A It’s freezing in here! Can I turn up the heat? 這里太冷了,我能將加熱量調(diào)大些嗎?
B Don’t touch that thermostat! You don’t pay the bills around here! 別碰那個(gè)恒溫器。這兒的東西你從來沒付過費(fèi)。
A Dad! Are you serious? What’s the point of having central heating if we can’t use it! Look, I can see my breath! 爸爸,你是說真的嗎?如果我們不用中央取暖系統(tǒng),為什么要安裝它呢?看看,我都能看見自己的呼氣。
B Put on a sweater! I’m not gonna let you run up my heating bill just because it’s a bit chilly. 穿件毛衣。我不會(huì)僅僅因?yàn)橛悬c(diǎn)冷而增加我們的取暖花費(fèi)。
A Dad! I’m gonna catch a cold! 爸爸,我會(huì)感冒的。
B When I was your age, my parents didn’t have central heating like you do! We had a furnace in the center of the living room and that was it. We used it to cook, heat the house and even dry our clothes! We never caught a cold. You should be grateful! 當(dāng)我是你這個(gè)年齡時(shí),我父母并沒有這樣的中央取暖系統(tǒng)。僅在起居室里有個(gè)火爐。我們用她來做飯,取暖,甚至來烘烤衣服。我們從未感冒過。你應(yīng)該心存感激!