法國(guó)俗語(yǔ)，笨蛋雖笨，但還有比他更笨的笨蛋為他喝彩。

——柯南道爾 《福爾摩斯探案集》

//腦子是自己的，越用越活，不要著急站隊(duì)。

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Author: Rosemary Border (英)

書(shū)名原文：The lottery winner

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作者簡(jiǎn)介:

Rosemary Border is best known for her EFL readers for Oxford University Press titles, including Pollution for Oxford Bookworms Factfiles, The Lottery Winner for Oxford Bookworms Library, and Drive into Danger for Oxford Bookworms Starters.

She is also series editor and co-author of 24 books on everyday legal problems.

From? https://elt.oup.com/bios/elt/b/border_r?cc=cn&selLanguage=zh

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Just think. You win five million pounds in the lottery – suddenly you are rich! What are you going to do with all that money??

//突然中獎(jiǎng)五百萬(wàn)，也許我會(huì)給B站充錢(qián)，買(mǎi)下盡可能多的股票，成為大股東，然后讓UP主在泳池邊跳舞。

He stood and looked down at her for a second; then he ran away with Emma's bag under his arm.

//搶一位老太婆的錢(qián)包，是認(rèn)真的去搶劫嗎，腦子可能還有點(diǎn)問(wèn)題。

I always have the same numbers –5, 12, 23, 24, 38, 41. All those numbers are important to me. I was born on 5th December, 1923. I lived at number 24 Sandwich Road for 38 years...'

//在意林上能找到不少，一直買(mǎi)相同彩票的故事。

He was twenty-two years old. He lived with his father and mother in three small rooms at the top of a tall building.

//二十二歲，與父母住在一起，在書(shū)中是搶劫犯，現(xiàn)實(shí)中是啃老族，就像我。

Jason knew about lottery tickets. He bought five tickets every weekend.

//窮人的陷阱：買(mǎi)彩票。因?yàn)椴欢势钡母怕史浅７浅Ｐ。圆艜?huì)把精力與金錢(qián)花在那上面，結(jié)果更窮。

'Wrong!' said Jason. 'I'm rich.'

His mother and father began to speak at the same time.

//彩票爭(zhēng)奪戰(zhàn)拉開(kāi)序幕。父母說(shuō)：那是我的彩票。

He lives in Australia, but he telephones me every week…

//兒女身處異地，每周向家里打一次電話(huà)很難做到的，做不好就會(huì)讓父母愧疚為子女的負(fù)擔(dān)。

//曾經(jīng)照顧過(guò)自己的親戚也是如此，非常難決定打電話(huà)問(wèn)候，因?yàn)椴恢揽梢詾樗麄冏鲂┦裁础?/p>

He hit me and snatched my bag, and stole my lottery ticket – my winning ticket, with my winning numbers!'

//強(qiáng)調(diào)my: Emma 說(shuō)：那是我的彩票。

Jason's face went very red. He snatched the bottle and took a long drink. The champagne ran down his new blue shirt. He laughed. 'Kiss me,' he said to the girl.

//許久未見(jiàn)潤(rùn)雨的良田，往往比較敏感，看見(jiàn)一個(gè)女孩便會(huì)產(chǎn)生好感。

'At home,' said Jason. 'I'm telling you the truth. Ask my mother and father! I didn't steal anything!'

//警察問(wèn)不在場(chǎng)證明，嫌疑犯說(shuō)：在家里。這種無(wú)法證明自己的說(shuō)辭，既無(wú)法為自己開(kāi)脫，又顯得自己愚蠢。明顯的是，怎樣對(duì)待世界/人間/他人，Ta們就會(huì)怎樣對(duì)待自己。

'There wasn't—' Jason stopped. Careful, he thought. Be careful. 'There wasn't a bag,' he said. 'I told you. I didn't steal the old woman's bag!'

'Old woman? Who said anything about an old woman?'

//強(qiáng)調(diào)Careful: Jason 急中生智沒(méi)有上套，可惜后來(lái)說(shuō)出了受害人的年齡。

'I want to see my lawyer,' said Jason suddenly. Jason did not know any lawyers. But people on television always said that.

