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L15-1：Fifty pence worth of trouble

Children always appreciate small gifts of money.

Mum or dad,

of course,

provide 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 50 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,

50 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 50 pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there.

I gave him 50 pence yesterday and advised him to save it.

Instead he bought himself 50 pence worth of trouble.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：pence/pɛns    source/sɔːs    rattle/rætl    thrifty/θrɪfti    nephew/nɛvju(ː)   

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