A:It’s freezing in here! Can I turn up the heat?
这里太冷了,我能将加热量调大些吗?
B:Don’t touch that thermostat! You don’t pay the bills around here!
别碰那个恒温器。这儿的东西你从来没付过费。
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,你是说真的吗?如果我们不用中央取暖系统,为什么要安装它呢?看看,我都能看见自己的呼气。
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。我不会仅仅因为有点冷而增加我们的取暖花费。
A:Dad! I’m gonna catch a cold!
爸爸,我会感冒的。
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!
当我是你这个年龄时,我父母并没有这样的中央取暖系统。仅在起居室里有个火炉。我们用她来做饭,取暖,甚至来烘烤衣服。我们从未感冒过。你应该心存感激!
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