英语小达人每天10分钟 381 Nickel or Dime?

[00:00.01]Nickel or Dime? 5分钱还是10分钱？ [00:01.57]Little Johnny used to hang out at the local corner store. 小约翰尼过去常在街角的商店附近闲逛。 [00:16.35]The owner didn't know what Johnny's problem was, 店主不知道小约翰尼有什么问题， [00:19.35]but the older boys would constantly tease him. 但是年龄大些的男孩子们经常嘲弄他。 [00:23.43]They would play a game with him, 他们和他一起玩一种游戏作弄他， [00:25.34]sometimes they would offer Johnny his choice bewteen a nickel (5 cents) and a dime (10 cents) in their open palms 有时他们在掌心上放一个5分镍币和一个10分硬币让约翰尼选。 [00:34.02]and Johnny would always take the nickel--they said, because it was bigger. 约翰尼总是选5分的。他们说是因为5分镍币个儿大。 [00:38.57]One day after Johnny grabbed the nickel, 一天，在约翰尼又拿了5分镍币后， [00:43.07]the store owner took him aside and said, 店主把他叫到一边问： [00:46.55]"Johnny, those boys are making fun of you. “约翰尼，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? 你不知道十分硬币要值两个5分镍币吗？ [00:54.36]Are you grabbing the nickel because it's bigger, or what?" 你选5分镍币是因为它大吗？” [00:58.28]Slowly, Johnny turned toward the storeowner and a big grin appeared on his face and Johnny said, 约翰尼慢吞吞转向店主，咧嘴笑着说： [01:06.38]"Well, if I took the dime, they'd stop doing it, “是这样的，如果我拿了10分硬币，他们就不会再跟我玩了。 [01:10.25]and so far I have saved $20!" 事实上，到现在我已经赚了20块钱了！”

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