A: In March, spring was upon us, then the last two weeks it suddenly turned cold, and now it’s like a hot summer’s day. This weather is really unpredictable.
B: Yep. Summer will be here soon. We should clean the filter in the air conditioner to get ready.
A: Huh? You can take this out?
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B: My god, you’ve never cleaned it? It’s caked with dust! This way the air conditioner will waste electricity.
A: No wonder my electricity bill was so high last summer.
A: 三月春暖花開,然後前兩個禮拜忽然變得好冷,現在又熱得跟夏天一樣,這種天氣真是難以捉摸!
B: 對呀,夏天快到了,我們把冷氣機濾網清洗一下,提早做準備。
A: 蛤?這個可以拆喔?
B: 天哪你都不洗的嗎,你看好多灰塵!這樣冷氣會很耗電耶!
A: 難怪去年夏天電費那麼高!
(Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱)
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