼上的浴室里有一簇头发塞住了排水管。

The flood was caused by a blocked drain.

【drain】溢水是由排水管堵塞引起的。

Unfortunately, the design of these drains was a major reason for  the cracking chute.

不幸的是，这些排水管的设计是导致溜槽破裂的主要原因。

God, look what I found in the drain!

天啊，你看我在排水管里发现什么？

These were fitted with sensors to measure things such as temperature, flexing and the flow of water through the drainage channels.

这些节段都配有传感器以测量温度、弯曲程度以及通过排水管道的水流。

Okay. So you're happy fixing someone else's drain?

好吧 你给别人修排水管的时候很快乐吗？

A drain carries surplus water to the river.

【carry】一根排水管把多余的水输送到河里去。