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Winning the lottery

歌曲	Winning the lottery
歌手	英语听力
专辑	VOA慢速英语：词汇典故

歌词

[00:00.10]	Now, the VOA
[00:12.70]	Special English program
[00:15.09]	WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
[00:17.67]	I think people everywhere
[00:20.16]	dream about having lots of money.
[00:23.40]	I know I do.
[00:24.89]	I would give anything
[00:27.23]	to make money hand over fist.
[00:30.12]	I would like to earn
[00:32.01]	large amounts of money.
[00:34.25]	You could win a large amount
[00:37.08]	of money in the United States
[00:38.92]	through lotteries.
[00:41.31]	People pay money for tickets
[00:44.01]	with numbers.
[00:45.40]	If your combination
[00:47.79]	of numbers is chosen,
[00:49.75]	you win a huge amount of money
[00:53.19]	– often in the millions.
[00:55.53]	Winning the lottery is a windfall.
[00:59.41]	A few years ago,
[01:02.49]	my friend Al won the lottery.
[01:05.48]	It changed his life.
[01:07.87]	He did not have a rich family.
[01:11.05]	He was not born
[01:12.64]	with a silver spoon
[01:14.64]	in his mouth.
[01:15.88]	Instead, my friend was
[01:18.42]	always hard up for cash.
[01:20.41]	He did not have much money.
[01:23.05]	And the money he did earn
[01:25.63]	was chicken feed – very little.
[01:28.92]	Sometimes Al even had
[01:31.51]	to accept hand-outs, gifts
[01:34.34]	from his family and friends.
[01:36.48]	But do not get me wrong.
[01:38.67]	My friend was not a deadbeat.
[01:41.66]	He was not the kind of person
[01:44.00]	who never paid the money he owed.
[01:46.98]	He simply pinched pennies.
[01:50.22]	He was always very careful
[01:52.86]	with the money he spent.
[01:54.50]	In fact, he was often
[01:56.94]	a cheapskate.
[01:58.33]	He did not like to spend money.
[02:01.32]	The worst times were
[02:04.30]	when he was flat broke
[02:06.29]	and had no money at all.
[02:08.88]	One day, Al scraped together
[02:13.56]	a few dollars for a lottery ticket.
[02:16.54]	He thought he would never
[02:18.68]	strike it rich or gain lots
[02:21.92]	of money unexpectedly.
[02:23.86]	But his combination of numbers
[02:27.54]	was chosen and he won the lottery.
[02:31.42]	He hit the jackpot.
[02:33.86]	He won a great deal of money.
[02:37.00]	Al was so excited.
[02:40.39]	The first thing he did
[02:42.78]	was buy a costly new car.
[02:46.21]	He splurged on the one thing
[02:49.60]	that he normally would not buy.
[02:52.48]	Then he started spending money
[02:56.57]	on unnecessary things.
[02:59.10]	He started to waste it.
[03:01.95]	It was like he had money to burn.
[03:05.38]	He had more money than he needed
[03:08.97]	and it was burning a hole
[03:11.70]	in his pocket so he spent it quickly.
[03:15.44]	When we got together for a meal
[03:19.23]	at a restaurant, Al paid every time.
[03:23.51]	He would always foot the bill,
[03:26.05]	and pick up the tab.
[03:27.89]	He told me the money made him
[03:31.47]	feel like a million dollars.
[03:33.91]	He was very happy.
[03:36.50]	But, Al spent too much money.
[03:40.28]	Soon my friend was down and out again.
[03:44.36]	He had no money left.
[03:46.75]	He was back to being
[03:49.24]	strapped for cash.
[03:50.78]	He had spent his bottom dollar,
[03:53.52]	his very last amount.
[03:56.35]	He did not even build up a nest egg.
[04:00.48]	He had not saved any of the money.
[04:03.87]	I admit I do feel sorry
[04:07.56]	for my friend.
[04:08.81]	He had enough money to live like a king.
[04:12.69]	Instead, he is back to living
[04:16.02]	on a shoestring -- a very low budget.
[04:19.60]	Some might say he is penny wise
[04:23.39]	and pound foolish.
[04:25.28]	He was wise about small things,
[04:28.01]	but not about important things.
[04:31.00]	(MUSIC)
[04:41.50]	WORDS AND THEIR STORIES,
[04:44.14]	in VOA Special English,
[04:46.88]	was written by Jill Moss.
[04:49.02]	I'm Faith Lapidus.

