半便士

On the middle shelf a chipped eggcup containing pepper, a drum of table salt, four conglomerated black olives in oleaginous paper, an empty pot of Plumtree's potted meat, an oval wicker basket bedded with fibre and containing one Jersey pear, a halfempty bottle of William Gilbey and Co's white invalid port, half disrobed of its swathe of coralpink tissue paper, a packet of Epps's soluble cocoa, five ounces of Anne Lynch's choice tea at 2/- per lb in a crinkled leadpaper bag, a cylindrical canister containing the best crystallised lump sugar, two onions, one, the larger, Spanish, entire, the other, smaller, Irish, bisected with augmented surface and more redolent, a jar of Irish Model Dairy's cream, a jug of brown crockery containing a naggin and a quarter of soured adulterated milk, converted by heat into water, acidulous serum and semisolidified curds, which added to the quantity subtracted for Mr Bloom's and Mrs Fleming's breakfasts, made one imperial pint, the total quantity originally delivered, two cloves, a halfpenny and a small dish containing a slice of fresh ribsteak.

还有一个小玻璃瓶，里面装着加了芳香剂的糖果。中层放着一只盛了胡椒粉的有缺口的蛋杯，饭桌上还摆着那种鼓状食盐瓶，用油纸包着的四颗粘成一团的黑色橄榄，一听李树商标肉罐头的空罐儿，垫着纤丝的椭圆形柳条筐里是一只泽西梨，喝剩下的半瓶威廉。吉尔比公司釀造的药用白葡萄酒（裹在瓶子上的粉珊瑚色薄绘纸已剥掉了一半），一包埃普斯公司制造的速溶可可；一只绉锡纸袋里装着安妮。林奇公司出品的五英两特级茶叶，每磅二先令；一只圆筒形罐子，盛着优质结晶角沙糖；两颗葱头，较大的那颗西班牙种的是完整的，较小的那颗爱尔兰种的已经切成两瓣儿，面积扩大了，气味也更冲鼻了；一罐爱尔兰模范奶场的奶酪，一只褐色陶罐，盛着四分之一品脱零四分之一兑了水并变酸了的牛奶（由于炎热，它已化为水、酸性乳浆与半固体凝乳，再加上布卢姆先生和弗莱明大妈作为早餐消费掉的部分，就足够一英品脱了，相当于原先送来的总量）；两朵丁香花蕾，一枚半便士硬币和盛有一片新鲜排骨肉的一个小碟子。

The plaintiff being a chimney sweeper's boy found a jewel and carried it to the defendant's shop to know what it was, and delivered it into the hands of the apprentice, who under pretence of weighing it, took out the stones, and calling to the master to let him know it came to three halfpence, the master offered the boy the money, who refused to take it, and insisted to have the thing again, whereupon the apprentice delivered him back the socket without the stones.

该案发生在1722年的英国。原告是一个烟筒清洁工。一天，原告捡到一枚宝石，然后交给被告金行鉴定。原告将宝石交给金行的徒弟手里。该徒弟在假装称重时将宝石取下，然后告诉师傅，原告捡到的东西价值3个半便士。师傅就付钱给原告。原告不接受钱，坚持要求被告返还原物。徒弟在要求之下只将嵌宝石的托子还给原告，没有将宝石还给原告。

"Twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth, one pound four and one penny for the General District and Special Rates, and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate."

"家具和油布十二先令，统税和特税一镑四先令一便士，济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。"

Each demanded some payment that was overdue: twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth; one pound four and one penny for the General District and Special Rates; and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate.

三封信都是催债的，而且每项款都已经过了期。家具和油布十二先令；统税和特税一镑四先令一便士；济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。

After some minutes he appeared to have come to a decision, and entering the shop he purchased a baby's rattle for fourpence halfpenny

几分钟后，他似乎打定了主意，走进店里花四个半便士买了一个小孩玩的拨浪鼓。

After some minutes he appeared to have come to a decision , and entering the shop he purchased a baby s rattle for fourpence half penny .

几分钟后，他似乎打定了主意，走进店里花四个半便士买了一个小孩玩的拨浪鼓。

The caul was won, I recollect, by an old lady with a hand-basket, who, very reluctantly, produced from it the stipulated five shillings, all in halfpence, and twopence halfpenny short—as it took an immense time and a great waste of arithmetic, to endeavour without any effect to prove to her.

我还记得，胎膜让一位手里拎一个篮子的老太太给抽着了。她万个不情愿地从篮子里摸索出预先规定的五个先令，全都是半便士的零碎硬币，而且最后还差两个半便士——因为尽管是给她解释了老半天，一分分算给他听，都无济于事。

After that there wasn't a halfpenny left.

那以后，连半便士也不剩了。

For example, he asked, did it mean the same to say a new halfpenny, a new half penny and half a new penny?

例如，他问道，一个新半便士，一个新的半个便士和一个新便士的一半的意义是否相同？

At sevenpence an hour that came to one pound four and ninepence halfpenny.

按每小时七便士算，一共是一镑四先令九个半便士。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。