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.
' |" Q7 Q1 g( L* w        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。
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。
1 R/ A# }3 _! x. k, T244. 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。
( R5 L, a# v+ m, r" O% j8 X: x) s  R246. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
9 U7 ^, \% [: e% V5 I2 i( L0 c        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。
1 F; T/ i$ c, s$ r/ O! L9 o248. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there.
7 I" v4 E5 v) Q- z! l4 C8 C9 W        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.
$ i; U3 E8 |8 L' @2 d! s        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/ Y9 R, b1 S/ ^* C# C251. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
# H1 |+ s: u+ v- A2 I6 x        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。
9 p! V) T9 O9 \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 [% t' v% o" W8 P253. 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。
0 [$ E7 a( f$ u2 Z8 ~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。
255. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
0 p/ ]8 l7 S) y* `% Z0 x5 ~) x# G        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。
/ v9 z  h. Z6 b7 E/ R# x- B9 w256. George was not too upset by his experience
        不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，
, j7 R4 K, n: J1 h& ?2 e3 c257. because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.
2 l) T( a/ _* Q) X$ f# M" z: C        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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