日课｜英文故事：The Note

Jessie老师英语美文朗读，今天给大家讲一个英文小故事。

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The Note

Dad put spare change in a tin. He put the tin in his sock drawer. Jon found it one day when he was helping to put away clean clothes.

“Wow!” he said to himself. “Dad won’t miss a few nickels.” He put three nickels in his pocket and went to the store to buy candy.

The next week, he took two dimes. “Dad will never miss them,” he said. The week after that, he took three quarters.

The fourth week, Jon sneaked up to Dad’s room. He opened the drawer. There in the tin was a note. “Bank robbers start by stealing nickels,” said the note.

John felt so bad. He did chores and earned money. Then he put it all back into Dad’s tin.

便条

爸爸把多余的零钱放在罐子里。他把罐子放在袜子抽屉里。有一天，乔恩在帮忙收拾干净衣服时发现了。

“哇！”他自言自语道：“爸爸不会发现丢了的。”他把三个五分钱硬币放进口袋，然后去商店买糖果。

第二周，他拿了两个一毛的硬币。”爸爸永远不会发现丢了的。”在那之后又过了一周，他拿了三个25分的硬币。

第四周，乔恩偷偷跑到爸爸的房间。他打开抽屉。罐子里有张纸条。”纸条上说：“银行劫匪从偷五分镍币开始。

约翰感到很难过。他做家务挣钱。然后他把所有的钱都放回了爸爸的罐子里。

【注释】

1. spare change （闲置不用的）零钱;多余的零钱

2. tin 罐；罐头盒；罐头

3. sock drawer  放袜子的抽屉

4. found （find的过去式）（意外或偶然地）发现，碰到

5. put away 把…收起；放好

6. miss 发觉丢失；发觉…不在原处

7. nickel 5分镍币

8. dime 一角硬币；十分硬币

9. quarter 25分硬币

10. sneak 偷偷地走；溜

11. note 短笺；便条

12. robber 强盗；盗贼；抢劫犯

13. steal 偷；窃取

14. chore 家务活；日常事务

15. earn  挣得；赚得

读完这个故事，来回答个问题吧！

Why does Jon do chores?

a. so he can rob a bank

b. so he can buy socks

c. so he can pay Dad back

d. so he can buy candy

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