关于账单的英语经典短文阅读:Provider Overbills Customer
编者按：在英语学习中，培养良好的自学能力和阅读能力是非常重要的。以下是一篇关于账单的英语短文阅读，很适合初中生，欢迎阅读!
Provider Overbills Customer
Simon got a monthly bill that he didn’t like.
西蒙得到了一个他不喜欢的月账单。
His Internet service provider, Wink, automatically withdrew $15 from his checking account each month.
他的互联网服务提供商Wink，每月自动从他的支票账户中收取15美元。
This was called direct payment.
这叫做直接付款。
It made things simpler for him because it meant one less check to write each month.
这让事情变得简单了，因为它意味着每个月少写一张支票。
In fact, Simon had direct payments with his gas company, his phone company, and his electric company.
事实上，西蒙与他的煤气公司、电话公司以及电力公司都通过直接付款缴费。
So that was four fewer checks that he had to write each month.
所以他每个月要写的支票就少了四张。
This month, instead of $15, Wink had withdrawn $75.
这个月，Wink收取了75美元而不是15美元。
Simon went online and looked at his account.
西蒙上网查看他的账户。
Part of the increase was because he had switched from a slow dial-up connection to a fast DSL connection.
一部分增加的原因是他从慢速拨号连接转向了快速DSL连接。
Wink charged him $45 just to make that switch. Wink
向他收取的45美元是转换费。
Simon thought that this charge in itself was ridiculous.
西蒙认为这个收费本质上就是荒谬的。
It probably took them about five seconds to make the switch.
他转换成DSL链接大约只有5秒。
But any time a corporation can gouge you, they will.
但是一个公司只要有机会可以骗取到你的钱，他们就会做。
In addition to the $45, Wink had charged him $15 for his dial-up account, but had also charged him $15 for his DSL account.
除了这45美元外，Wink还向他收取了15美元的拨号账户费用，但还收取了15美元的DSL账户费用。
This was a double-charge, since a computer uses dial-up or DSL, but not both.
这是双重收费，因为一台电脑使用拨号连接或者是DSL，但是不会同时使用。
We’ll see about this, Simon thought, as he searched for Wink’s 800 number.
西蒙在搜索Wink的800个号码的同时，他想，我们会跟进这件事的。
重点知识讲解
【相关句型辨识】
故事中反复出现的一个词 “charge”, 作为动词时译为“索取费用;充电;控告等”，作为名词时译为“费用;电荷;掌管;控告等”
常见的用法有：
1. in charge (of)... 负责、掌管某事
如：Who is in charge of this work?
谁负责这项工作?
2. charge...for... 因某事索要某物(钱)
We don’t charge anything for our service.
我们不收服务费。
知识讲解老师：Linda
公众号：小橙少儿英语
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