速成英语口语第五册 Lesson5:It's All in the Numbers

Lesson 5 It's All in the Numbers

第5课 所有的号码都对上了

Paula: Well, you sure are chipper today, Mason.

宝拉：嗯，梅森，你今天真是精神饱满。

Mason: You can say that again.

梅森：你可以再说一遍。

Paula: Did you get the promotion¹ you were after?

宝拉：你如愿以偿的升职了吗？

Mason: Even better! You're not going to believe this, Paula, but … we just won the lottery²!

梅森：比这更好！你不会相信的，宝拉，但是…我们刚刚中了彩票！

Paula: What?! The lottery? You're kidding, right? You mean we won the state lottery?

宝拉：什么？！彩票？你在开玩笑吧？你是说我们中了州彩票？

Mason: All of our numbers came up, and we won ten million dollars!

梅森：我们所有的号码都对上了，我们赢了一千万美元！

Paula: Holy³ cow! Ten million dollars!

宝拉：天哪！一千万美元！

Mason: I could hardly believe it myself. When they read the winning⁴ numbers, and I saw they matched, I had to pinch⁵ myself because it felt like I was dreaming. Once the reality set in, I couldn't wait to tell you.

梅森：我自己简直不敢相信。当他们公布中奖号码，我看到他们匹配时，我不得不掐自己，因为我觉得自己在做梦。一旦现实来临，我迫不及待地想告诉你。

Paula: I can't believe it. So, I guess the first question is: what do we plan to do with the money?

宝拉：我简直不敢相信。所以，我想第一个问题是：我们打算用这些钱做什么？

Mason: I haven't figured all of that out just yet. One of the first things I wanted to do, though, is take the family out for dinner to celebrate. What do you say?

梅森：我还没有完全弄明白。不过，我想做的第一件事就是带家人出去吃饭庆祝。你说呢？

Paula: Sure, let's start telling everyone the great news.

宝拉：当然，让我们开始告诉大家这个好消息。

Mason: (chuckling) Absolutely, dear, absolutely.

梅森：（笑）绝对，亲爱的，绝对。

1 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

2 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。

3 holy   

adj.神圣的，圣洁的，至善的；n.神圣的东西

参考例句：

• She was still a holy and pure young girl.她仍是一个圣洁的少女。
• He reads the Holy Bible every night.他每晚读《圣经》。

4 winning   

adj.获胜的，胜利的；吸引人的，有说服力的

参考例句：

• Team A has no chance of winning.A队没有获胜的可能。
• They have great hopes of winning.他们获胜的希望极大。

5 pinch   

n.捏，撮，困苦，偷窃；vt.掐，使...困苦，偷窃

参考例句：

• She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing.她过去常把伙食费省下来买衣服。
• He put a pinch of salt on his food.他在自己的食物上撒了一撮盐。