第15课

旁白 neutral

Children always appreciate small gifts of money.

孩子们总是喜欢收到小额的零用钱。

旁白 neutral

Mum or dad, of course, provides a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income.

当然，爸爸妈妈会定期地给零花钱，但叔叔阿姨们总是额外的收入来源。

旁白 neutral

With some children, small sums go a long way.

对有些孩子来说，小数目也能派上大用场。

旁白 neutral

If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.

如果五十便士没有换成糖果，它们就会在钱箱里叮当响上好几个月。

旁白 neutral

Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box.

只有非常节俭的孩子才能把钱箱装满。

旁白 neutral

For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.

对于他们中的大多数人来说，五十便士买一大块美味的巧克力是很划算的。

旁白 neutral

My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty.

我的侄子乔治有一个钱箱，但它总是空的。

旁白 neutral

Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there.

我给他的五十便士硬币和英镑硬币很少有能存到那里的。

旁白 neutral

I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.

昨天我给了他五十便士，并建议他存起来。

旁白 neutral

Instead, he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.

结果，他却给自己买来了五十便士的麻烦。

旁白 neutral

On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.

在去糖果店的路上，他把五十便士掉了，它沿着人行道跳动，然后掉进了一个下水道。

旁白 neutral

George took off his jacket,

乔治脱下他的夹克，

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rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.

卷起袖子，把右臂伸进了下水道盖子。

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He could not find his 50 pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.

他到处都找不到他的五十便士硬币，更糟的是，他抽不出他的胳膊了。

旁白 neutral

A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck.

一群人围在他周围，一位女士用肥皂和黄油擦他的胳膊，但乔治被牢牢地卡住了。

旁白 neutral

The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.

消防队被叫来了，两名消防队员用一种特殊的润滑脂把乔治解救了出来。

旁白 neutral

George was not too upset by his experience because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.

乔治并没有因为这次经历而太难过，因为糖果店的老板娘听说了他的麻烦，并奖励了他一大盒巧克力。