Kungfu Panda,《功夫熊貓1》

The air-conditioner has broken down from time to time. Please do something about it. It's so hot here.

那臺空調(diào)三天兩頭地出毛病。快想想辦法吧。這里太熱了。

I already asked a guy to come over later today to fix it. Don't worry.

我已經(jīng)讓人晚些時候來修了。

重點講解:

The air-conditioner stops working every two or three days.

The air-conditioner has broken down from time to time.

如果你跟老外說The air—conditioner stops working every two or three days.來形容“空調(diào)三天兩頭出毛病”，老外肯定不知道你在說什么，但是更地道的說法 是The air—conditioner has broken down from time to time, don't work和break down 都可以表示“不工作，壞了”，短語from time to time就是“時不時地”。