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.
( P6 j: L( @% }; K8 j0 o        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。
& N- ~- B& h* u8 T  J6 Z243. With some children, small sums go a long way.
* R# w1 ?: }3 z. J  W; m        对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。
% q9 g/ p+ j# s% d; H+ W244. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
( _3 K  H0 w/ a: ^. g# z, f! o        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 c) Q, E0 }& A1 ]. S& S, ~9 r3 A7 [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。
+ V; ]2 k) r, `: n246. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
/ w4 B: b; j7 M4 ~4 [2 J; V6 }) E        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。
; D9 h$ d' Q3 g2 f0 X247. 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。
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。
) R  d2 Z- {2 i0 }: a+ @- e& T7 l0 P249. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.
+ b, ^0 l4 d5 u  F. v        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。
1 u' C: q: \' T$ M: n251. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
3 x0 J# [% B( B4 u. i7 ]/ G        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.
/ Y2 x! T) _. Y9 J9 b        乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
253. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.
. T% O( C9 ]: h" H  o        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.
; W0 Z0 d9 Q  r        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。
6 \2 s& g, _: |0 i255. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
  n" \! x% M* B8 e" 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。
256. George was not too upset by his experience
8 O7 M* j; X9 P% {        不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，
' C+ S) m- H  _6 o6 r; x257. because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.
* U- y7 A3 N  k0 N        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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