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!