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--- lesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble |
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--- Listen to the tape then answer the question below. |
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--- Did George get anything for his fifty pence? what? |
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Children always appreciate small gifts of money. |
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Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income. |
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With some children, small sums go a long way. |
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If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes. |
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Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box. |
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For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate. |
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My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty. |
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Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there. |
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I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it. |
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Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble. |
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On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. |
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George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover. |
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He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out. |
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A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck. |
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The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease. |
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George was not too upset by his experience |
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because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates. |
