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.
  `8 k7 a: Z6 [3 U1 z* M! s' w4 i        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.
) R& T3 H$ I1 W        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.
# l! U1 H- N. Y' b# t! R6 ~  Q        对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。
( |: C: n* u# B9 w& @+ X& |0 u244. 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。
6 p( y0 Y$ c, {' I3 L+ 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。
3 k2 I8 Y9 r8 O) c, v& ?5 J5 t2 T247. 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。
9 Z, d8 J: Q  R' O+ ]- o6 L248. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there.
        我给了不少50便士的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。
1 Q) }5 z" J) m249. 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.
+ v+ e4 V2 X/ D1 i. a        却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。
8 b: E+ X, H3 K9 R* |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.
        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。
/ K- q: F  E8 ~8 ?+ _  H$ b252. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.
. W3 Z9 t2 ~- E( p        乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
3 |! q' w- q7 X253. 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。
" l$ h2 i3 o' }9 S: @! g) l1 l  w255. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
        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。
1 I2 a+ r$ b1 Z256. George was not too upset by his experience
2 ^1 k* @' K/ m! h9 O        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.
, _$ }9 T2 \: o% j0 V5 ]4 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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