1级-《彩票大赢家》-第15课

前情提要 

萨莉回家后，客厅电视里播放着贾森·威廉斯的新闻。萨莉向丈夫科林讲起了这五百万英镑的事情……

故事原文 

The Lottery Winner L15

彩票大赢家 L15

'But it's Emma Carter's money!' Colin said. 'It was her ticket, in her bag. Of course it was! '

“但那是埃玛·卡特的钱！”科林说，“那是她的彩票，在她的包里。准是这么回事！”

'Well, she says it was,' said Sally. 'But how do we know? She's an old woman. Old people forget things easily. Perhaps she thought about her lottery numbers, but forgot to buy a ticket that day.'(1)

“嗯，她说是这样的。”萨莉说，“但我们怎么知道？她是个老太太，老人容易忘事。或许她想着她的彩票号码，但那天却忘了买彩票。”

'So the bag-snatcher wins, eh?' said Colin. He looked at Sally. 'He hits an old woman on the head, and wins five million pounds. Wonderful!'

“所以抢包的歹徒赢了，嗯？”科林说。他看着萨莉：“他打了老太太的头，还中了五百万英镑。真了不起啊！”

'I know,' Sally said. 'It's difficult to like Jason Williams, it's true.(2) He has a wife and child, but his wife left him because he hit her and the baby. But we must be careful. Perhaps he is telling the truth about the lottery ticket.'

“我知道。”萨莉说，“要想喜欢贾森·威廉斯很难，这不假。他有老婆和孩子，可他的老婆离开了他，因为他打她和孩子。但我们必须小心。没准彩票的事他说的是实话。”

'Never!' said Colin. 'When the case comes to court, they're going to believe Mrs Carter, not Jason Williams. He's nasty!'

“不可能！”科林说，“案子移交法庭后，大家会相信卡特太太，而不是贾森·威廉斯。他很龌龊！”

'No, he isn't. He wants to give one million pounds to "Help the Children". People are going to like that. What a nice young man!'(3)

“不，他不龌龊。他想捐一百万英镑给‘儿童救助会’。人们会喜欢这件事。多好的年轻人啊！”

Colin laughed. 'Lawyers!' he said. 'So who's going to win, Sally?' he asked.

科林笑了。“律师啊！”他说，“那么谁会是赢家，萨莉？”他问。

'The lawyers, of course. Five million pounds is a lot of money, and we're going to have a wonderful time. There's a lot of us, you see. There's Mrs Carter's lawyer, Jason's wife's lawyer, the lawyer for "Help the Children", the lawyer for Sunshine Lotteries--and me, Jason's lawyer. We're going to talk about it in court for days and days.(4) And lawyers are expensive. When we finish, a lot of that five million pounds is going to be our money!'

“当然是律师啦。五百万英镑是很大一笔钱，而我们会过得很不错。案件中有很多律师，你瞧，有卡特太太的律师、贾森老婆的律师、‘儿童救助会’的律师、阳光彩票公司的律师——还有我，贾森的律师。我们将在法庭上成天地讨论下去，而律师费是很高的。我们结案时，那五百万英镑中的一大部分都会成为我们的钱！”

Sally smiled, happily. 'Colin, shall we get a new car? A Mercedes, perhaps?'(5)

萨莉笑了，笑得很开心：“科林，我们要买辆新车吗？一辆梅赛德斯，怎么样？”

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核心语言点 

1. think about 考虑

    think of 考虑； 想起； 关心

例句：He’s thinking of/about buying a new cellphone.

           他正在考虑买一部新手机。

           He always thinks of others.

           他总是想着别人。

2. It’s difficult to do sth. 做某事很困难。

    It’s difficult for sb. to do sth. 对于某人来说做某事很困难。

例句：It’s difficult to read your handwriting.

           读你的字真难。

           It’s difficult for me to read your handwriting.

           对我来说读你的字很困难。

3. What + a/an + adj. +... 多么……啊！

例句：What a beautiful day!

           多么美好的一天呐！

4. for days and days 好些日子

例句：These flowers can last for days and days.

           这些花能持续开好些日子。

5. shall we... 我们一起……

例句：Shall we go to the movies?

           我们一起去看电影吧？

           Let’s go to the movies, shall we?

           我们一起去看电影吧，好吗？