时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2009年


英语课

It's a lottery 1 story unlike so many others, where chance was followed quickly by fate and grief gave way to an amazing discovery. That's Charlotte Peters, and that's a golden lottery ticket she almost threw away. Her husband had bought it a couple of months ago, but died of a heart attack that same day, never knowing the ticket was a big winner.




My husband had purchased it on November 1st and he had a heart attack on November 1st, and this was drawn 2 on December 2nd.




His wife didn't know it was a winner either and put the ticket aside during weeks of mourning until just recently.


 


I was on the verge 3 of throwing it out, and I was in the grocery store, and I asked to have it checked, and they told me I was a winner. I had no idea how much it was.




She now knows that ticket is worth $10 million. Donald Peters was a retired 4 factory worker and had been playing the lottery regularly for 20 years.


 


Sandy Cousell, the Associated Press.


 



1 lottery
n.抽彩;碰运气的事,难于算计的事
  • He won no less than £5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
  • They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
2 drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
3 verge
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
4 retired
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
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agrypnotic
air priority
ammonia gas imjury
amphisporic
asetacus oldhamus
asthenic bulbar paralysis
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delayed finish
desemiticize
Dilangtani
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double-Dove scan prism
exact match
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fall way
final treatment
first kind
fishing eagles
for ever
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handfree
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intermediate pinning
interpuncts
interrupt service communication
intituled
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Jonsson
Koluton
LEO (low enrichment ordinary water reactor)
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mathematical optimization
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network operations control center (nocc)
nightclubber
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non negative condition
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OCAR
ocean observation technology
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Ortholavenite
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plus earth
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Protryptyline
pup
Quakenbrück
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rack and pinion
ranging code
RCGM (reactor cover gas monitor)
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returnability test
root sealer bead
sagur
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schwartz generalized function
scoldee
scratchin'
serum-rash
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softening point thermometer
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stiffened arched girder
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taking office
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Tundak
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voltaic taste
Work your tail off
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