Lesson 15
Fifty pence worth of trouble
五十便士的麻煩
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽(tīng)錄音,然后回答以下問(wèn)題。
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 is 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.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
appreciate
v. 欣賞,感激
pocket money
零用錢(qián)
thrifty
adj. 節(jié)約的
nephew
n. 侄子,外甥
bounce
v. 彈起,跳起
pavement
n. 人行道
stick (stuck, stuck)
v. 卡住,夾住,不能再動(dòng)
brigade
n. 旅,(消防)隊(duì)
grease
n. 潤(rùn)滑油
孩子們總是喜歡得到一些零花錢(qián)。爸爸媽媽當(dāng)然經(jīng)常給孩子零花錢(qián),但是,叔舅嬸姨也是孩子們額外收入來(lái)源。對(duì)于有些孩子來(lái)說(shuō),少量的錢(qián)可以花很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間。 如果50便士不拿來(lái)?yè)Q糖吃,則可以放在儲(chǔ)蓄罐里叮當(dāng)響上好幾月。但是能把儲(chǔ)蓄罐裝滿的只有屈指可數(shù)的幾個(gè)特別節(jié)儉的孩子。對(duì)大部分孩子來(lái)說(shuō),用50便士來(lái) 買(mǎi)一大塊好的巧克力,是算不了什么的。 我的外甥喬治有一個(gè)儲(chǔ)蓄罐,但總是空空的。我給了不少50便士的硬幣,但沒(méi)有幾個(gè)存到儲(chǔ)蓄罐里。昨天,我給了他50便士讓存起來(lái),卻拿這錢(qián)給自己買(mǎi)了50 便士的麻煩。在他去糖果店的路上,50便士掉在地上,在人行道上跳了幾下,掉進(jìn)了陰溝里。喬治脫掉外套,卷起袖子,將右胳膊伸進(jìn)了陰溝蓋。但他摸了半天也 沒(méi)找到那50便士硬幣,他的胳膊反倒退不出來(lái)了。這時(shí)在他周圍上了許多人,一位女士在喬治胳膊上抹了肥皂,黃油,但喬治的胳膊仍然卡得緊緊的。有人打電話 叫來(lái)消防隊(duì),兩位消防隊(duì)員使用了一種特殊的潤(rùn)滑劑才使喬治得以解脫。不過(guò),此事并沒(méi)使喬治過(guò)于傷心,因?yàn)樘枪昀习迥锫?tīng)說(shuō)了他遇到的麻煩后,賞給他一大盒 巧克力。
★appreciate
v. 欣賞,感激
The poem is too difficult for me to appreciate.
I appreciate your help. = be thankful/grateful to sb.
★pocket money
零用錢(qián)
beer money: 留給丈夫的零花錢(qián)
mad money: 女子留作應(yīng)急之用的私房錢(qián)
green money: 美金
soft/folding money: 紙幣,鈔票
hard money: 硬幣
★thrifty
adj. 節(jié)約的
同義詞:economical,frugal
★nephew
n. 侄子,外甥
★bounce
v. 彈起,跳起
The coin was bounced.
同義詞:jump(跳躍),leap(躍),hop(單足跳),spring(彈跳;n.彈簧),
skip(跳躍;略過(guò))
★pavement
n. 人行道
★stick (stuck, stuck)
v. 卡住,夾住,不能再動(dòng)
stick: 不能跳躍,卡??;堅(jiān)持、粘貼
You must stick to your idea.
Stick the stamp on the envelop.
stick with: 忠實(shí)于...(=be faithful to)
His arm was stuck.
★brigade
n. 旅,(消防)隊(duì)
fire brigade;消防隊(duì)
=fire department
=fire station
★grease
n. 潤(rùn)滑油
Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
孩子們總是喜歡得到些零花錢(qián)
Husbands always appreciate small gifts of beer money.
provide a regular supply of ... 定期地提供
provide sth.for sb/provide sb.with sth. 為某人提供某物
a source of extra income
small gifts of money
pocket money
extra income
go a long way: 可買(mǎi)很多東西,維持很久
The money we have will go a long way.
go a long way towards : 對(duì)...大有幫助
This will go a long way towards overcoming the difficulty.
介詞with和for的區(qū)別:"對(duì)于...來(lái)說(shuō)"
介詞for…"關(guān)于,對(duì)于...來(lái)說(shuō),考慮到...的事實(shí)"
The weather is quite warm for November.
