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!