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For Life
2010.01.29 (Review of 2004.12.03 edition)

Hello! Once again, we've saved the best for last. Today's edition looks at the queen of “necessary luxuries”!

Today's Lesson
CENTRAL HEATING   セントラルヒーティング

Explanation

  • Central heating is a system for warming a whole building by pumping heat to the rooms from a central furnace.
  • central heating は、中央の熱源装置から各部屋に熱を送り、建物全体を暖めるシステムのことです。

CENTRAL HEATING

examples

  1. We have central heating, so even in the middle of winter you can walk around the house wearing only a T-shirt.
  2. Central heating is nice, but our gas bills in the winter sure aren't!
  3. (customer to employee at a coffee shop)
    a: Would you mind turning up the heat? It's a little cold in here.
    b: I'm sorry, but this building has central heating. We're not able to control the temperature ourselves.
  4. (on the phone with a heating company)
    I'd like to find out how much it would cost to install a central heating system in my home.

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