If fifty 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, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
4. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.
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月。
语言点1:句子结构分析:if引导条件状语从句,说明money的用处。
语言点2:优秀写作短语总结:用某物交换某物
exchange sth.for sth.
trade sth.for sth.
switch sth.for sth.
change sth.for sth.
commute sth. for sth.
例句支持:
Nothing can trade for your health.
任何东西都不能以健康作交换。
5. Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box.
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。
语言点1:句子结构分析:请注意only一词在此句中的巧妙用法:放在句首,与very thrifty一起修饰children,表示强调。
语言点2:manage to fill up在此不胜旨在简单地表达“设法去塞满”,而是更加突出强调“可以成功地塞满”。
6. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
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。
语言点1:句子结构分析:for most of them是介词短语,作状语,强调句子谈论的对象。
语言点2:a bar of chocolate是“一大块巧克力”。