For him,this will be an entirely new hobby.
介詞with…"在某一方面" (多用于二者的比較)
With some people,pleasure is more important than work.
Some people may accept that excuse,but it won't work with me.
pence: 便士(penny便士的復(fù)數(shù):pennies)
a fifty pence: 一個(gè)五十便士的硬幣
a fifty penies: 五十一便士的硬幣
exchange for: 換取,以...來(lái)交換
rattle: 叮當(dāng)作響=tinkle
roar: 呼嘯(重點(diǎn)突出老虎、獅子等大動(dòng)物的吼叫聲)
shout at: 大喊大叫=bark at
He is grunting. 咕嚨的,哼哼唧唧的
slam: 砰的一聲
fill up: 裝滿
(1)up…表示方向
to…目的地,說(shuō)話者所在處
up to…表示到達(dá)目的地
towards …表示朝某個(gè)方向
She ran up to him.
She ran towards him.
(2) 表示沿著,走向更遠(yuǎn)的地方,側(cè)重強(qiáng)調(diào)距離更遠(yuǎn)了
They walked up the street.
They children run up the garden path to greet their father.
(3) 系動(dòng)詞+up …表示消費(fèi)、摧毀、徹底,光,用完
Drink up your whisky.
Eat up your vegetable.
Finish it up.
burn up
use up
(4) 表示積存,從少到多,積小成多
We must lay up some boiled food for the winter.
=store up,hold up,gather up
(5) 表示從河的上游到下游,河流入口處以上到源頭的某一點(diǎn)
They are sailing up the Thames.
The house is up the river.
(6) 動(dòng)詞+up…表示包起來(lái)、封住、蓋住
button up save up
wrap up wash up
lock up do up
fasten up
fifty pence is small prive=fifty pence is not much to pay
s small price= not much money :并不是很多
For him,two thousand dollars is small priceto pay for it.
For me,five hundred yuan is not a small price to pay for a bicycle.
find their way there = reach 抵達(dá),到達(dá),找到自己的去處
Rivers find their way to the sea.
How did such a foolish statement find its way into print.
All my books have already found their way there.
advise: 建議
advise sb.to do sth.:說(shuō)服某人做某事(失敗的結(jié)果)
persuade sb.to do sth.:說(shuō)服某人做某事(成功的結(jié)果)
instead: 相反的是
fifty pence worth of trouble: 五十便士的麻煩
系列的動(dòng)詞構(gòu)成平行結(jié)構(gòu)take off ,rolled up, push
roll:(vi.)滾動(dòng)(vt.)滾動(dòng)
The pencil rolled under the table
He rolled the ball towards the puppy.
roll up: 卷起,挽起
We will need to roll up the carpet.
what 引導(dǎo)的插入語(yǔ)
What is more important.
What is worse.
What is more.
What is rare.
gather round :聚在里面
rubbed his arm with sth.: 用...涂抹
firmly:堅(jiān)定的,穩(wěn)固的(加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣)
using…現(xiàn)在分詞做狀語(yǔ),強(qiáng)調(diào)一種方式
rewarded...with: 用...來(lái)獎(jiǎng)賞某人
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1.(c)
2.(d)
3.(a) have sth.done get sth.out of
4.(b) plenty僅用于肯定句中
5.(b) advise sb.to do sth.
advise sb.that...
that引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句必須要出現(xiàn)should+動(dòng)詞原形的虛擬結(jié)構(gòu)
I advise my students that they should read English for mroe than an hour.
6.(d)
如果句中的when表達(dá)的概念是"就在這時(shí)"、"恰恰這時(shí)"、"正當(dāng)此時(shí)"、 那么其前的主句結(jié)構(gòu)往往采用進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)
doning sth. ... when
7.(a) "也不": neither/nor(用于句首句子必須倒裝)
8.(c) put sth.+(prep.)
9.(a)
durable: 持久的,耐久的
10.(c)
in turn :輪流地
cycle: 周期循環(huán)
circle: 圓圈,環(huán)狀物
draw a circle,the cycle of the seasons
11.(b) well and truly: completely
Tom was well and truly drunk.
by no means: 無(wú)論如何決不
(in no way,on no account,in no sense)
12.(b)
They look at each other embarrassed
Please don't distress yourself.
He was most distressed to hear the sad news.