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Elementary ‐ Daily Life ‐ Heating (C0176)
A: It’s freezing in here! Can I turn up the heat?
B: Don’t touch that thermostat! You don’t paythe bills
around here!
A: Dad! Are you serious? What’s the point of having
central heating if we can’t use it! Look, I can see my
breath!
B: Put on a sweater! I’m not gonna let you run up my
50
heating bill just because it’s a bit chilly.
A: Dad! I’m gonna catch a cold!
B: When I was your age, my parents didn’t have central
heating like you do! We had a furnace inthe center ofthe
living room and that was it. We used it to cook, heat the
house and even dry our clothes! We never caught a cold.
You should be grateful!