The old scrooge was mad about making money.

老吝啬鬼疯狂于赚钱。

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Why should we drink to the health of a hateful, hard, unfeeling, mean old man like Scrooge?

我们干嘛要祝一个像斯克罗吉那样可恨、刻雹没有感情、吝啬的老头健康？

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What a miserable old devil Scrooge was!

斯克鲁奇是多么可恶的吝啬鬼呀！

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By contrast Scrooge, even as an old man, had no apprentices and only one employee, a low wage and low skilled one at that.

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