【读新闻学英语】1400纽币从天而降不动心,新西兰少年拾金不昧好榜样
2018年1月12日 14:01拾金不昧好少年!
A 12-year-old New Plymouth boy who found a wallet stuffed with $1400 said he didn't even think about keeping the money.
一位来自New Plymouth的12岁男孩发现了一个装有1400纽币的钱包,却完全没想过要自己私吞了这笔钱。
stuffed with:塞满
Sam McIntosh was scootering to a friend's house on Christmas Eve when he spotted the wallet lying on a school playground. He picked it up to look for identification - and found more money than he'd ever seen before in two compartments."In one of them there was a big slab of $100s and $50s and in another compartment there were $10 and $20 notes."
圣诞前夜Sam McIntosh骑着脚踏车去一个朋友家,在学校的游乐场他发现了一个钱包。他把钱包捡起来,希望能找到失主信息,在钱包的两个夹层中发现了大量现金。“其中一个夹层中有一摞面值$100和$50的钞票,另外一个夹层中是面值$10和$20的钞票。”
scootering:骑脚踏车
compartment:舱,隔室
Sam enlisted his policeman dad Bruce's help but the pair were not unsuccessful in tracking the man down. Bruce logged the wallet at the police station as a found item and the owner, who was visiting from Australia, turned up soon after to claim it.
Sam把事情告诉了自己当警察的父亲Bruce,但是没有找到失主。Bruce把钱包带回了警局,找到了这位来自澳大利亚的失主。不久,失主就来到警察局认领了钱包。
tracking:追踪
turned up:出现
Delighted to have his wallet returned, contents intact, the Aussie handed Bruce a $100 note to pass on to his son.Sam was surprised at the reward.
这名澳洲人士非常高兴自己的钱包完好无损的找了回来,拿出100纽币交给Bruce,希望他能转交给Sam。对于这份奖励,Sam表示非常惊讶。
delight:很高兴
intact:完整
Sam said he didn't have any plans for the money, but his mother, Michelle, suggested he might put it towards a pair of new basketball boots.
Sam表示自己还没有想好如何花掉这笔钱,但是他的妈妈Michelle建议他买一双新的篮球鞋。
have plan for:有计划
suggest:建议
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