'Fivepence for one, twopence for two, ' the Sheep replied.

“一个五便士，两个两便士。”绵羊答道。

If he could not get customers to come to him to be shaved for two-pence -then the standard charge-it occurred to him that they might be induced to try his powers if he asked a lower fee.

如果他每次收费两便士，却没有顾客愿意来——那他就调整收费——他想，如果他把价钱降得一点，就能够吸引顾客了。

I read the writing under the picture. It said: Come in and see the Elephant Man. 2 pence.

我看了看照片下面的文字，上面写着：进来吧，看看这个象人，一次两便士。

The baker will give us the flour in a nice paper bag, and it will only cost about twopence.

他们会将面粉装在精致的纸袋中, 而且一磅面粉只需两便士。

But I can give you more than 2 pence. '

我可以给你多于两便士的钱。”

'I'd be happy to take you, ' the Queen said. 'Twopence a week, and jam every other day.'

“纳你做侍女，我会很高兴。一周两便士，再加上隔天吃果酱。”

And eggs at two and tuppence a dozen!

还有两块鸡蛋和一打两便士！

Her brother wouldn't give or lend twopence halfpenny.' 'Has Mr Reardon no relatives!

她哥哥不肯给或借给两便士半便士。“里尔登先生没有亲戚吗！”

" He thinks with me, " said Dorothea to herself, " or rather, he thinks a whole world of which my thought is but a poor twopenny mirror. And his feelings too, his whole experience — what a lake compared with my little pool" !

多萝西娅自言自语道， “或者更确切地说， 他思考着整个世界， 而我的思想只是一面可怜的两便士镜子。还有他的受， 他的整个经历——与我的小池塘相比， 这直是一个湖泊。 ” ！

Elinor thought she could distinguish a large W in the direction; and no sooner was it complete than Marianne, ringing the bell, requested the footman who answered it to get that letter conveyed for her to the two-penny post.

丽诺觉得她能辨认出一个大写字母W的方向；而这个字母刚一完成， 玛丽安就立刻按响了铃，要求前来应答的男仆帮她把那封信送到两便士邮局。

'Well, Mr. Harthouse, I know I have. How else was I to get it? Here's old Bounderby always boasting that at my age he lived upon twopence a month, or something of that sort.

“好吧，哈特豪斯先生，我知道我有。我还有什么办法得到它？庞得贝老头总是吹嘘说，在我这个年纪，他每月靠两便士或类似的东西度日。

So again, if you were a spectator during this period, one penny would allow you to stand in the pit, and two pence would allow you to stand in the galleries.

再次强调，如果你是那个时期的观众，一便士可以让你站在舞台前的场地，而两便士则可以让你站在看台上。

And he said that he had his two pennies clutched so tightly in his hand that the date of 1912 was nearly burnt into his pan.

他说他手里紧紧攥着两便士，以至于1912年的日期几乎烙进了他的手掌。

You could buy sweets for a penny, you could buy sweets for two pence or five pence or you could get little bars of chocolate

你可以用一便士买糖，可以用两便士或五便士买糖，或者你可以买到小块巧克力。

No, take the other penny, too, and get half a pound of pieces of the butcher's for twopence and a twopenny tin of condensed milk.

不，把另一便士也拿去，然后去肉铺买半磅碎肉，用两便士，再买一罐两便士的炼乳罐头。

The signs above the shops reportedly said, drunk for a penny, dead drunk for two pennies, clean straw for nothing.

据报道，商铺上方的招牌写着：一便士喝醉，两便士彻底醉倒，干净稻草免费提供。

Anytime he asked me, they said, " well, you could read Two-Bit or you could read Sodapop" .

每次他问我时，他们都说：“你可以读两便士这个角色，或者你可以读苏打这个人。”

’Just then the girl dropped her cloak，and her long hair fell on to the shoulders of her red jacket. Gabriel recognized the girl of the yellow cart and the mirror，the girl who owed him twopence.

" 姑妈，我想她很快会好的，" 年轻些的那个女人说。" 早晨我可以再来喂她。多可惜，我来这里的路上把帽子丢了！" 就在这个时候，姑娘脱掉了斗篷，长长的头发披在她的红色上衣的肩上。盖伯瑞尔认出这个姑娘就是坐在黄色马车上照镜子的姑娘，那个欠他两便士的姑娘。

The next morning brought Elinor a letter by the two-penny post from Lucy herself.

第二天早上，丽诺收到了露西本人通过两便士邮递寄来的一封信。

Then he bought books—volumes which cost anything between twopence and two shillings; further than that he durst not go.

然后他买书——这些书的价格在两便士到两先令之间;除此之外，他不敢走。