• 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.
有的是钱 • have an empty pocket 穷得叮当响 • pocket adj. 小型的，袖珍的 • pocket dictionary • pocket camera • pocket calculator • pocket pc
• rattle v.格格作响 • She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear
dishes rattle. • jingle v. （使）叮当作响 • Brian put his hands in his pockets and
jingled some change. • twitter v.吱吱喳喳地叫 • There were birds twittering in the trees. • crack v. 使…噼啪作响; 发出辟裂声 • Thunder cracked in the sky.
• 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.
1. To learn English, we have a long way to go.
• brigade n. 旅，（消防）队 • fire station消防站 • fire fighter救火队员；消防人员 • grease n. 润滑油 • greasy skin 油性皮肤 • greasy road 湿滑的地面 • greasy smile 一脸奸笑
• sesame oil / soy oil / soy sauce /peanut oil/ hand cream
A little money will go a long way for a thrifty kid.
2. exchange ideas/blows/ telephone numbers/looks/words
Where can I exchange dollars for pounds? substitute A for B v.替换（用A替换B） replace A by/with B (用B换A)
Lesson 15
Fifty pencBiblioteka worth of trouble
五十便士的麻烦
• appreciate v. 欣赏，感激(be thankful for sth given)
• I appreciate your help a lot.
• be grateful to sb for sth
• bounce v.弹起 跳起
• jump(跳跃) leap(跃) hop(单足跳)
• look before you leap.
• I hopped down three steps. • pavement n. 人行道 • sidewalk n. （Am） • pave v.铺设 pave the way for 铺设道路
• I got stuck on the problem.
• A fish bone stuck in my throat. • stick in one’s mind 难以忘怀 • You must stick to your idea.（坚持）
Stick the stamp on the envelop. （粘） • sticky fingers （黏糊糊的）
做铺垫
• Many parents sacrifice a lot to pave the way for their children’s future.
• express way / free way/ high way
• stick (stuck, stuck)v. 卡住，夹住，不能
再动 I got stuck in the heavy snow.
• I am deeply grateful to Mr. Smith for his kind help.
• owe sth to sb把…归功于某人、欠某人 某物
• I owe everything to my mother.
• I owe you one.
• pocket money 零用钱 • have deep pockets：have a lot of money
• thrifty adj. 节俭的
• a hardworking, thrifty nation • economical adj. [ɛkə'nɑmɪkl]节俭的，
经济的，合算的
• economical class 经济舱 • an economical wife（humorous） • stingy person 铁公鸡 ; 小气的人 • niggard n. 吝啬鬼
• 1. gift n. 礼物；天赋 • She has a gift for music. • a gifted man /a talented man • 2. a regular supply = often • a regular customer/ visitor/ soldier/army 3. For me, music is a great source of enjoyment. the source of happiness / the root of evil
• 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.