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Did George get anything for his fifty pence? What?
Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
= Children always appreciate pocket money as small gifts.孩子们总是喜欢得到些零花钱
-- Husbands always appreciate small gifts of beer money.
Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and aunts
are always a source of extra income.
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
-- The villagers provided a regular supply of food for the soldiers.
= The villagers provided the soldiers with a regular supply of food
small gifts of money, pocket money, extra income 都表示零花钱。
作者在两段话里三处用了零花钱, 是为了让读者能够抓住主题。
写作时要避免使用相同的词汇。
With some children, small sums go a long way.
此句暗含：with other children, small sums can’t go a long way.
go a long way 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.（overcome vt.战胜, 克服）
介词with和for的区别：
For(介词)：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.
With(介词)：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.
If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
Pence 便士（penny, pennies都是pence的复数：）
a fifty pence 一个五十便士的硬币
fifty pennies 五十一便士的硬币
exchange for 换取, 以...来交换
-- The little boy exchanged his pen for candy.（candy n.糖果, 冰糖）
rattle vt.(拟声词) 叮当作响 = tinkle（vi, vt (使)发玎玲声, (使)发出玎当声）
roar 呼啸（重点突出老虎、狮子等大动物的吼叫声）
-- The car roar by me. / Listen, a lion is roaring.
shout at 大喊大叫 = bark at
grunt vi.(猪等)作呼噜声vt.咕哝着说出
-- He is grunting.（adj.咕咙的, 哼哼唧唧的）
slam v.砰地关上, 砰地放下
Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box.
fill up 装满
1>up：表示方向
up to（表示到达目的地） -- She ran up to him. 她跑到他面前。
Towards（表示朝某个方向） -- She ran towards him. 她向他跑去。
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. 他们沿着街道走远了。
-- 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. 完成它 / burn up烧光 / use up用光
4> 表示积存, 从少到多, 积小成多
-- We must lay up some boiled food for the winter.
Lay up贮存 = store up储藏, hold up, gather up收集起
5> 表示从河的下游到上游, 河流入口处以上到源头的某一点
-- They are sailing up the Thames. 他们正沿着泰晤士河而上。
-- The house is up the river. 这个房子在河的上游。
6> 动词+up（表示包起来、封住、盖住）
-- button up扣上纽扣（-- button your coat up 把外衣的纽扣扣上）
-- wrap up 包裹起来（wrap up the shoes with newspaper 用报纸把鞋子包起来）
-- lock up 锁起来（lock the house up 用锁把房子锁起来）
-- fasten up 拴紧, 钉牢, 锁牢 / save up 储蓄, 贮存
-- wash up 洗涤餐具, 洗手洗脸, 把…冲上岸 / do up 重新整修, 包好
For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
fifty pence is small price to pay = fifty pence is not much to pay
a small price = not much money 并不是很多
-- For him two thousand dollars is small price to pay for it.
-- For me five hundred Yuan is not a small price to pay for a bicycle.
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.
pound coin n.1英镑硬币
find their way there = reach 抵达, 到达, 找到自己的去处
find one’s way into/to…
-- Rivers find their way to the sea.
-- How did such a foolish statement find its way into print? 这样愚蠢的话怎么会被印出来了？
-- All my books have already found their way there.
I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it.
advise sb to do sth 说服某人做某事（结果是失败的）
persuade sb to do sth 说服某人做某事（结果是成功的）
Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
instead（adv.代替）相反的是…
fifty pence worth of trouble 五十便士的麻烦
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.
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(vi.) under the table.
-- He rolled(vt.) the ball towards the puppy.（puppy n.(常指未满一岁的)小狗, 小动物）
roll up 卷起, 挽起
-- We will need to roll up the carpet.
He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could no get his arm
out.
what 引导的插入语
What is more important. 更重要的是 / What is worse. 更糟糕的是
What is more. 更有甚者 / What is rare. 更罕见的是
-- He went to the meeting, and what is worse, insisted on speaking.
-- He is an interesting speaker, and what is more important, he knows his subject thoroughly.
他是一个有风趣的演说者，更重要的是他对他的话题了如指掌
A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but
George was firmly stuck.
gather round… 聚在…周围
rubbed his arm with… 用...涂抹在胳膊上
firmly adv.稳固的, 坚定的（加强语气）
The fire brigade was called and two fire fighter freed George using a special type of grease.
Using… 现在分词做状语（强调一种方式）
fire fighter n.救火队员
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.
Rewarded sb with… 用...来奖赏某人
