Notes on the text课文注释
1 with some children, 介词with此处作“对于”讲。
2 go a long way, 可以维持很久。
3 If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, 如果50便士的分币没有用来换糖果的话。exchange…for…作“以……换……”讲，注意英语中的便士有两种复数形式pence和pennies, 但用法不同。如：a fifty pence是指1个50便士的硬币，而fifty pennies是指50个1便士的硬币。
4 have found their way there, 其中there是指储蓄罐。find one's way在这里作“进入”讲，即放到“储蓄罐”里。
5 what is more, 更有甚者。是固定词组，此处用作插入语。
参考译文
孩子们总是喜欢得到一些零花钱。爸爸妈妈当然经常会给孩子零花钱，但是，叔舅婶姨也是孩子们额外收入的来源。对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。如果50便士不拿来换糖吃，则可以放在储蓄罐里叮当响上好几个月。但是能把储蓄罐装满的只有屈指可数的几个特别节俭的孩子。对大部分孩子来说，用50便士来买一大块好的巧克力，是算不了什么的。
我的外甥乔治有一个储蓄罐，但总是空空的。我给了他不少50便士的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。昨天，我给了他50便士让他存起来，他却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。在他去糖果店的路上，50便士掉在地上，在人行道上跳了几下，掉进了阴沟里。乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。但他摸了半天也没找到那50便士硬币，他的胳膊反倒退不出来了。这时在他周围围上了许多人，一位女士在乔治胳膊上抹了肥皂、黄油，但乔治的胳膊仍然卡得紧紧的。有人打电话叫来消防队，两位消防队员使用了一种特殊的润滑剂才使乔治得以解脱。不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，因为糖果店老板娘听说了他遇到的麻烦后，赏给了他一大盒巧克力。
Summary writing摘要写作
In not more than 80 words describe George's experiences after his uncle gave him fifty pence. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.
Answer these questions in note form to get your points:
1 Where was George going?
2 Where did he lose his fifty pence?
3 Did he take his jacket off or not?
4 Where did he put his arm?
5 Did he find his fifty pence, or did he fail to find it?
6 Could he get his arm out or not?
7 Did a crowd of people gather round him or not?
8 What did a lady try to do?
9 Did she succeed or did she fail?
10 How did firemen finally free George?
11 What did the owner of the sweet shop present him with?
Vocabulary词汇
Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage:appreciate（1．1）;gifts（1．1）;extra income（1．3）;rattle（1．5）;price（1．7）;gathered（1．13）;was firmly stuck（1．14）.
Composition作文
Suppose you were among the crowd of people that gathered round George. Write an imaginary account of what happened. Expand the following into a paragraph of about 150 words.
I was walking along the street when I… I could hear people shouting and… On arriving at the scene, I… A lady carrying a large bar of soap and a saucepan full of water…She asked the boy if…Then she rubbed his arm with butter, but… Meanwhile, someone had telephoned…The boy had begun to cry, but when… At first, the firemen decided to…but they changed their minds and…The boy was soon free and though his arm hurt, he… (82 words)
Letter writing书信写作
Write a letter of about 80 words to your eight-year-old nephew asking him what he would like you to buy him for his birthday. Supply a suitable Introduction and Conclusion. Use the following information to write the Purpose:you want to get him something he will really like----a few suggestions----ask him to let you know what he wants----you will send it by post so that it arrives on his birthday.
Key structures关键句型
Can. (IKS 91)（参见第2册第91课关键句型）
Exercise练习
A Note how the following have been used in the passage:
manage to（1．6）and could not（1．12）.
B Write sentences using each of the following:
1 was able to;
2 could;
3 managed to.
Special difficulties难点
Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box, （11．5-6）up的用法
Note the use of up in these sentences:
We drove up to the farmhouse.
The children ran up the garden path to greet their father.
I didn't like my Composition so I tore it up.
He has built up a large collection of stamps.