189. Meet Halfway

He stopped at the motel.
他停在汽车旅馆。
It was late at night.
已经很晚了。
It was almost midnight.
差不多是午夜时分。
He asked the motel clerk, "Do you have a vacant room?"
他问汽车旅馆的接待员：“你们有空房吗？”
She said she had a vacant room.
她说有空房。
He asked how much it was.
他问价格是多少。
She said it was $100 for the night.
她说一晚是100美元。
"But the night is half over," he said.
“但是夜晚已经过了一半，”他说道。
"Can I pay half price for the room?"
“我可以支付一半的房费吗？”
She said yes.
她说可以。
"But there is one condition," she said.
“但有一个条件，”她说道。
"If we only get half, you only get half. You must sleep on only one-half of the bed."
“如果我们只收一半的钱，你也只能享受一半的设施。你必须只睡床的一半。”
"You can use only one of the two pillows."
“你只能用两个枕头中的一个。”
"The bathroom has hot and cold water faucets. You can use only one faucet."
“浴室有冷热水龙头。你只能用一个水龙头。”
"The cable TV has 100 channels. You can watch only 50 channels."
“有线电视有100个频道。你只能看50个频道。”