'We'll let you go if you leave the country and we'll give you fifty thousand English pounds, '

“假如你离开这个国家，我们会让你走，而且会给你五万英镑。”

But when my uncle called me in again, he counted thirty eight English pounds in gold into my hands.

但当我叔叔把我又叫进去时，他将价值38英镑的金币数着放在我的手里。

I could see that his story was a lie, so I laughed at him, saying, " Oh, think again, sir. English pounds, surely."

我能看得出他在说谎，于是我嘲笑他，说：“ 噢，再想想，先生！英镑，确定无疑！”

That's 20 of your English pounds.

整整20大洋。

The English pound sterling, in the time of Edward I. contained a pound, Tower weight, of silver of a known fineness.

在爱德华一世时代， 英镑包含一磅塔重的已知纯度的银。

I'd say there some of the hotels that are quite expensive, but you can usually find a nice bed-and-breakfast which would cost you maybe thirty pounds, English pounds. Scottish pounds even.

我认为格拉斯哥有一些酒店非常贵，不过你也可以用大约30英镑的价钱找到提供住宿加早餐的旅馆，30苏格兰镑左右。

The Scots money pound contained, from the time of Alexander the First to that of Robert Bruce, a pound of silver of the same weight and fineness with the English pound sterling.

从亚历山大一世到罗伯特布鲁斯时代，苏格兰货币英镑包含与英镑相同重量和成色的一磅白银。

The English pound and penny contain at present about a third only; the Scots pound and penny about a thirty-sixth; and the French pound and penny about a sixty-sixth part of their original value.

英镑和便士目前只包含大约三分之一； 苏格兰人大约有六分之一英镑和便士； 法国镑和便士大约是其原始价值的六十六分之一。