Andy Burnham has said he is angry with water companies for treating their customers as a “bottomless source of funding” after more than a dozen firms were given the green light to raise bills even higher.(安迪·伯纳姆表示，他对水务公司感到愤怒，因为它们在十多家公司获准进一步提高账单后，将客户视为“无底线的资金来源”。)
安迪·伯纳姆表示，他对水务公司感到愤怒，因为它们在十多家公司获准进一步提高账单后，将客户视为“无底线的资金来源”。
The prime minister said the companies must not be allowed to treat bill payers(账单支付者，缴费用户) like a “blank cheque(空白支票，无限制的授权)”, after Ofwat, the regulator(监管机构), approved proposals for billions of pounds of spending on repairs and infrastructure.
首相表示，在监管机构 Ofwat 批准了数十亿英镑的维修和基础设施支出提案后，绝不允许水务公司将缴费者当作“空白支票”。
Five companies – Southern Water, Thames Water, Severn Trent, Wessex Water and South East Water – will be allowed to increase bills more than originally planned before the end of the decade to allow for(考虑到，为……留出余地) the extra spending. The remainder(剩余部分，其余的人) will add the costs to bills in the 2030s.
五家公司——南方水务、泰晤士水务、塞文特伦特、韦塞克斯水务和东南水务——将被允许在本十年末之前将账单提高到超出原计划的程度，以支付额外支出。其余公司将在2030年代将成本计入账单。