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。
