2分钟英语课堂：谈论价格上涨 Talking about rising price

　　Should I Get LPG?

　　应该用液化石油气吗?

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

　　Troy : 这个月我花了200美元的汽油。

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

　　Reese : 天啊!太多啦!你都去哪儿转了?

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

　　Troy : 哪儿也没去!就是办公室和家两点一线啊。太奇怪了。

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

　　Reese : 你得想个办法!你所有的钱都要烧在燃料上了。

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

　　Troy : 是!我也一直在想这个问题。或许我应该买个液态石油气安上。

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

　　Reese : 是啊!可以啊........这样可以省点儿钱。

　　Can’t Go on the Trip.

　　不能去旅行了。

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

　　Reese : Resse,我刚看了购物单。你怎么买了足够一个月的东西?

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

　　Peyton : 我们一直这么买，不是吗?这么买省钱。

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

　　Reese : 是，可是我们这个月不是有一个月的长期旅行吗?这些食物都要浪费了。

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

　　Peyton : 嗯，Resse........我真的不想违背我的诺言，亲爱的。

　　Reese : Break what? What’s going on?

　　Reese : 违背什么?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.

　　Peyton : 我不能去旅行了。我刚接到了一个假日策划师邮寄过来的广告信。价格高了，我们没那么多钱，买不起。

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

　　Reese : 什么?不行!这太疯狂了。上周还1,500美元呢!

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

　　Peyton : 嗯，现在是1,800美元。我们下个月再等等吧。

　　Let’s Start a Carpool!

　　我们拼车吧!

　　Peyton : Hey, Troy! How are you doing?

　　Peyton : 嘿，Troy!最近好吗?

　　Troy : Good. You tell me?

　　Troy : 挺好，那还用说?

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

　　Peyton : 嗯，兄弟........我们是邻居，我们的办公室离得很近，所以我想........

　　Troy : Yeah? Tell me.

　　Troy : 嗯?说吧。

　　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.

　　Peyton : 你也知道现在的油价。一直都在涨。我想我们可以拼车。这次你做我的车，下次我做你的车。

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

　　Troy : 嘿!好主意!还环保。明天就开始吧。

　　Peyton : Fantastic!

　　Peyton : 太好了!

　　Need A Better Job.

　　需要一个好工作

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

　　Troy : 我想我得换个工作了。

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

　　Bruce :为什么?这个工作不好吗?

　　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.

　　Troy :我喜欢这个工作。 我的职业是一名艺术家，可是当艺术家，不够付我的账单。

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

　　Bruce :哦!很抱歉听到这个消息，可我明白你的意思。你想做什么?

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

　　Troy : 我是个接受过培训的水管工。重操旧业吧，收入更高些。

　　Bruce : Good luck pal.

　　Bruce : 兄弟，祝你好运。