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
* H" v+ N0 d- U241. Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
5 M9 U5 y( b" y' P) s9 p        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。
9 E0 D$ o1 [) a  Q% y3 _4 q7 E243. 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。
- \+ z5 f8 U, {' B; [244. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
% K0 Z1 Q. ^3 c) w9 ?        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。
: d, _" ~3 ?3 t+ a1 ]6 f: I245. Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box.
. E* b. f; x( k( L9 Z4 `- G        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。
/ w: [  T/ j( e/ E7 z246. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
# L' q* v, D4 W6 B- n1 E        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.
8 M3 E8 K- ^+ L' M* g2 {( r        我的外甥乔治有一个储蓄罐，但总是空空的。
9 ]( ~& D' f4 e/ B2 Q248. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there.
# |$ [  g, x# e* I* N% V        我给了不少50便士的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。
% d6 H: R! h! ?: ]. U2 }249. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.
        昨天，我给了他50便士让存起来，
250. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
        却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。
: R2 z% m% @( t9 M. v1 ]5 n) z9 w251. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
& F, H7 ~: W) F' Q        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。
& A, }! K4 E3 G( k6 n) O/ f252. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.
        乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
2 x1 m$ o% j  y& s; z253. 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。
) Z% i8 T9 z# ?" s254. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck.
! O+ ]0 g; h: a" r" I  Z. `        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.
; q$ S4 y, E7 K4 g1 i8 ^        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
        不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，
6 n6 l2 Y8 q  t  W  e/ J257. because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.
0 e7 {  v: O# _7 M3 s        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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