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Nickel or Dime?
5分錢還是10分錢？
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.
小約翰尼過去常在街角的商店附近閑逛。店主不知道小約翰尼有什么問題，但是年齡大些的男孩子們經常嘲弄他。
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.
他們和他一起玩一種游戲作弄他，有時他們在掌心上放一個5分鎳幣和一個10分硬幣讓約翰尼選。約翰尼總是選5分的。他們說是因為5分鎳幣個兒大。
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，在約翰尼又拿了5分鎳幣后，店主把他叫到一邊問：“約翰尼，那些孩子在作弄你。你不知道十分硬幣要值兩個5分鎳幣嗎？你選5分鎳幣是因為它大嗎？”
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!"
約翰尼慢吞吞轉向店主，咧嘴笑著說：“是這樣的，如果我拿了10分硬幣，他們就不會再跟我玩了。事實上，到現在我已經賺了20塊錢了！”
