【读新闻学英语】1400纽币从天而降不动心，新西兰少年拾金不昧好榜样

A 12-year-old New Plymouth boy who found a wallet stuffed with $1400 said he didn't even think about keeping the money.

一位来自New Plymouth的12岁男孩发现了一个装有1400纽币的钱包，却完全没想过要自己私吞了这笔钱。

stuffed with：塞满

Sam McIntosh was scootering to a friend's house on Christmas Eve when he spotted the wallet lying on a school playground. He picked it up to look for identification - and found more money than he'd ever seen before in two compartments."In one of them there was a big slab of $100s and $50s and in another compartment there were $10 and $20 notes."

圣诞前夜Sam McIntosh骑着脚踏车去一个朋友家，在学校的游乐场他发现了一个钱包。他把钱包捡起来，希望能找到失主信息，在钱包的两个夹层中发现了大量现金。“其中一个夹层中有一摞面值$100和$50的钞票，另外一个夹层中是面值$10和$20的钞票。”

scootering：骑脚踏车

compartment：舱，隔室

Sam enlisted his policeman dad Bruce's help but the pair were not unsuccessful in tracking the man down. Bruce logged the wallet at the police station as a found item and the owner, who was visiting from Australia, turned up soon after to claim it.

Sam把事情告诉了自己当警察的父亲Bruce，但是没有找到失主。Bruce把钱包带回了警局，找到了这位来自澳大利亚的失主。不久，失主就来到警察局认领了钱包。

tracking：追踪

turned up：出现

Delighted to have his wallet returned, contents intact, the Aussie handed Bruce a $100 note to pass on to his son.Sam was surprised at the reward.

这名澳洲人士非常高兴自己的钱包完好无损的找了回来，拿出100纽币交给Bruce，希望他能转交给Sam。对于这份奖励，Sam表示非常惊讶。

delight：很高兴

intact：完整

Sam said he didn't have any plans for the money, but his mother, Michelle, suggested he might put it towards a pair of new basketball boots.

Sam表示自己还没有想好如何花掉这笔钱，但是他的妈妈Michelle建议他买一双新的篮球鞋。

have plan for：有计划

suggest：建议

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