Lesson 15

Fifty pence worth of trouble
五十便士的麻烦

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
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.


参考译文

孩子们总是喜欢得到一些零花钱。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。对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。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。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。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。
我的外甥乔治有一个储蓄罐，但总是空空的。我给了不少50便士的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。昨天，我给了他50便士让存起来，却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。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。乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。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。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。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。不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，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。


【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★appreciate
v. 欣赏，感激
The poem is too difficult for me to appreciate.
I appreciate your help. = be thankful/grateful to sb.

★pocket money
零用钱
beer money: 留给丈夫的零花钱
mad money: 女子留作应急之用的私房钱
green money: 美金
soft/folding money: 纸币，钞票
hard money: 硬币

★thrifty
adj. 节约的
同义词：economical,frugal

★nephew
n. 侄子，外甥

★bounce
v. 弹起，跳起
The coin was bounced.
同义词：jump(跳跃),leap(跃),hop(单足跳),spring(弹跳；n.弹簧),
skip(跳跃；略过)

★pavement
n. 人行道

★stick (stuck, stuck)
v. 卡住，夹住，不能再动
stick: 不能跳跃，卡住；坚持、粘贴
You must stick to your idea.
Stick the stamp on the envelop.
stick with: 忠实于...（＝be faithful to)
His arm was stuck.

★brigade
n. 旅，（消防）队
fire brigade;消防队
＝fire department
=fire station

★grease
n. 润滑油

【课文讲解】

Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
孩子们总是喜欢得到些零花钱
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. 为某人提供某物

a source of extra income
small gifts of money
pocket money
extra income

go a long way: 可买很多东西，维持很久
　　The money we have will go a long way.
go a long way towards : 对...大有帮助
　　This will go a long way towards overcoming the difficulty.

介词with和for的区别："对于...来说"
介词for…＂关于，对于...来说，考虑到...的事实＂
　　The weather is quite warm for November.
For him,this will be an entirely new hobby.
介词with…＂在某一方面" (多用于二者的比较）
　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便士的复数：pennies）
a fifty pence: 一个五十便士的硬币
a fifty penies: 五十一便士的硬币

exchange for: 换取，以...来交换
rattle: 叮当作响＝tinkle
roar: 呼啸（重点突出老虎、狮子等大动物的吼叫声）
shout at: 大喊大叫＝bark at
He is grunting. 咕咙的，哼哼唧唧的
slam: 砰的一声
fill up: 装满
(1)up…表示方向
　 to…目的地，说话者所在处
　 up to…表示到达目的地
　 towards …表示朝某个方向
She ran up to him.
She ran towards him.
(2) 表示沿着，走向更远的地方，侧重强调距离更远了
　　They walked up the street.
They children run up the garden path to greet their father.
(3) 系动词＋up …表示消费、摧毁、彻底，光，用完
　　Drink up your whisky.
Eat up your vegetable.
Finish it up.
burn up
use up
(4) 表示积存，从少到多，积小成多
　　We must lay up some boiled food for the winter.
=store up,hold up,gather up
(5) 表示从河的上游到下游，河流入口处以上到源头的某一点
　　They are sailing up the Thames.
The house is up the river.
(6) 动词＋up…表示包起来、封住、盖住
　　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 抵达，到达，找到自己的去处
　　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: 建议
advise sb.to do sth.:说服某人做某事（失败的结果）
persuade sb.to do sth.:说服某人做某事（成功的结果）
instead: 相反的是

fifty pence worth of trouble: 五十便士的麻烦

系列的动词构成平行结构take off ,rolled up, push
roll:(vi.)滚动(vt.)滚动
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 引导的插入语
　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:坚定的，稳固的（加强语气）

