英語播客初級版 第173期(外教講解):取暖系統(tǒng)

A: It’s freezing in here! Can I turn up the heat?
B: Don’t touch that thermostat! 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 chilly.
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 開大，調(diào)大
I can't hear the radio very well; could you turn it up a bit?
收音機我聽不太清楚，你把聲音開大點行嗎?
run up積欠(賬款、債務(wù)等)
The hotel bill might run up to￡500.
旅館賬單也許高達500英鎊。
chilly adj. 寒冷的
I'm rather chilly.
我感覺有些冷。
catch a cold 傷風, 感冒
You may catch a cold if you sit in a draught.
你如果坐在風口，可能會感冒。
grateful adj. 感激的
I am grateful to you for helping me.
感謝你的幫助。
【拓展詞匯】
wood stove 柴煤
thermos n. 熱水瓶
fireplace n.壁爐
frost n.霜凍，嚴寒天氣
sub-zero temperatures 低于零度
A: 這里太冷了，我能將加熱量調(diào)大些嗎?
B: 別碰那個恒溫器。這兒的東西你從來沒付過費。
A: 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: 穿件毛衣。我不會僅僅因為有點冷而增加我們的取暖花費。
A: 爸爸，我會感冒的。
B: 當我是你這個年齡時，我父母并沒有這樣的中央取暖系統(tǒng)。僅在起居室里有個火爐。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。