//彩票爭(zhēng)奪戰(zhàn)1：Jason 說(shuō)：我要請(qǐng)律師。

//看看電視還是有好處的，被捕了這樣說(shuō)至少顯得很酷。

'For thirty thousand pounds. I think I can tell a lie. But what did you do on Saturday afternoon? Tell me.'

//三萬(wàn)英鎊講一個(gè)謊言，有錢(qián)能使媽說(shuō)謊。

Well, I'm his wife, Jack's his son – and we want half of his money!'

//彩票爭(zhēng)奪戰(zhàn)2：Jason 妻子說(shuō)：那有我一半的彩票，我要請(qǐng)律師。

I'm going to get a good lawyer, and I'm going to get that two and a half million pounds!'

//Two and a half million pounds: 250 萬(wàn)英鎊。伴隨著第二個(gè)律師進(jìn)場(chǎng)。

It was in a big building with 'Evans, Robinson, Dennis and Day' over the door.

'Why isn't your name there too?' asked Jason.

'Because I'm young and not very important,' said Sally with a smile. 'I work for Mr Dennis.'

//以三個(gè)人命名的大樓，并且Sally 只是為其中一人工作的小角色，可見(jiàn)律師職業(yè)在英國(guó)很賺錢(qián)。

'So she can't prove that it was her ticket,' said Jason. 'She can't take my money away from me.'

//強(qiáng)調(diào) prove：Jason 很明白年邁的 Mrs Emma 沒(méi)辦法證明是她的彩票。

'How much money are you giving her, Jason?' Sally asked quietly. 'Thirty thousands pounds, was it?'

//Sally 很明白: 是 Jason 偷了東西, 并且那不重要。

But that lottery ticket wasn't in her bag. It's my ticket. I bought it, I paid for it, with my money. OK?'

//強(qiáng)調(diào) was not，my : 因?yàn)闆](méi)有證人，所以打死也不說(shuō)出真相。已經(jīng)進(jìn)入說(shuō)謊的第二層：在假話(huà)中摻雜些許真話(huà)，迷惑別人。

Simon's a wonderful son. He telephones me every week. He never forgets...'

//人類(lèi)年齡一大就害怕被遺忘嗎，就我自己而言，因?yàn)橛性S多愛(ài)好，是不會(huì)在意的。

//可是，父母親戚那一輩，把子女當(dāng)成世界的全部，就很害怕遺忘了。我這一代的使命就是：能為長(zhǎng)輩做些什么事。

Please go home now, Mrs Carter. I'm going to make some telephone calls. Come and see me again tomorrow.'

//彩票爭(zhēng)奪戰(zhàn)3：年邁的 Mrs Emma 說(shuō)：那是我的彩票，我要請(qǐng)律師。

Give some of the money away! I can give it to that charity…Wonderful! People can't say I'm nasty after that!'

//捐錢(qián)是因?yàn)橐嵉梦灏偃f(wàn)英鎊，為了更多的錢(qián)，還能附帶一些好名聲。

//除了一些救人危難，雪中送碳之事，普通人別傻里傻氣的捐錢(qián)。

'No, no,' said Jason. 'Not five hundred pounds. Five hundred thousand pounds!'

//一次捐五十萬(wàn)英鎊，卻打扮如此簡(jiǎn)陋，難有人相信。

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

//彩票爭(zhēng)奪戰(zhàn)4：年邁的 Mrs Carter，她的律師 Mr Jones 要求彩票公司也找一個(gè)律師。

//彩票公司已經(jīng)為了 Jason 的獲獎(jiǎng)，舉行過(guò)慶祝儀式了，換了人獲獎(jiǎng)錢(qián)就打水漂了，所以才會(huì)不高興的吧。

'Yes, I know. But when I get the money, I want to give one million pounds to "Help the Children".

//捐贈(zèng)數(shù)目又突然變成了一百萬(wàn)英鎊。

'That's old Sam Green,' said Sally. 'He's a good lawyer. He's working for Sunshine Lotteries, I think.'

//彩票公司真的請(qǐng)了律師。

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.

//每每有人中一次彩票，律師們都發(fā)一次財(cái)運(yùn)，律師們都去開(kāi)彩票公司好了。

//彩票爭(zhēng)奪戰(zhàn)5：兒童中心也請(qǐng)了律師。

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

//五位律師喜提奔馳一輛。

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