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看账单

丈夫：你看这张账单。咱们家这个月用了300多度电。
妻子：这么多？怎么可能？是不是电表坏了？
丈夫：不知道。明天我看一下。还有这张账单，这个月的水费是80磅，也比较多。
妻子：水表应该没坏吧？
丈夫：除了电费和水费，还有很多别的账单。我们把那个老挂钟卖掉吧？前几天有人想买。
妻子：我同意。那个挂钟太大了，我们家没有地方可以挂。
丈夫：把挂钟卖掉，可以付一些账单，还可以买个新闹钟。闹钟坏了不行，我们上班会迟到。还得给你买个新手表。你每天上班没有手表不行。
妻子：不用给我买手表。我们公司就在大本钟旁边。我每天一抬头就能看到时间。

TRANSLATION

Checking Bills

Husband: Look at this bill. We've used more than 300 kWh of electricity this month.
Wife: So much? How could it be? Is the electricity meter broken?
Husband: I don't know. I'll check it tomorrow. And this bill, the water fee for this month is 180 pounds, quite a lot as well.
Wife: The water meter should be ok, right?
Husband: Besides electricity and water bills, we do have other bills as well. Let's sell that grandfather clock, ok? Someone wanted to buy it a few days ago.
Wife: I agree. That grandfather clock is too big, and there is no place to hang it in our house.
Husband: We can pay some bills by selling the grandfather clock, and buying a new alarm clock. We will be late for work with the broken alarm clock and have to buy you a new watch. You couldn't go to work every day without a watch.
Wife: It's not necessary to buy a watch for me. Our company is right next to Big Ben. I can see the time as soon as I look up every day.

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