又是夏天了，辦公室里的空調又要開始啟動了。有人喜歡溫度低一點，有人喜歡溫度高一點。且看下面這兩位是怎么看的吧。

（1）

Liz: Geez! Your room is like an ice-box!
莉斯：老天！你這屋簡直是冰箱??！

Terri: No, it's not! It's just comfortable.
特里：不是啊，剛剛好。

Liz: Yeah, if you're a penguin. Just look at me! Even my goose bumps have goose bumps!
莉斯：剛剛好，如果你是企鵝的話?？纯次?，我都起雞皮疙瘩了！

Terri: Get outta here! I think you're exaggerating!
特里：快出去，你太夸張了！

Liz: No, I'm not. Where's the thermostat?
莉斯：我才沒有呢。溫度調節器在哪呢？

Terri: By the door, on the wall.
特里：門旁邊，墻上。

Liz: No wonder I'm cold! This thing is set at 65?!
莉斯：怪不得我冷。你把它調到65度？！

Terri: Like I said -- perfect!
特里：就像我說的，正好！

Liz: If you live in Alaska. By the way, where's the shovel?
莉斯：如果你住在阿拉斯加才正好。哎，鏟子在哪？

Terri: Why do you need a shovel?
特里：你要鏟子干嗎？

Liz: So I can dig us out when it starts snowing in here.
莉斯：這屋子里下雪的時候把我們倆挖出來呀。

（2）

John: It's like an oven in here! You must be roasting!
約翰：這屋簡直像個烤箱！你快被烤熟了吧？

Martha: Actually, I'm just comfortable.
瑪撒：實際上，我感覺剛好。

John: You've got to be kidding me. It has to be over 95 degrees in here!
約翰：開玩笑。這屋里至少95度！

Martha: What can I say? I'm a cold-blooded person. The warmer, the better, as far as I'm concerned.
瑪撒：那我能說什么呢？我是個冷血的人。對我來說越熱越好。

John: Well, can we at least open a window and get some ventilation in here?
約翰：那么，我們至少得開扇窗戶透透氣吧？

Martha: Knock yourself out.
瑪撒：隨便。

John: Thanks, I will.
約翰：謝謝！

（實習生江巍 英語點津 Annabel 編輯）

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