1级-《彩票大赢家》-第12课

前情提要 

贾森·威廉斯彻夜难眠，他决定拿出一部分钱做慈善。可是当他跟“儿童救助会”的女士说明情况后，女士丝毫不相信他的话并请他出去……

故事原文 

The Lottery Winner L12

彩票大赢家 L12

On Thursday afternoon, Edwin Jones was in the office of Sunshine Lotteries with Mr David Ray. He told Mr Ray the story of Emma Carter and her winning numbers.

星期四下午，埃德温·琼斯和戴维·雷先生在阳光彩票公司的办公室。琼斯把埃玛·卡特的事情以及她的中奖号码告诉了雷先生。

'Look, Mr Jones,' said Mr Ray. 'Mr Williams had the winning ticket, so we gave him a cheque for the money. 'I'm sorry, but I can't help you, or Mrs Carter.'

“是这样，琼斯先生，”雷先生说，“威廉斯先生持有中奖彩票，所以我们开给了他那笔钱的支票。对不起，我帮不了你，也帮不了卡特太太。”

'But it wasn't Williams's ticket. It was Mrs Carter's. '

“可那不是威廉斯的彩票，是卡特太太的。”

'You can't prove that, Mr Jones. All lottery tickets look the same. They don't have names on them.'

“你无法证明这一点，琼斯先生。所有的彩票看上去都一样。彩票上面没有名字。”

'I can prove it, ' said Edwin Jones. 'Listen. Mrs Carter's ticket is different. You see, she always gets the same numbers. And every week she puts an X on her ticket.' He told Mr Ray about Mrs Carter's son in Australia. Then he took a lottery ticket out of his pocket. 'This is an old ticket. Look--Mrs Carter always puts an X, here… Please go and look at the winning ticket. Now!'(1)(2)(5)

“我能证明。”埃德温·琼斯说，“听着，卡特太太的彩票是不一样的。你看，她总是买相同的号码，而且她每周都会在彩票上画个x。”他向雷先生讲了卡特太太的儿子在澳大利亚一事。然后他从兜里掏出一张彩票：“这是张旧彩票。瞧——卡特太太总是画个x，这儿……请去看看那张中奖彩票，现在就去！”

Mr Ray went away and came back five minutes later. His face was unhappy.(3)

雷先生走开了，五分钟后他回来了。他的脸色不太好。

'Well?' said Edwin Jones.

“怎么样？”埃德温·琼斯问。

'I don't know,' Mr Ray said. 'All the tickets go through the computer many times, so it's difficult to see--'(4)

“我不知道。”雷先生说，“所有的彩票都进出电脑很多次，所以很难看到——”

'Mr Ray, is there an X on that ticket, or isn't there?'

“雷先生，彩票上是有个X还是没有？”

Mr Ray looked angrily at Edwin Jones. 'Perhaps there is, and perhaps there isn't,' he said. 'But what does an X prove: Perhaps hundreds of people write an X on their lottery ticket. Perhaps it's Mrs Carter's X, but how do we know? Tell me that, Mr Jones.'

雷先生怒气冲冲地看着埃德温·琼斯。“或许有，或许没有。”他说，“但是一个X能够证明什么？没准有好几百人都在他们的彩票上画个X。那可能是卡特太太的X，但我们怎么知道？告诉我，琼斯先生。”

'I can't tell you, but the police can. Now, Mr Ray, please call your bank and stop that cheque. Next, give that lottery ticket to the police. They're going to want it.'

“我无法告诉你，但警察可以。现在，雷先生，请给你们的银行打电话，冻结那张支票。然后，把那张彩票交给警察。他们会需要的。”

Mr Ray looked unhappy. 'Yes, all right,' he said.

雷先生看起来很不高兴。“噢，好吧。”他说。

'Then you need a lawyer,' said Mr Jones. 'Because Mrs Carter wants her money-and she wants it now!'

“然后你们还需要一个律师。”琼斯先生说，“因为卡特太太想要她的钱——而且她马上就要！”

 （原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1. take sth. out of... 从……拿出某物

例句：He took his book out of the schoolbag and began to study.

他从书包掏出书， 开始学习。

2. put 放； 写； 做标记

例句：The students always put their names on the new books at the beginning of the term.

学生总是在开学时把他们的名字写在新书上。

3. go away and come back 离开， 并且回来

例句：He went away and he will come back in two days.

他出去了， 并且在两天后回来。

4. go through 经历； 经过

例句：He’s going through a very difficult time.

他正经历一个非常艰难的时期。

5. look at... 看着

    look angrily at 生气地看着

    look happily at 高兴地看着

例句：He looked angrily at the exam marks.

他怒气冲冲地看着考试的分数。