TOM: What are we going to do? I can't get the car out of this ditch. I'm stuck!
SUE: I'm worried, Tom. I haven't seen any other cars for almost an hour.
TOM: I know. This is terrible. What can we do? This snow doesn't stop falling!
SUE: I told you we should have stayed in town today.
The weather report said 100 percent chance of snow.
Why did you want to come up here?
TOM: I wanted to show you the cabin. We only had another half-hour to go.
SUE: Well, now we're stuck. What can we do?
TOM: I don't know.
SUE: I've heard that when this happens, it's important to save energy.
TOM: What do you mean?
SUE: We're stranded here, Tom. We may be here a long time.
We need to conserve the gas in the car. The car's energy is what will keep us warm.
TOM: I have plenty of gas.
SUE: Yes, but the gas and the battery both have to stay working.
We can't just let the car run and run.
If we do, it will die soon. Then we'll freeze.
TOM: So what can we do?
SUE: Turn the lights off.
Then, run the car and the heater only about fifteen minutes every hour.
That will conserve the heat as long as possible.
TOM: Alright. That's a good idea.
SUE: I wish we hadn't come up here. Now we'll probably be here for days.
TOM: Days?
SUE: Yes, it happens.
That is what happens in big snowstorms. People get stranded for days.
TOM: Oh, my God! It's good we have food.
SUE: Probably we'll survive.
But turn the car off for about forty-five minutes. Then we'll turn it on again.
TOM: Okay, I'll follow your advice.

湯姆：該怎么辦？車子無法離開這個溝渠，我被困住了。
蘇：我好擔心，我已經快一小時沒看到其他車子了。
湯姆：我知道，這很糟糕。怎么辦呢？雪一直下個不停。
蘇：我告訴過你今天應該待在城里的。
氣象報告說百分之百會下雪。
為什么你想上來這里？
湯姆：我想讓你看看小木屋，我們再走半小時就到了。
蘇：現在被困住了，怎么辦呢？
湯姆：我不知道。
蘇：我聽過這種事情發生時，節省能源很重要。
湯姆：怎么說呢？
蘇：我們被困在這里了，可能會很久。
我們需要保存車子的汽油，車子的能量會讓我們保持暖和。
湯姆：我還有很多汽油。
蘇：是的，但是汽油和電池都還在消耗中，
我們不能讓車子一直發動下去。
如果這樣做的話，車子很快就會熄火，然后我們就會凍僵。
湯姆：那么我們怎么辦呢？
蘇：把燈關掉，
然后每小時發動車子和開暖氣十五分鐘。
那樣才會盡可能維持熱度。
湯姆：好的，好主意。
蘇：我真希望我們沒上來，現在可能會待在這里好幾天。
湯姆：好幾天？
蘇：沒錯，這發生過。
大的暴風雪中會發生這種事，人會被困上好幾天。
湯姆：喔，天啊！還好我們有吃的。
蘇：我們可能還能存活。
不過先關掉車子約四十五分鐘，然后再發動。
湯姆：好，我照你的話做。