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
/ }- E  v  X1 Z- G2 V241. Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
        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.
# v; {; a2 V) T; g. v" k        对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。
. Y/ z- u, a5 m244. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
4 q/ b7 R" O  D/ a        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。
0 V* D0 p. c" J( |( u5 E; Q245. 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。
7 x7 A  ?' m5 t) V; P/ q246. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
6 ^1 o4 F4 s: P( a( }, ?        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。
! P% Z$ }' a' ]" A/ O; N247. 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。
& K2 K" w6 w( P; E  f248. 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。
249. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.
) @% _: }  a6 a+ ^  R" |. D# C2 H        昨天，我给了他50便士让存起来，
250. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
& I8 f2 i, D* C: o  z; x1 J" f        却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。
7 t: D' W2 T6 v* j$ Z251. 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。
252. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.
$ z( F' G  R2 R: ^1 V        乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
& V) B3 |7 x' \) y- ]' t) b253. 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.
' K. K, {: P: 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。
+ k0 x1 T' L: K' v  i# }255. 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。
% o+ C6 u+ n+ I( @6 X256. George was not too upset by his experience
        不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，
. |7 }3 M. A* Z: y: C  {257. because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.
7 C0 o3 }. y9 S* W! J2 a        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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& \! Q9 [6 t5 m& x. w; q* @知道在哪可以下载美音版的新概念第二册和第三册吗？