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.
# Q3 u2 {! \# M5 }& D: c        孩子们总是喜欢得到一些零花钱。
7 R' r8 a* `: B" b242. Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income.
: m6 f" H3 Y* w3 o# J        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, f) P( [. ]- C3 y/ i        对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。
0 n- `8 V1 k9 E244. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
4 J/ |* H$ D1 i% q  I  i        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.
- _7 `% `- n. M* z$ e6 j* ~9 ?        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。
0 Z7 m! K/ J. R1 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。
247. My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty.
0 Y$ Y) D% D: B/ \% O! Z& `/ [        我的外甥乔治有一个储蓄罐，但总是空空的。
248. 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。
6 J" r, L5 o) n( G, b* @; k249. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.
* j+ k: v& a# D" E% Q: a        昨天，我给了他50便士让存起来，
3 ^$ `2 u0 B# E( S, [250. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
) c! `& D0 w% y* ?# x1 d        却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。
. [1 v" Q: M$ a+ M2 m9 u251. 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。
7 G9 c4 o' K% M6 G7 l252. 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。
7 o" m" v! V7 z/ k$ r$ f% G253. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.
" b. w' F$ p" O; S- t4 @6 ^        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。
255. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
  G) \2 ]$ r8 @1 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。
+ f( p1 F- O) M7 B. U2 v4 o256. George was not too upset by his experience
7 J) ?; D+ ~* B; v8 I) o2 U        不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，
, P$ ~  Z* k7 w! o; Z( F257. because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.
1 y- g) r2 K7 l. u( f        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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