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
; k( _1 W" z) ]" K( w* e9 L2 |3 [241. Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
# `$ E" Q, X6 y' }" A% d1 s2 a/ D        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.
) l( M5 B3 s2 J3 X        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 B/ J0 K& A( y- `6 R' p& j243. With some children, small sums go a long way.
) W1 O: B6 N+ M        对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。
244. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
/ x& K6 u% d1 d2 h# I5 {        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。
. [8 c! [, q' M5 g246. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
0 e+ A/ z* w/ ^1 y' V  K% 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。
2 A1 U$ r$ _# S247. My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty.
" d0 Y  w# H& M, N4 z+ ?  N# C        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.
, s* [# |* S+ H# T2 S/ H4 H7 X        我给了不少50便士的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。
0 N5 R7 P( e( S, [0 l249. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.
* E" `- g! @6 q7 L4 x        昨天，我给了他50便士让存起来，
9 Q: J9 n  q2 |0 h& r7 W250. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
' g/ S9 v* T9 u1 C( v8 t+ R* K1 S        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.
        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.
  |9 _# f6 ?/ P9 l2 o        乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
) E( e- h5 a- _- q% @! v% `" \253. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.
9 r. d& ?. ?( c+ W& V' [; P        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.
0 M, m1 b8 j3 W* m- 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。
, |5 H  r- @0 I" e+ [( j$ b( A255. 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。
% |" D' V8 s6 }. t$ |256. George was not too upset by his experience
' \2 f0 l. d; n. M# V* g, P7 ~9 h7 d        不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，
257. because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.
        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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