新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课15

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课文15  五十便士的麻烦
4 E' Z3 ^+ y% |0 _1 D/ n8 E( o( H3 \241. Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
0 h  ?# M; _6 \9 d: c        孩子们总是喜欢得到一些零花钱。
242. Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income.
" n4 _) l. P: i7 a3 Y1 e        爸爸妈妈当然经常给孩子零花钱，但是，叔舅婶姨也是孩子们额外收入来源。
243. With some children, small sums go a long way.
        对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。
* s/ f+ j7 G7 F5 p. F244. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
- I: l! g" a- a        如果50便士不拿来换糖吃，则可以放在储蓄罐里叮当响上好几月。
1 w# l% _. e5 e8 E: x245. Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box.
        但是能把储蓄罐装满的只有屈指可数的几个特别节俭的孩子。
246. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
' [" N* s1 N! r. k8 L; y2 ~; p        对大部分孩子来说，用50便士来买一大块好的巧克力，是算不了什么的。
% u+ K& s( M6 i! ^- m8 s5 B" p247. My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty.
1 T3 B( i( u% M! Z        我的外甥乔治有一个储蓄罐，但总是空空的。
6 x, _1 i- v8 X; T  b3 }. k248. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there.
        我给了不少50便士的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。
249. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.
  L" v/ b" c  m7 u. a' L        昨天，我给了他50便士让存起来，
250. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
. Q2 C5 ^$ j) E! a        却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。
251. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
2 t' ?1 A. r/ n$ |4 z5 D+ B! l        在他去糖果店的路上，50便士掉在地上，在人行道上跳了几下，掉进了阴沟里。
252. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.
. J' q. f% d) _7 b; q2 a  L( f$ s        乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
# ^+ g8 x4 g4 M4 X' r253. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.
2 o1 J5 M1 F$ K        但他摸了半天也没找到那50便士硬币，他的胳膊反倒退不出来了。
- p. ~0 p: u$ t! A254. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck.
        这时在他周围上了许多人，一位女士在乔治胳膊上抹了肥皂，黄油，但乔治的胳膊仍然卡得紧紧的。
255. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
        有人打电话叫来消防队，两位消防队员使用了一种特殊的润滑剂才使乔治得以解脱。
256. George was not too upset by his experience
/ Y3 d& h% w) ~, ^" V        不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，
257. because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.
        因为糖果店老板娘听说了他遇到的麻烦后，赏给他一大盒巧克力。

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