英语新闻听写 9亿金额的强力球头彩究竟花落谁家？

Someone Could Win A Record $900 Million

9亿金额的强力球头彩究竟花落谁家？

The powerball keeps growing and now it's reached $900 milllion.

美国强力球彩票的头奖奖金不断累积，现已涨至9亿美元。

The lucky winner will take home an estimated $558 million if they choose a lump-sum cash prize, lottery¹ officials announced Saturday morning.

周六早上，强力球彩票的官方发言人称：若获奖得主选择一次性领取，就可以直接把5.58亿的奖金领回家。

And if no one happens to strike it rich this time, the prize for the next drawing on Wednesday will reach a staggering $1.3 billion.

如果这一次头奖落空的话，下次头奖的金额将累积至13亿美元。

But should you wind up with the winning jackpot, odds² are good that you won't be able to hold on to your anonymity³.

要是你侥幸赢得头奖，想不被人知道恐怕很难。

With Powerball tickets sold in 44 states, as well as in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin⁴ Islands and Puerto Rico,

强力球彩票在全美44个州出售，外加华盛顿哥伦比亚特区，维尔京群岛以及波多黎各。

all but six states require lottery winners to come forward publicly.

其中六个州要求获奖者领奖时必须公开身份。

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 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

3 anonymity   

n.the condition of being anonymous

参考例句：

• Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
• Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。

4 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。