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
241. Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
. D2 C* u' C% [6 s+ a        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.
        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。
' h. _# V) ^+ n2 @4 |243. With some children, small sums go a long way.
& e6 P7 X) m5 q        对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。
9 O5 D, G0 n7 M6 ^: m3 _' R244. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
        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。
245. 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.
        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。
247. My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty.
        我的外甥乔治有一个储蓄罐，但总是空空的。
248. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there.
+ ]$ P; L$ `' ^' M/ E/ m        我给了不少50便士的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。
$ m( O, l$ ^9 f6 D: f) c249. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.
5 J# @9 b4 E8 _0 K; d6 o# p5 ^% I        昨天，我给了他50便士让存起来，
( n" F* f9 @! C7 [+ g7 D! a250. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
; k3 d( P8 [- b, J9 M        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.
. ~" o& Z- L' ]+ S        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。
7 J: g! x  F/ m5 d: i, c252. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.
: x: g4 v, F: `) S: ]0 o4 G9 {        乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
/ j% n* n$ Z( C$ V: H253. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.
        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。
254. 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。
+ t" V* m+ p6 G! q255. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
$ A/ ^3 L- U# t# m        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。
* r+ z; ~! j* U256. George was not too upset by his experience
8 ^& m; l: j3 P! V, d        不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，
- i  ?4 O: [* @; U8 c1 m3 z257. 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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