三便士

Three and eleven she paid for those stockings in Sparrow's of George's street on the Tuesday, no the Monday before Easter and there wasn't a brack on them and that was what he was looking at, transparent, and not at her insignificant ones that had neither shape nor form the cheek of her!

她在乔治街的斯帕罗商店花三先令十一便士买下了这双长袜。那是星期二，不——是复活节前的星期一。他定睛望着的正是这双连一根线也没绽的透明袜子，而不是西茜那双毫无可取、一点样儿也没有的袜子

Franklin's life is full of charming stories which all young men should know — how he peddled ballads in Boston, and stood, the guest of kings, in Europe; how he worked his passage as a stowaway to Philadelphia, and rode in the queen's own litter in France; how he walked the streets of Philadelphia, homeless and unknown, with threepenny rolls for his breakfast, and dined at the tables of princess, and received his friends in a palace; how he raised a kite from a cow shed, and was showered with all the high degrees the colleges of the world could give; how he was duped by a false friend as a boy, and became the friend of all humanity as a man; how he was made Major General Franklin, only to resign because, as he said, he was no solider, and yet helped to organize the army's that stood before the trained troops of England and Germany.

富兰克林的一生充满了迷人的传奇故事，青年人都应该知道：他如何在波士顿街道上叫卖民歌唱本，而后来又成为欧洲各国君王的宾客；他如何逃票登船，然后靠做工抵偿船资才到达赞城，后来在法兰西却坐上了王后的轿子；他如何买三个便士的面包卷当早饭，在费城的街道上流浪，举目无亲，无家可归。后来却成为公王筵席上的常客，并且在宫殿里会见他的朋友；他如何从牛棚放起风筝，后来却荣获世界各大学所能给予的雪片般飞来的高级学衔；他在儿时如何被一个虚伪的朋友所欺骗，成年后却成为全人类的良友；他如何被任命为富兰克林少将，但他仅是说他不是军人就辞了职，然而却又帮助缔造了那支敢于同训练有素的英德联军抗衡的军队。

In the Jacksonian populist 1830's, advances in printing and papermaking technology led to an explosion of newspaper growth, the emergence of the "Penny Press"; it was now possible to produce a newspaper that could be sold for just a cent a copy.

在杰克逊的人民党当权的十九世纪三十年代，印刷和造纸工艺的进步直接导致了报纸发行量的爆炸性增长，即一便士报社的出现。但是如今一份只卖一分钱是不可能的。

They save up three and tenpence in a red tin letterbox moneybox.

她们在红锡做的信箱型攒钱罐里存起了三先令十便士。

I'd like three five, four singles, two quarters, four dimes, one nickle and five pennies.

我要三张五圆的，四张一圆，两个25磅，四个一角硬币，一个五分镍币和五个便士

If she has a pen and ink in her handsduring other three hours,writing answers for the penny post,again,shecannot have her pencil,and so ad infinitum through life.

但如果此外还有三个小时要捏着钢笔写许多一便士邮票的回信，她还是无法拿起画笔。

How he walked the streets of philadelphia , homeless and unknown, with threepenny rolls for his breakfast

他如何买三个便士的面包卷当早饭，在费城的街道上流浪，举目无亲，无家可归。

You will need to fix your prices closer to the size of a lark rise purse, I tell you what I will do. I will give you three whoppers for tuppence.

你需要按照你的雀起乡式的钱包来定价位，我告诉你我会怎么做，我会为了微不足道的两便士向你撒三个弥天大谎。

"Poor Richard's Proverbs," adages from this almanac, such as "A penny saved is twopence dear"(often misquoted as "A penny saved is a penny earned"),"Fish and visitors stink in three days" remain common quotations in the modern world.

"穷理查的谚语，" adages从本年鉴，如"一分钱节省两便士亲爱的"（往往错误引用为"节省一分钱一分钱挣"），"鱼和游客在三天臭"仍然在共同报价现代世界。

Research shows that the gender pay gap (which on average sees men being paid 17 pence in every pound more than women) more than trebles when women reach their 30s as a result of the career compromises which come with motherhood.

研究表明，在30多岁由于备孕而让工作让步的女性身上，男女工资差距超过三倍以上。（平均下来每英镑男性比女性多收入17便士。

According to the clear water experiment, aeration performance of the new equipment is good with high total oxygen transfer coefficient and oxygen utilization ratio.

曝气设备的动力效率在叶轮转速为120rpm～150rpm时取得最大值，此时氧利用率和充氧能力也具有较高值。

The environmental stability of that world - including its crushing pressures and icy darkness - means that some of its most famous inhabitants have survived for eons as evolutionary throwbacks, their bodies undergoing little change.

稳定的海底环境─包括能把人压扁的压力和冰冷的黑暗─意谓海底某些最知名的栖居生物已以演化返祖的样态活了万世，形体几无变化。