英語小達人每天10分鐘 381 Nickel or Dime?

[00:00.01]Nickel or Dime? 5分錢還是10分錢？ [00:01.57]Little Johnny used to hang out at the local corner store. 小約翰尼過去常在街角的商店附近閑逛。 [00:16.35]The owner didn't know what Johnny's problem was, 店主不知道小約翰尼有什么問題， [00:19.35]but the older boys would constantly tease him. 但是年齡大些的男孩子們經常嘲弄他。 [00:23.43]They would play a game with him, 他們和他一起玩一種游戲作弄他， [00:25.34]sometimes they would offer Johnny his choice bewteen a nickel (5 cents) and a dime (10 cents) in their open palms 有時他們在掌心上放一個5分鎳幣和一個10分硬幣讓約翰尼選。 [00:34.02]and Johnny would always take the nickel--they said, because it was bigger. 約翰尼總是選5分的。他們說是因為5分鎳幣個兒大。 [00:38.57]One day after Johnny grabbed the nickel, 一天，在約翰尼又拿了5分鎳幣后， [00:43.07]the store owner took him aside and said, 店主把他叫到一邊問： [00:46.55]"Johnny, those boys are making fun of you. “約翰尼，那些孩子在作弄你。 [00:50.05]Don't you know that a dime is twice as good as a nickel? 你不知道十分硬幣要值兩個5分鎳幣嗎？ [00:54.36]Are you grabbing the nickel because it's bigger, or what?" 你選5分鎳幣是因為它大嗎？” [00:58.28]Slowly, Johnny turned toward the storeowner and a big grin appeared on his face and Johnny said, 約翰尼慢吞吞轉向店主，咧嘴笑著說： [01:06.38]"Well, if I took the dime, they'd stop doing it, “是這樣的，如果我拿了10分硬幣，他們就不會再跟我玩了。 [01:10.25]and so far I have saved $20!" 事實上，到現(xiàn)在我已經賺了20塊錢了！”

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