NCE-III 第15课 -请大家指正(01/07/2009）

Lesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.



Did George get anything for his fifty pence? What?

Children always appreciate small gifts of money. Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and ants are always a source of extra income. With some children, small sums go a long way. If fifty pence pieces 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, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.

My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover. He could not find his fifty pence piece 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 large box of chocolates.

Thank you for listening, any comments are welcomed!

不知道为什么，昨天不能上网，所以不能回一些朋友的帖子，非常抱歉。

这篇还是不是特别满意，可是自己总是控制不好，比如说，WAS CALLED， 我知道应该是用升调，可是读着读着，就回到原来的样子了。真不知怎么办才好。 反正录的音每一篇中，要不觉得这个地方不好，要不觉得那个地方不行，这精读真的是非常难，但绝对是会受益最大。真希望自己能真正的做到。