NBC晚间新闻 路易斯安娜夫妇发现过期中奖彩票

Tonight one lucky Louisiana couple has a lot more to be grateful for and it's all because of some pre-Thanksgiving chores that used to be a bore. I just sat there with you know receipts and other lottery¹ tickets and just accumulated and we were sitting there for a long time. Tina and Harold Arenberg tidying their house before relatives arrived this week when they literally² cleaned up.

One of several unchecked lottery tickets on their nightstand was a winner, 1.8 million dollars. The lucky numbers drawn³ back in June. Handed the ticket to him and I said, I'm gonna call out the numbers and let me know what you think, what you think. Yeah I thought something must have been wrong. And in this case timing⁴ is everything. The Louisiana Lottery ticket would have expired in just two weeks. And we were that close. The moral of the story is check your tickets and don't wait. Talk about a little extra gravy⁵ on Thanksgiving.

今晚，一对幸运的路易斯安那夫妇还有很多值得感激的事情要做，这都是因为感恩节前的，曾经让人厌烦的一些杂事。我就坐在那里，拿着收据和其他彩票，我们坐了很长时间。蒂娜和哈罗德·阿伦伯格在亲戚们本周到来之前打扫了他们的房子。他们的床头柜上有几张彩票还没检查过，其中一张中奖了，价值180万美元。6月开奖的幸运数字。我把票递给他，说，我要把号码喊出来，让我知道你在想什么，你在想什么。是的，我想一定是出了什么事。在这种情况下，时间就是一切。路易斯安那州的彩票在两周内过期。我们就差那么一点点。这个故事的寓意是即使检查你的彩票，不要等待。感恩节多吃点肉汁吧。

1 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• 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 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• 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。

4 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

5 gravy   

n.肉汁；轻易得来的钱，外快

参考例句：

• You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
• The meat was swimming in gravy.肉泡在浓汁之中。