1·There's twelve of us an' my father only gets sixteen shilling a week.
我们家有十二口人，我父亲一星期只挣十六先令。
2·In former times, 12 pence went to a shilling.
过去，十二便士等于一先令。
3·The cost of borrowing abroad is likely to rise, the overvalued Kenyan shilling will fall, tourism has already been badly hit and foreign aid may be cut back.
从国外的贷款有可能会上升，而估价过高的肯尼亚先令也将贬值，旅游业已经受到重挫，国外援助可能也会减少。
4·The rupee, however, has plunged 14%, making it the world's third-worst performing currency, after the Turkish lira, down 17%, and the Kenyan shilling, which has lost 15%.
但卢比下跌了14%，成为世界上表现倒数第三的货币。比它表现更差的分别是下跌了17%的土耳其里拉和下跌了15%的肯尼亚先令。
5·I could not find any sixpenny entrance and, fearing that the bazaar would be closed, I passed in quickly through a turnstile, handing a shilling to a weary-looking man.
我找不到六便士门票的入口，担心集市关门，赶紧给了面容疲倦的门卫一个先令，从十字转门走进去。