using…现在分词做状语，强调一种方式

rewarded...with: 用...来奖赏某人

【Special difficulties】 P72
Complete these sentences using the correct form of the following verbs: do, save, wind, sail, wrap, button, go, eat.
1 If I can _____ up enough money, I shall go abroad.
2 The steamboat _____ up the river.
3 It was very cold so I _____ up my coat before going out.
4 _____ up what is on your plate and I’ll give you some more.
5 I _____ up to a policeman and asked him the way to the station.
6 He _____ the fish up in a piece of newspaper.
7 My watch has stopped because I forgot to _____ it up.
8 It takes children a long time to learn how to _____ up their shoelaces.
注：shoelace：鞋带
Key:
1. save 2. sail 3. buttoned 4. eat 5. went (go up to sb 走到某人面前) 6. wrapped 7. wind 8. do

【Multiple choice questions】P72
Comprehension
1 What do most children do with the money they are given?
a. They put it in their pockets.
b. They wait until their money boxes are full before spending it.
c. They go straight to a sweet shop and spend it.
d. They spend a little of it on chocolate.
1. C

2 When the writer gave him fifty pence, George _____ .
a. did not hear the writer’s advice
b. decided that saving it was more trouble than it was worth
c. waited until the next day before deciding to spend it on sweets
d. set out for the sweet shop, but lost it on his way
2. D

3 Once the fire fighters had come to George’s rescue _____ .
a. George had his arm greased and was able to get it out of the drain
b. George took his fire fighters and got some chocolate at the sweet shop
c. the lady who had failed to rescue George gave him a box of chocolates
d. George was rewarded by the owner of the sweet shop for his trouble
have sth. done
get sth. out of 某物从某处取出来
3． A

Structure
4 Fifty pence is not _____ to pay for a bar of chocolate. (ll.6-7)
a. many b. much c. plenty d. big
4．B
plenty仅用于肯定句中
much 可用于肯定句，疑问句，否定句中

5 I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him he _____ it. (ll,9-10)
a. saves b. should save c. would save d. was saving
advise sb. to do sth.
advise sb. that...
that 引导的宾语从句中必须要出现should + 动词原形的虚拟结构
Eg.: I advise my students that they should read English for more than an hour.
6. B

6 He _____ to the sweet shop when he dropped his fifty pence. (ll.10-11)
a. had gone b. was going to go c. went d. was going
6. D
如果句中的when 表达的概念是“就在这时”、“恰恰这时”、“正当此时”，那么其前的主句结构往往采用进行时态
Eg.: I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry steele came in.(二册L11)

7 He could not find his fifty pence anywhere _____ get his arm out. (ll.12-13)
a. nor could he b. nor he could c. neither he could d. either he could not
“也不”：neither / nor (用于句首句子必须倒装)
7． A

8 A lady put _____ . (ll.13-14)
a. on his arm soap and butter b. his arm on soap and butter
c. soap and butter on his arm d. on his arm with soap and butter
8．C
put sth. + (prep.)

Vocabulary
9 With some children, small sums _____ . (ll.3-4)
a. last a long time b. are very durable c. have far to go d. gain in value
9. A
durable:持久的，耐久的

10 A crowd of people gathered _____ and a lady... (ll.13-14)
a. on a tour b. in turn c. in a circle d. in a cycle
10． C

in turn:轮流地
cycle:周期，循环
circle圆圈，环状物
draw a circle, the cycle of the seasons

11 George was _____ stuck. (l.14)
a. strictly b. well and truly c. hardly d. by no means
well and truly: completely (口语用法)
Tom was well and truly drund. Tom烂醉如泥。
hardly 几乎不
by no means 无论如何决不
（in no way, on no account, in no sense）
11．B

12 George was not too _____ by his experience. (l.15)
a. moved b. distressed c. excited d. embarrassed
12.B
moved 移动，打动
excited 激动
embarrassed 窘迫
Eg.: They look at each other embarrassed. 他们困窘地互相注视对方。
distressed 使难过，使悲伤
Eg.: Please don’t distress yourself. 请你不要再忧愁了。
He was most distressed to hear the sad news.他听到这悲伤的消息时十分地难过。