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A: It’s freezing in here! Can I turn up the heat?
B: Don’t touch that thermostat2! You don’t pay the bills around here!
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!
B: Put on a sweater! I’m not gonna let you run up my heating bill just because it’s a bit chilly3.
A: Dad! I’m gonna catch a cold!
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!
turn up 开大,调大
I can't hear the radio very well; could you turn it up a bit?
收音机我听不太清楚,你把声音开大点行吗?
run up积欠(账款、债务等)
The hotel bill might run up to£500.
旅馆账单也许高达500英镑。
chilly adj. 寒冷的
I'm rather chilly.
我感觉有些冷。
catch a cold 伤风, 感冒
You may catch a cold if you sit in a draught4.
你如果坐在风口,可能会感冒。
grateful adj. 感激的
I am grateful to you for helping5 me.
感谢你的帮助。
拓展词汇】
wood stove 柴煤
thermos1 n. 热水瓶
fireplace n.壁炉
frost n.霜冻,严寒天气
sub-zero temperatures 低于零度
A: 这里太冷了,我能将加热量调大些吗?
B: 别碰那个恒温器。这儿的东西你从来没付过费。
A: 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: 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: 爸爸,我会感冒的。
B: 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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n.保湿瓶,热水瓶 | |
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n.拉,牵引,拖;一网(饮,吸,阵);顿服药量,通风;v.起草,设计 | |
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n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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