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.
) `' u% Y8 S3 N5 y% L        孩子们总是喜欢得到一些零花钱。
7 o! B1 G1 G5 v7 P5 h9 J9 ]7 `242. Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income.
6 L8 R$ H2 x2 Y- r        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。
8 n3 c3 L8 q" J  m# o* s0 c243. With some children, small sums go a long way.
# _- \, I6 W5 e5 M) B        对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。
2 n7 W7 L' R4 M% ^: w/ L) b7 z# p244. 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。
1 d! S* q; D8 b$ j5 G0 l" ]7 ?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。
* i% M* Z4 _1 w246. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
+ g5 k: K- n7 j% q+ [( y        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。
$ C. q1 D( w8 ^- Z/ M# d/ j247. My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty.
. e: E+ P2 r/ A) H7 e4 n        我的外甥乔治有一个储蓄罐，但总是空空的。
6 ]! b4 \, H# r248. 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。
5 T7 m# L  i* p249. 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.
' \7 F# V1 c' @6 V# r( B( F, A        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.
& s. G2 X! g& W7 b8 T        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。
# w+ d$ \+ _* \2 o9 }252. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.
9 F) C* d; D  _! Q        乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
; i' N; _# Z4 ?' y3 A253. 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.
4 g- Y. p8 i9 g+ b* F0 j        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。
" n# {+ v  ~# L255. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
; W0 S7 Z# D! V        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 P) M6 w! v* L9 D$ D# W4 e256. George was not too upset by his experience
        不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，
9 M! A% \9 t% L257. because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.
7 ^$ p9 m! I" ?% ?$ Y+ Z, _        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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