【读新闻学英语】他们用最后的11块钱买了一张彩票，结果……
2017年2月22日 13:25
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Pensioners buy ticket with last $11
养老金领取者用最后的11块钱买了彩票
Pensioner：领养老金（或退休金、抚恤金）者
A pair of Aussie pensioners were on the brink of losing their home when they used their last $11 to buy a winning Lotto ticket to last night's draw.
一对澳大利亚养老金领取者用最后的11澳币买了一张彩票，却赢得了昨晚（2月21日）的乐透大奖。在得奖之前，他们穷到几乎要失去自己的家了。
Brink：边缘
Draw：抽奖
The couple, aged in their 60s, became millionaires overnight after buying the country's only division one Lotto ticket.
赢得唯一一张一等奖彩票之后，这对六十多岁的夫妇一夜之间成为百万富翁。
division one：一等奖
They bought the ticket on a whim after the woman had a dream she had won Lotto.
"When you're living pension to pension it isn't easy," the wife said.
在妻子梦到赢了乐透之后，这对夫妇心血来潮买了一张彩票。“靠养老金的生活并不容易，”她说。
Whim：心血来潮，突发奇想
"I was surprised my hubby let me use our last bit of change to buy the ticket but it was a double win day." The couple are set to take home $1 million.
“我很惊讶老公让我用最后一点零钱买了彩票，不过那是双赢的一天。”这对夫妇注定要带回家100万澳币。
be set to：已成定势
Before the win, the couple were set to sell their home because they could no longer afford their mortgage repayments.
赢得彩票之前，这对夫妇准备卖掉房子，因为他们已经负担不起按揭还款额。
mortgage repayments：按揭还款额
After learning she had the winning ticket, the woman phoned her husband to tell him they had won thousands before revealing the extent of the win when he returned home.
得知赢了头奖之后，妻子给丈夫打电话，只说赢了很多钱。在他回家后，才告诉他真正赢了多少钱。
Extent：程度、大小
"I wanted to tell my husband straight away but I was scared the shock of it would give him a heart attack."
“我想马上告诉我老公，但又怕他心脏病发作。”
straight away：立刻，马上
heart attack：心脏病发作
Store owner George Salib said he was aware the couple had been trying to sell their home due to money worries and was thrilled to hear they were now millionaires. "It couldn't have gone to a more deserving couple."
乐透商店老板George Salib说，他知道这对夫妇因为钱的问题要卖掉房子了。听到他们成了百万富翁，他非常开心：“他们是最值得得奖的人。”
money worries：对钱的担忧
thrill：非常激动
deserving：值得的；应得的
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