[al:新概念英语（三）] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版（英音）] [ti:Fifty Pence Worth of Trouble] [by:更多学习内容，请到chazidian.com搜索“新概念”] [00:01.45]Lesson 15 [00:04.05]Fifty pence worth of trouble [00:12.79]Did George get anything for his fifty pence? What? [00:19.66]Children always appreciate small gifts of money. [00:23.31]Mum or dad,of course,provides a regular supply of pocket money, [00:28.07]but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income. [00:33.19]With some children, small sums go a long way. [00:37.94]If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, [00:41.82]they rattle for months inside money boxes. [00:45.27]Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box. [00:49.52]For most of them,fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate. [00:55.99]My nephew,George,has a money box but it is always empty. [01:01.81]Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him [01:06.54]have found their way there. [01:08.78]I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it. [01:13.69]Instead,he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble. [01:18.28]On his way to the sweet shop,he dropped his fifty pence [01:22.15]and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. [01:28.00]George took off his jacket,rolled up his sleeves [01:31.91]and pushed his right arm through the drain cover. [01:36.45]He could not find his 50 pence piece anywhere, [01:39.72]and what is more, [01:41.15]he could not get his arm out. [01:43.82]A crowd of people gathered round him [01:46.13]and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, [01:48.87]but George was firmly stuck. [01:51.76]The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease. [01:59.33]George was not too upset by his experience [02:02.10]because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles [02:06.27]and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.