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双语有声阅读:Lottery fever in US 彩票“乐透”美国

时间：2010-11-01 06:17:35

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Lottery1 fever in US 彩票“乐透”美国

Millions are trying their luck in seven states

七个州的几百万人准备碰一碰运气

Millions of people in the United States are scrambling2 for tickets to enter one of the world's biggest-ever lottery draws.

Shops in seven eastern states have been besieged3 by customers desperate to buy a ticket for the prize - which could be as much as $350m.

The odds4 of winning are put at 76 million to one, what means that it is almost as likely as being hit by lightning twice on the same day.

成千上万的美国人等待在彩票发售点，期待着能够赶上世界有史以来金额最大的一次抽奖。

美国东部七个州的商店都围满了疯狂的顾客，他们希望好运能够降临在自己身上，重奖的金额将高达3亿5千万美元。

获奖的几率是7600万比1，这同一个人在一天内被闪电击中两次的概率相同
 


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1 lottery 43MyV     
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 scrambling cfea7454c3a8813b07de2178a1025138     
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞
参考例句：
  • Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 besieged 8e843b35d28f4ceaf67a4da1f3a21399     
包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
  • The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。
4 odds n5czT     
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？

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