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彩券樂透了？BUYING LOTTERY TICKETS

該不該抓住一夜致富的好機會？Should you jump at the chance to get rich quick?

艾瑪和傑森是好朋友；他們兩人正趁著工作空檔閒聊。

傑森對於人人有機會贏得的樂透鉅額頭獎感到興奮不已；他打算下班後就去買幾張彩券。

傑森：妳知道這週末的「威力球」頭彩獎金是多少嗎？一億美元耶！

艾瑪：那又怎樣？別跟我說你要去買一張。

傑森：我要買好幾張！一張彩券才兩塊美元；對我來說不算什麼。

艾瑪：可能吧，不過你是在白白浪費錢。你知道中獎的機率是多少嗎？

傑森：不知道；不過大概是超低的吧。

艾瑪：是超低沒錯。我讀過一則報導，提到中頭獎的機率約莫是三億分之一。被閃電打中的機率還比較大呢！

傑森：還真慘，是不是？可是還是有機會啊；如果沒買彩券，就別想中獎了。

艾瑪：就算你買了，大概也不會中啊。

傑森：嗯，總有人會中獎的。為什麼那個人不會是我呢？

艾瑪：每個買彩券的人都這麼想。

傑森：我可以作作夢吧？再說，買彩券對我來說是種消遣。比起花十二塊美元看電影，還不如拿來買六張彩券。

Buying Lottery Tickets

Emma and Jason are good friends.

They are chatting during a work break.

Should you jump at the chance to get rich quick?

Jason is excited about the huge lottery jackpot up for grabs.

He plans to buy a few tickets after work.

Jason： Did you see the Powerball jackpot for this weekend? It's US$ 100 million!

Emma：So? Don't tell me you're going to buy a ticket.

Jason：I'm going to buy several! Tickets only cost US$2 each. I can easily afford that.

Buying Lottery Tickets

Emma：Probably, but you're throwing away good money. Do you know what the odds are of winning?

Jason：No. But they're probably lousy. They are. I read once that the odds of winning a big jackpot are like 1 in 300 million.

Emma：Your chances of getting struck by lightning are greater!

Jason：That bad, huh? But there is still a chance. You can't win if you don't buy a ticket.

Emma：Even if you buy a ticket, you probably won't win. Well, someone will.

Jason：Why shouldn't that someone be me?

Emma：Everyone who buys a ticket thinks the same thing.

Jason：I can dream, can't I? Besides, it's an amusement for me. Instead of spending US$12 to see a movie, Ican buy six lottery tickets. 

jackpot（n.）頭獎

Sam won a jackpot of US$500,000, so he’s taking us on a short vacation.

All of the state jackpot winners were given free cars in addition to the money they won.

hit the jackpot 中大獎；走好運

Bob really hit the jackpot when he married Cynthia.取到Cynthia真是走運

lousy（adj.）糟糕的；差勁的

The food at this restaurant has been really lousy recently, so let’s eat somewhere else. 很難吃

The weather was so lousy on Jack and Mary’s trip that they came home earlier than they had planned. 天氣很糟

Simon is lousy at sports, but he is an excellent musician. 運動方面很差，但是是出色的音樂家

to jump at the chance 欣然接受

That means there is an opportunity for you to do something, and you're so eager to do it or to take that opportunity that it's kind of like you're actually jumping at the opportunity

get-rich-quick scheme 快速致富計劃

一種以小額投資獲得高回報率的計劃。至少自20世紀初以來，“快速致富”一詞就一直用於描述黑幕投資。大多數計劃給人的印像是參與者可以以很小的風險，很少的技能，精力或時間獲得如此高的回報率。快速致富計畫通常聲稱可以通過在家工作來獲得財富。合法和準合法的快速致富計畫經常在信息廣告片以及雜誌和報紙上廣為宣傳

up for grabs

it’s available for anybody

US$100 million

don’t tell me….

to afford

you have the money to spend on something 

to throw away money

you are actually putting in the garbage, but it does mean that you are wasting it

odd one out 異類

John comes from a family of musicians, and he’s the odd one out.

the odd  man/ woman out 

lightning（n.）閃電

Lightning flashed all across the sky, and then it started to pour down rain.閃電劃過天空後，接著就下起傾盆大雨

We want Louis on our team because he runs like lightning.快像閃電（跑很快）

lightning bug 螢火蟲

If you go to those mountains in April, you will see tons of lightning bugs. 

amusement（n.）娛樂；娛樂活動

What does everyone do for amusement in this little town? 

in amusement（adv. ph）覺得好笑或有趣

Roy looked at his sister in amusement when their mother got mad at her. 幸災樂禍

amusement park 主題樂園

There is an amusement park in the next town that Landon and his friends are going to tonight.

lottery

odds

If your nose is starting to run this evening, odds are you'll wake up with a cold tomorrow morning.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button （movie）

you can’t ＋（v.）＋if you don't ＋（v.）

to discourage from ＋（v.ing）

downer  鎮定劑；掃興的人（或事）

to take a gamble