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
2 Y8 K# X/ s5 O" N241. Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
        孩子们总是喜欢得到一些零花钱。
) Z6 M4 h  D3 H2 s6 B242. 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。
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。
; t5 f3 z8 y+ _2 \& h6 n244. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
) `  a5 R5 B) G" K, x( M        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。
* w9 ?+ M# m/ e; p* M$ c246. 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.
. l* N- U4 x4 o" m% U5 y        我给了不少50便士的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。
# A, w: F$ i# T, g6 U# X249. 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。
* x! m4 B4 z  R% i  E& Y251. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
        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.
        乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
8 E6 s7 r3 b8 l3 v- F253. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.
$ n1 g: o6 f1 |3 n/ k$ S        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。
1 @) q5 Z6 x. b$ {; x  Q254. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck.
2 A! B2 O7 m& X; ^: d) i# N: 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% t, e, e* W& F. ]" M1 l        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。
% E* z$ S+ Y: Z' @256. George was not too upset by his experience
6 d8 {/ P+ z9 _        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.
0 M# {  v6 F+ j0 \) _3 `        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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