背诵为王 第 一 册 第 52 课

52 Dream

 

　　Billy is twelve years old. One day his father gave him fifty pence¹. There is abig tree in Billy's garden. He climbed it and sat in it. He likes that placein the tree very much.
Then Billy looked at his money and said, "I'm going to go to the markettomorrow, and I'm going to buy some seeds² with this money. Then I'm going toplant them under this tree. I'm going to have a lot of flowers and fruit andplants, and I'm going to sell them. A lot of people are going to come to mygarden every day, and they're going to buy my nice flowers and fruit andplants, and in the end I'm really going to have a lot of money. Then I'm goingto grow up and go to university, and I'm going to be a doctor.

pence （penny的复数） 便士，（美）分
in the end 最后，终于

梦 想

比利十二岁了。一天，他父亲给了他五十便士。比利家的花园里有一棵大树。他爬上大树，坐在上面。他非常喜欢树上的这个地方。
比利看着他的钱，说：“我明天会去市场，我要用这些钱买一些种子。然后把它们种在这棵树下。我会有许许多多的花，还有水果，还有树，我会把它们卖了。每天都会有好多好多的人来我的花园，他们会买走我漂亮的花、水果还有树，最后我会有很多很多钱。我长大以后要上大学，我要成为一名医生。

1 pence   

n.便士；名词penny的复数形式

参考例句：

• She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl.她数出15个便士交给女店员。
• These apples are selling at 40 pence a kilo.这些苹果售价每公斤40便士。

2 seeds   

n.种子( seed的名词复数 )；子孙；起源；（尤指网球比赛）种子选手

参考例句：

• During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil. 冬天种子在土壤中休眠。
• a packet of wild flower seeds 一包野花籽