133.A Thank-you Note

　　Once I received a thank-you note from a friend whom I had helped. In the envelope were five lottery¹ tickets that had been scratched, revealing the numbers. "Thank you very much for your help," the note read. "As a gift, I bought you some lottery tickets- sorry you didn't win. "

Notes:

　　(1) lottery n.彩票

　　(2) scratch v.刮

　　(3) reveal v.显出

Exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：

　　① The author received a thank-you note from one of his relatives.

　　② The author had helped one of his friends.

　　③ In the envelope were six lottery tickets.

　　④ The lottery tickets were given to the author as a gift.

　　⑤ The lottery tickets had not been scratched.

133.一封感谢信

　　有一次，我收到一封感谢信，是一个我曾帮助过的朋友寄来的。信封内有五张彩票，都被刮过了，露出了数字。“非常感谢您的帮助，”信上写道，“作为礼物，我给您买了些彩票----真遗憾，您没中奖。”

练习参考答案：

①F②T③F④T⑤F

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。