取暖系统初级英语口语练习

　　A: It’s freezing in here! Can I turn up the heat?

取暖系统初级英语口语练习

　　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 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 draught.

　　你如果坐在风口，可能会感冒。