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翻譯：Crazier

你的運氣如何？有沒有遇到過天上掉餡餅的事情？山姆就撿到了個“大餡餅”，可是他卻高興不起來……

Sam, an1)unemployedpiano2)tuner, said it was only the second thing he had everwonin his life. The first thing was a blanket at a church3)raffle. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000!

He had won the Big4)Cube, a state5)lotterygame. To win, one must first guess which number a6)spinningcube will stop on. The cube has six numbers on it: 1, 10,50, 100, 500, and 1000. If that person is correct, he or she must then guess which of two7)selected8)variablesis going to be greater.

Sam correctly guessed 1000, but he still had to choose between two variables.One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours. The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV9)channelsin three hours. This was a hard decision.

Sam picked the teenager and he picked right. The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times. Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy. He dreamily left the lottery center. Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car.

Sam is slowly getting better. He was in the hospital for a month. His hospital10)billwas $110,000. And the11)insurancecompany for the little sports car’s owner12)suedSam for $9,000. Also, Sam still has to pay13)taxeson his winnings. Samdoesn’tplay the lotteryany more. He says it’s better to be unlucky.

參考譯文

山姆是一名失業的鋼琴調音師。他說這是他生平第二次中獎。第一次中的獎品是在教堂抽獎得到的一條毛毯。不過這次的獎大多了：有12萬美金！

他中了“大魔方”全國樂透彩。如果想要中獎，參賽者必須首先猜中轉動的魔方會停在哪個數字上。魔方上有6個數字，分別為1、10、50、100、500和1000。如果猜中了，參賽者接下來還要選中給出的兩個變量中數字更大的那個。

山姆猜中了1000，但他還需從兩個變量中選擇一個。一個變量是六小時內，希爾街和濱湖大道交叉口的停車標志會被闖多少次。另一個變量是一個男孩在三個小時內會換多少次頻道。這是一個艱難的決定。

山姆選擇了男孩這個變量。他猜對了。六小時內停車標志只被闖了76次，而男孩在三小時內換了120次頻道。六十歲的山姆開心地跳了起來，飄飄忽忽地離開了彩票中心。山姆一邊興奮地打著電話，一邊過街，這時，一輛小跑車沖過來把他撞倒了。

目前，山姆正在慢慢恢復。他在醫院躺了一個月，花了整整11萬美金。小跑車車主的保險公司起訴了山姆，讓他賠償9000美金。同時，山姆還得繳納獎金稅。山姆再也不玩彩票了。他說寧愿自己沒那么走運。

1) unemployed [,?nIm'pl?Id] adj. 失業的

2) tuner ['tju?n?] n. 調音師

3) raffle ['r?fl] n. 抽彩

4) cube [kju?b] n. 立方體

5) lottery ['l?t?rI] n. 彩票

6) spin [spIn] v. 快速旋轉

7) selected [sI'lektId]adj. 經由選擇的，挑選的

8) variable ['ve?rI?bl] n. 可變因素，變量

9) channel ['t??nl] n. 頻道

10) bill [bIl] n. 賬單

11) insurance [In'???r?ns] n. 保險，保險費

12) sue [su?] v. 控告，起訴

13) tax [t?ks] n. 稅，稅額

名師考點小結

1.win意為“贏，獲勝”，多指贏得某個比賽、項目或戰爭，后面接比賽或戰爭的名字，而不能接比賽對手。例如：

Wang Mei won the race. 王梅賽跑贏了。

It’s very hard for us to win the basketball match. 對我們而言贏得這場籃球比賽很困難。

拓展：beat后面須接比賽的對象，意為“打敗”。例如：

I think you can beat the team from No.1 Middle School. 我認為你們可以擊敗第一中學隊。

2.not...any more意為“不再，再也不”。和它同義的短語有no more, not...any longer, no longer等。

(1) not…any more=no more作狀語時修飾非延續性動詞，用來說明在程度和數量上的“不再”，多用于將來時態。(2) not...any longer=no longer，修飾延續性的動詞，表示時間、狀態、距離等的不再

延續，著重于對現在和過去情況的對比。

(3) no longer位于句中，no more常出現在句末，not...any longer與not...any more

的位置是not位于句中，any longer, any more通常在句尾。

(4) no more除作狀語外，還可以作定語或賓語，而no longer只能作狀語。

例如：

Don’t eat any more.=Eat no more. 別吃了。

John is no longer late for school.=John isn’t late for school any longer. 約翰上學不再遲到了。

I have no more to say. 我沒有什么要說的了。（作賓語）

I have no more money with me. 我身上再也沒錢了。（作定語）