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Lesson 15
Fifty pence worth of trouble
Children always appreciate small gifts of money. Father, of course, provides a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income. With some children, small sums go a long way. If sixpences are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes. Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box. For most of them, sixpence is a small price to pay a satisfying bar of chocolate.
My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty. Very few of the sixpences I have given him have found their way there. I gave him sixpence yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead he bought himself sixpence worth of trouble. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his sixpences and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed is right arm through the drain cover. He could not find his sixpences anywhere, and what is more, he could no get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighter freed George using a special type of grease. 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.
New words and expressions
生词和短语
appreciate
v. 欣赏，感激
pocket money
零用钱
thrifty
adj. 节约的
nephew
n. 侄子，外甥
bounce
v. 弹起，跳起
pavement
n. 人行道
stick (stuck, stuck)
v. 卡住，夹住，不能再动
brigade
n. 旅，（消防）队
grease
n. 润滑油
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