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Watch the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves 積少成多還真沒說錯
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2008,Page 13
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Euro coins are seen next to US dollar bills in Frankfurt, central Germany, Sept. 20, 2007.
照片中是歐元硬幣散落在美元鈔票上，二ＯＯ七年九月二十日攝於德國中部法蘭克福市。
照片：美聯社
PHOTO: AP
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It took Vicki Armstrong almost 19 years to save US$550 (NT$17,900). Amazingly she did it one penny at a time.
Armstrong said saving the pennies helped her to learn to be careful with money. Armstrong has been storing pennies in vases, bowls and the occasional shoebox. In 1993, The Times in her hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana, US, reported she had squirreled away 14,000 pennies. Armstrong decided that even though she had $140 (NT$4,500) she would keep saving.
Her co-workers and friends have helped out over the years. "They all hand over pennies generously," she said.
Her husband, Melvin, said he never tried to put Armstrong off her hobby, even when their bicycle rides were interrupted by tiny treasure hunts.
"She would see a penny in the road and just stop," he said. "I would to have to do circles just to let her catch up." (AP)
薇琪．阿姆斯壯花了將近十九年才存到五百五十美元（約合新台幣一萬七千九百元），最神奇的是，她每次只存一分硬幣。
阿姆斯壯說，存小錢讓她學會更謹慎用錢，她把硬幣存在花瓶裡、大碗裡，有時候會存在鞋盒裡。一九九三年，她存下一萬四千枚一分硬幣之舉讓她登上美國路易西安那州施里夫港的《時代雜誌》；雖然阿姆斯壯已存有一百四十美元（新台幣四千五百元），但她下定決心要繼續存錢。
她的同事和友人在這些年間也盡了一己之力，她說：「他們都慷慨解囊捐出一分硬幣。」
她的先生梅爾文表示，他從未反對阿姆斯壯的這個小嗜好，即使他們一起騎腳踏車時總是得不時停下來撿這些小財寶。
「她若在路上看到一枚一分硬幣會立刻停下來，」他說：「我就得繞圈子等她撿起那枚硬幣。」（美聯社／翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. penny n.
一分硬幣 (yi4 fen1 ying4 bi4)
例: Find a penny, pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck.
(發現一枚硬幣，撿起來，整天都會有好運。)
2. squirrel away v. phr.
貯存 (zhu3 cun2)
例: My sister always squirrels away her New Year candy.
(我妹妹總是把新年拿到的糖果藏起來。)
3. generously adv.
慷慨地 (kang1 kai3 de5)
例: Please give generously to our charity.
(請慷慨解囊捐助我們的慈善事業吧。)
4. interrupt v.t./v.i.
中斷 (zhong1 duan4)
例: Don't interuprt when others are talking.
(別人講話的時候不要插嘴。) |
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