【大家说英语】 第351期:支付账单(2)

 　　Bills, bills, bills... 账单，账单，账单...

　　Excuse me? What did you say? 打扰一下。你刚才在说什么？

　　Oh, nothing. I'm just looking at my bills. There are a lot of them. 哦，没什么。我只是在看我的账单。我有很多账单。

　　There are. I pay a gas bill, a water bill and a cable¹ bill. 的确。我要付燃气费、水费和有线电视费。

　　Don't forget your cellphone² bill and your rent. 不要忘记你的电话费和你的房租。

　　Right. And I often have credit³ card bills, too. 没错。另外我通常还会有信用卡账单。

　　We pay a lot of bills! 我们要付很多账单啊！

　　I don't like bills. Some of them are really expensive. 我不喜欢账单。有一些太贵了。

　　I know. But bills pay for some important things. 我理解。但是账单可以为我们买一些重要的东西。

　　That's true. All of those things make life easier and more convenient⁴. 没错。所有这些东西都让生活更轻松、更便利。

　　And more fun! 还更有趣！

　　Right. Life wouldn't be very much fun without water and electricity⁵. 是的。没了水和电，生活就不会很有意思了。

　　But it would be nice to spend less on bills. 但是如果能在账单上少花一些，也挺好的。

　　That would be great. 那就太棒了。

　　Did you pay your electric bill? 你付你的电费了吗？

　　Yes. I went and paid my bill at lunch. Now they won't shut off my electricity. 付了。我午饭时间去付的。现在他们就不会断我的电了。

　　Good. Paying your bills on time is important. 好的。准时支付账单是很重要的。

　　I know. How do you pay your bills, Linda? 我知道。琳达，你是怎么支付你的账单的？

　　I pay them online. 我是在线支付的。

　　Can you show me how to do that? 你能给我演示一下怎么做吗？

　　Sure. I have to pay my garbage bill, so I'll show you how. 当然。我必须要支付我的垃圾费了，那我就演示给你看。

1 cable   

n.缆绳，索；电缆；电报；vt.电汇，打电报

参考例句：

• Don't forget to cable us as soon as you arrive.别忘了一到就给我发个电报。
• The worker attached a cable.工人连接电缆。

2 cellphone   

n.手机

参考例句：

• This type of cellphone is on the way out.这种类型的手机即将过时。
• The cellphone is a useful tool.手机是很有用的工具。

3 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

4 convenient   

adj.便利的，方便的

参考例句：

• I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。
• Come at any time that is convenient to you.你哪会儿方便就哪会儿来吧。

5 electricity   

n.电；电学

参考例句：

• This room is lighted by electricity.这个房间用电照明。
• We use electricity to run machines.我们使用电力来运行机器。