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
  T0 r/ ^2 @6 O9 k; r" J; y241. Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
) y: g6 R4 U8 m' f3 S" l* n% M  L        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。
2 p* l+ j. z) |# ]7 l9 g243. 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。
, n- g5 E# r' ~6 Y! U6 o. P244. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
4 E- I) C" Q+ k4 n) X        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。
5 [+ ^+ }; g" Q" O( l245. 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。
: b4 k) g9 V: i247. My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty.
0 }6 c# ?8 Z( N& [' V2 `, ~        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/ l2 `, ]7 N& a6 V        我给了不少50便士的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。
' ]5 r2 U* s$ I! i, Q249. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.
( C) b% k7 B. b4 n# R( [+ z$ I% g2 y        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。
& m( m7 V$ L0 R8 N/ \5 F% Y! u251. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
* ^) p8 x, s! V4 @        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.
: U* x$ `# o/ G  [0 b. P* _" B/ K        乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
4 j  `& D9 a9 r' j( o% }' g# l253. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.
* S( ]% `( q1 s1 e5 \  b        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.
; `* k" e+ B3 a, y% {        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.
, {; A! n0 r% k) P* c4 d: U        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。
# I6 o0 N* h; {7 C256. George was not too upset by his experience
2 ~5 l* r9 Z) y% d' Z        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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