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Nickel or Dime?
5分钱还是10分钱？
Little Johnny used to hang out at the local corner store. The owner didn't know what Johnny's problem was, but the older boys would constantly tease him.
小约翰尼过去常在街角的商店附近闲逛。店主不知道小约翰尼有什么问题，但是年龄大些的男孩子们经常嘲弄他。
They would play a game with him, sometimes they would offer Johnny his choice bewteen a nickel (5 cents) and a dime (10 cents) in their open palms and Johnny would always take the nickel--they said, because it was bigger.
他们和他一起玩一种游戏作弄他，有时他们在掌心上放一个5分镍币和一个10分硬币让约翰尼选。约翰尼总是选5分的。他们说是因为5分镍币个儿大。
One day after Johnny grabbed the nickel, the store owner took him aside and said, "Johnny, those boys are making fun of you. Don't you know that a dime is twice as good as a nickel? Are you grabbing the nickel because it's bigger, or what?"
一天，在约翰尼又拿了5分镍币后，店主把他叫到一边问：“约翰尼，那些孩子在作弄你。你不知道十分硬币要值两个5分镍币吗？你选5分镍币是因为它大吗？”
Slowly, Johnny turned toward the storeowner and a big grin appeared on his face and Johnny said, "Well, if I took the dime, they'd stop doing it, and so far I have saved $20!"
约翰尼慢吞吞转向店主，咧嘴笑着说：“是这样的，如果我拿了10分硬币，他们就不会再跟我玩了。事实上，到现在我已经赚了20块钱了！”
