去加油站把油罐加满之前,约翰在当地电影院附近的服务站检查并修好了他的紧急刹车。
Before going to the gas station to have his tank filled, John had his emergency brake checked and fixed at the service station near the local cinema.
也许如果加油站的工作人员帮我们加油会好些,就像他们过去那么做的一样,这样我们就不用在油罐旁站着,一直看着价格的飞涨。
Perhaps it would be better if gas station attendants filled the tank for us, as they used to, so we did not stand at the pump watching the rising price of our gasoline.
加油站工作人员以“安全原因”为由拒绝借给我汽油罐,却告诉我可以用15美金价格购买这不值一文的东西—一加仑体积的罐子。
The people at the gas stations where I asked for a gas can told me that they couldn't lend them out "for safety reasons," but that I could buy a really crappy one-gallon can, with no cap, for $15.
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