小故事

Hints for Those That Would Be Rich
致富之道
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having Money.
有钱的唯一好处就在于用钱。
For six pounds a year you may have the use of one hundred pounds if you are a man of known prudence and honesty.
如果你是一个节俭而诚实的人，一年六英镑就可以当一百英镑的钱使用。
He that spends a groat a day idly, spends idly above six pounds a year, which is the price of using one hundred pounds.
一天浪费四便士的人，一年就浪费六个多英镑，而六英镑相当于一百英镑的使用价值。
He that wastes idly a groat's worth of his time per day, one day with another, wastes the privilege of using one hundred pounds each day.
每天虚度值四便士的时间的人，日复一日，等于浪费了每天使用一百英镑的权利。
He that idly loses five shillings worth of time, loses five shillings and might as prudently throw five shillings into the River.
一个游手好闲而损失了价值五先令时间的人，就是失去了五个先令，他还不如把五先令扔进河里的好。
He that loses five shillings not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning it in dealing, which, by the time that a young man becomes old, will amount to a comfortable sum of Money.
一个失去五先令的人，不仅失去了这笔钱，还失去了把钱用于经商可能带来的好处，而一个年轻人到年老的时候这笔钱就等同于一笔可观的财产。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. not only...but (also)...
不仅……而且……；
eg. He is not only strong and healthy but also very smart.
他不仅强壮健康，而且还很聪明。
eg. Children's television not only entertains but also teaches.
儿童电视节目不仅有娱乐性而且还有教育意义。
2. amount to
等同；接近；
eg. The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture.
这些供状是用近乎逼供的方式得来的。
eg. The deficits in their pension funds may amount to$ 3 trillion.
他们的养老金基金赤字可能达3万亿美元。
3. a sum of
一笔（款项）；
eg. She came in for a sum of money when her father died.
当她父亲去世时，她接受了一大笔钱。
eg. We've allocated a sum of money to education.
我们已经拨出了一笔教育经费。