If he could pass the examination, his father would give him a skein of gold wire as a prize.

如果他能通过考试，他父亲将奖他一整金线。

She took from the drawer a large purse of red velvet with gold tassels, edged with a tarnished fringe of gold wire, —a relic inherited from her grandmother.

她从抽屉里拿出一个带金色流苏的红色天鹅绒大钱包，边缘镶着一条失去光泽的金线流苏，这是她祖母遗留下来的遗物。