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.
        孩子们总是喜欢得到一些零花钱。
% m9 h- M8 ?1 x; s9 V242. 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。
244. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
8 g/ B/ m0 P- ~7 x# l1 |1 |* ^- B        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。
& m7 j4 \# a5 f5 T8 C245. 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。
5 R5 {3 V: o# h' 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。
' D7 u( P, @/ ?* z8 h247. 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.
+ q# a# J  C4 l  C+ ^" X        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.
# ~* {/ u% a! X8 o! j' t        昨天，我给了他50便士让存起来，
' i  J2 U% e6 O4 L250. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
        却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。
% }( B  U& D% U  r251. 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。
7 O$ ^5 G0 H. H: g* \; @. F- `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。
- H% }& a: w% a5 @+ D- }. x. e253. 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.
& H& u: N9 j. }* C        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。
3 u5 z1 c; ?% G& @: O* [$ U255. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
8 E  ^/ z0 T- B% j        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。
6 Z5 Q- s% k: z4 |/ i. K* @' i256. George was not too upset by his experience
1 L# s( n4 x' j; G0 h& R        不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，
) D) L$ G, s( m6 z3 g+ _8 j257. because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.
& S, v6 P# Q! ?  X        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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