英国工人中奖成千万富翁 奢华旅游不忘做义工

 　　Matt Myles, 27, from Hereford, was working gruelling night shifts in a factory when a Euromillions ticket bought on a whim² netted him a surprise ?1million windfall.

　　27岁的马特.迈尔斯来自赫里福郡，一次心血来潮买的欧洲百万乐透给他带来了一百万英镑的意外之财，那时候他还在一家工厂里上着工作繁重的夜班。

　　And he wasted no time in putting his newfound wealth to good use - jetting off to Indonesia before the money had even hit his account.

　　他立刻有效的利用新财富——在钱打入账户之前就乘飞机去了印度尼西亚。

　　Mr Myles took off on his round-the-world tour in April, taking his brother Pete, 26, along for the ride and picking up his tab.

　　迈尔斯先生四月的时候带着26岁的弟弟佩特开始了环球旅行，且替他承担旅行费用。

　　So far his lavish³ lifestyle has taken him to Hong Kong, Bali and Thailand. He then set off for Brazil, where England's disappointing World Cup performance failed to dampen the experience.

　　到目前为止，在挥霍的生活方式下，他去了香港，巴厘岛和泰国。然后他启程去了巴西，在这里，英格兰队令人失望的世界杯表现并没有影响他旅行的兴致。

　　Still on his hit list are visiting Machu Picchu in Peru, diving at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, bungee jumping into the Grand Canyon⁴ in Arizona, driving across Route 66 in a Ford¹ Mustang.

　　他的旅行清单上还包括游览秘鲁的马丘比丘，在澳洲的大堡礁中潜水，在亚利桑那州的大峡谷中蹦极，开着福特野马穿过66号公路。

　　He then hopes to canoe the Amazon, walking the Great Wall of China and seeing the pyramids in Egypt, enjoy a fortnight of partying with his friends in Ibiza and volunteer with Unicef in Africa for three months.

　　然后他希望在亚马逊河中划独木舟，攀登中国长城，到埃及看金字塔，和朋友们在伊比沙岛进行两周的狂欢，在非洲作三个月的联合国儿童基金会志愿者。

　　Mr Myles, who used to serve in the Army, told the Sunday People: 'From travelling the world to meeting celebrities⁵ I couldn’t have made this up in my wildest dreams - They say money can’t buy happiness but I have never been happier.'

　　曾经参过军的迈尔斯先生对周日人民报说：我环游世界见了那些梦里都不觉得我能见到的名人，他们说金钱买不到幸福，但是我从来没像现在这么幸福。

　　Before the shock win, he said: 'I was working night shifts and was worried I’d have to move back home to save some money. While the next 12 months will be incredible, I won’t change. I’ll live as I always have – go big or go home!'

　　在中奖之前，他说：我上夜班，还担心得搬回老家攒钱。但接下来会是不可思议的12个月，我不会改变。我会一如既往-要么做大要么回家。

　　However, despite the apparent gusto with which he is spending his winnings, Mr Myles says he has set himself a limit of ?100,000.

　　尽管他把奖金花到了主要的爱好上，但迈尔斯先生给自己设定了10万英镑的限额。

　　Upon winning, he invested half of the cash and is ploughing much of the remainder into establishing a property business with friends, and hopes to train as an airline pilot.

　　赢得大奖后，他把一半的现金和剩下大部分钱投资到和朋友建立的房地产生意上，而且希望能培训成为一名航空公司飞行员。

1 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

2 whim   

n.一时的兴致，突然的念头；奇想，幻想

参考例句：

• I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
• He had a sudden whim to go sailing today.今天他突然想要去航海。

3 lavish   

adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍

参考例句：

• He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
• The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。

4 canyon   

n.峡谷，溪谷

参考例句：

• The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
• The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。

5 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目