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.
: F7 D$ m+ Q# Z2 [: S: X        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.
9 R5 o( K9 [2 ^- Z        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.
/ @& H! F6 ~$ L        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.
        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.
6 `1 F0 o- P/ `3 Z, O$ r, t        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。
9 J7 q3 ~6 |" ]6 X6 _- F0 |246. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
) v2 O: c2 ?8 ?& }; O: b; w0 n& k        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。
! y7 u# e" V+ x6 F$ d247. My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty.
( ?7 A3 ]7 Z  u2 f7 P  P: U" C        我的外甥乔治有一个储蓄罐，但总是空空的。
. x; h! ^/ {7 w, o' W2 n1 [248. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there.
4 U7 c' V; K0 C( e+ H1 R6 O        我给了不少50便士的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。
) v) q6 B$ x  X1 k249. 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.
4 @+ e8 ^' S/ z4 ]7 V        却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。
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.
* @. J  ~) c( X4 [) V        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。
- x7 E) O: T0 a2 K253. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.
% ]* L1 T, P% ~; s( p) s5 D        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。
) W# d; }' s$ d' x6 B8 t7 K& d254. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck.
9 H2 x% P1 C. o1 Y+ e0 `. V' b        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。
, [; M" @7 K+ X# D9 y255. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
6 ^6 o$ M. c0 h5 z0 Y        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，
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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