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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