情景对话
(Elaine arrives at the gas station and waits.)

Elain: Why am I always waiting? If I'm late for work, the boss will be really ticked off!

(there's an open gas pump for Elaine)

Attendant: How much would you like, ma'am?

Elain: Fill'er up, ASAP! I'm late, and my car's low on gas.

Attendant: Sure, ma'am. But where's your gas cap?

Elain: Don't YOU know? You're the gas pumper!

Attendant: Lady, the PC term is petroleum chemical engineer, thank you.

Elain: I should have known that?
词汇注释
★ be ticked off 生气，恼火

★pump (n.) 泵，此处的gas pump指‘加油机’

★ attendant (n.) ﹝加油站的）服务员

★ fill'er up 把车子的油加满；完整句子是fill her up，通常美语中会用her当作车子的代名词，而fill up是装满的意思。fill'er up常用于加油站会话之中

★ ASAP 越快越好；这个字是as soon as possible的缩写

★ cap (n.) 盖子

★ PC (a.) 政治正确的，没歧视意思的

★ petroleum (n.) 石油
参考译文
(伊莲到了加油站并在一旁等着)

伊　莲：为什么我总是得等？如果我上班迟到，老板肯定会气死！

（轮到伊莲到加油机前加油）

加油工：小姐，请问你要加多少钱的油？

伊　莲：加满，越快越好！我迟到了，而且我的车子快没油了!

加油工：好的，小姐。但你的油箱盖在哪？

伊　莲：你不知道？你是加油工耶！

加油工：小姐，请用不歧视的措词：石化工程师，谢谢。

伊　莲：我应该知道这样的说法吗？