2分钟英语课堂: 价格上涨 price are going up

Troy : I spent over $200 on gasoline this month.

托里：这个月的油钱我花了200美元。

Reese : Gosh! That’s too much! Where have you been wandering around?

里斯：什么?!太多了!你都去哪了

Troy : Nowhere! Same old schedule travelling from office to home. Maybe an odd trip.

托里：哪也没去。一直都是老路线——家到公司。或许是个奇怪的路程。

Reese : You gotta find a solution! You’ll be spending all your money on fuel

里斯：你得找找解决办法了。要不然你的钱都花在汽油上了。

Troy : Yeah! I’ve been thinking about it. Maybe I should get a LPG kit installed.

托里：是的，我一直在想呢。或许我应该装一个液化石油气设备。

Reese : Yeah! You could... It would save you some money.

里斯：是的，得装一个，这样的话将会省点钱。

Can’t Go on the Trip.

不能去旅游

Reese : I just saw the groceries list, Reese. Why’re you buying enough for the entire month?

里斯：我刚刚看见生活用品清单了，为什么你买一个月的东西呢

Peyton : We always do that. Don’t we? It saves us money.

佩顿：我们经常那样干。难道不是吗，这样将会省很多钱。

Reese : Yeah, but aren’t we going on a week-long trip this month? All this food is going to be wasted.

里斯：是的，但是我们这个月不是去长达一周的旅游吗。这些食品会被浪费掉的。

Peyton : Well Reese… I hate to break it to you dear.

佩顿：恩。。里斯，，我也不想失信的。。

Reese : Break what? What’s going on?

里斯：失信什么?怎么了

Peyton : We can’t go on the trip. I just got a mailer from the holiday planners. They’ve raised their prices and we can’t afford it anymore.

佩顿：我们不能去旅游了。我收到假期策划人的邮寄广告。他们提高了价格，这对我们来说就贵了

Reese : What? No way! This is crazy. It was $1,500 just last week!

里斯：什么?没门!太疯狂了。上周只是花了1500美元。

Peyton : Well, now it’s $1,800. Let’s wait till next month.

佩顿：好吧，这次是1800，我们下个月再去。

Let’s Start a Carpool!

拼车!

Peyton : Hey, Troy! How are you doing?

佩顿：嗨，托里，最近怎么样

Troy : Good. You tell me?

托里：还好，怎么了

Peyton : Well buddy... we live in the neighborhood, and our offices are right nearby, so I was thinking of something..

佩顿：恩，，好伙伴，我们住在郊区，我们的办公室就在旁边，所以我在想。。

Troy : Yeah? Tell me.

托里：恩?想什么?

Peyton : You know about the gas prices. They’re going up all the time. I think we should start a carpool. Sometimes we take my car, and sometimes yours.

佩顿：你知道汽油价格。汽油价格将会一直上涨。我觉得我们可以拼车，有时候开你的车，有时候开我的车。

Troy : Hey! That’s a great idea! And it’s environment friendly too. Let’s start from tomorrow.

托里：嗨，好主意!还环保!我们明天就这样干吧

Peyton : Fantastic!

佩顿：棒极了!

Need A Better Job.

需要一个更好的工作

Troy : I think I’m going to get a new job.

托里：我想换个新的工作

Bruce : Why? What’s wrong with this job?

布鲁斯：为什么，现在的工作出什么问题了吗

Troy : I love this job. Being an artist is my calling, but I can’t afford it anymore because it’s not paying my bills.

托里：我热爱这份工作，画家是我的职业，但是我越来越支付不起，因为当护甲无法让我糊口

Bruce : Oh! I am sorry to hear that buddy, but I know what you mean. What are you planning to do?

布鲁斯：哦，很遗憾听到这个，但是我想知道你的意思，那你计划怎么办呢

Troy : I am a trained plumber. Going to take that up again. It pays better.

托里：我正接受培训做水管工，打算重操旧业。它的待遇好点

Bruce : Good luck pal.

布鲁斯：祝你好运，我的朋友