拼音

[00:00.10]	Now, the VOA
[00:12.70]	Special English program
[00:15.09]	WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
[00:17.67]	I think people everywhere
[00:20.16]	dream about having lots of money.
[00:23.40]	I know I do.
[00:24.89]	I would give anything
[00:27.23]	to make money hand over fist.
[00:30.12]	I would like to earn
[00:32.01]	large amounts of money.
[00:34.25]	You could win a large amount
[00:37.08]	of money in the United States
[00:38.92]	through lotteries.
[00:41.31]	People pay money for tickets
[00:44.01]	with numbers.
[00:45.40]	If your combination
[00:47.79]	of numbers is chosen,
[00:49.75]	you win a huge amount of money
[00:53.19]	often in the millions.
[00:55.53]	Winning the lottery is a windfall.
[00:59.41]	A few years ago,
[01:02.49]	my friend Al won the lottery.
[01:05.48]	It changed his life.
[01:07.87]	He did not have a rich family.
[01:11.05]	He was not born
[01:12.64]	with a silver spoon
[01:14.64]	in his mouth.
[01:15.88]	Instead, my friend was
[01:18.42]	always hard up for cash.
[01:20.41]	He did not have much money.
[01:23.05]	And the money he did earn
[01:25.63]	was chicken feed very little.
[01:28.92]	Sometimes Al even had
[01:31.51]	to accept handouts, gifts
[01:34.34]	from his family and friends.
[01:36.48]	But do not get me wrong.
[01:38.67]	My friend was not a deadbeat.
[01:41.66]	He was not the kind of person
[01:44.00]	who never paid the money he owed.
[01:46.98]	He simply pinched pennies.
[01:50.22]	He was always very careful
[01:52.86]	with the money he spent.
[01:54.50]	In fact, he was often
[01:56.94]	a cheapskate.
[01:58.33]	He did not like to spend money.
[02:01.32]	The worst times were
[02:04.30]	when he was flat broke
[02:06.29]	and had no money at all.
[02:08.88]	One day, Al scraped together
[02:13.56]	a few dollars for a lottery ticket.
[02:16.54]	He thought he would never
[02:18.68]	strike it rich or gain lots
[02:21.92]	of money unexpectedly.
[02:23.86]	But his combination of numbers
[02:27.54]	was chosen and he won the lottery.
[02:31.42]	He hit the jackpot.
[02:33.86]	He won a great deal of money.
[02:37.00]	Al was so excited.
[02:40.39]	The first thing he did
[02:42.78]	was buy a costly new car.
[02:46.21]	He splurged on the one thing
[02:49.60]	that he normally would not buy.
[02:52.48]	Then he started spending money
[02:56.57]	on unnecessary things.
[02:59.10]	He started to waste it.
[03:01.95]	It was like he had money to burn.
[03:05.38]	He had more money than he needed
[03:08.97]	and it was burning a hole
[03:11.70]	in his pocket so he spent it quickly.
[03:15.44]	When we got together for a meal
[03:19.23]	at a restaurant, Al paid every time.
[03:23.51]	He would always foot the bill,
[03:26.05]	and pick up the tab.
[03:27.89]	He told me the money made him
[03:31.47]	feel like a million dollars.
[03:33.91]	He was very happy.
[03:36.50]	But, Al spent too much money.
[03:40.28]	Soon my friend was down and out again.
[03:44.36]	He had no money left.
[03:46.75]	He was back to being
[03:49.24]	strapped for cash.
[03:50.78]	He had spent his bottom dollar,
[03:53.52]	his very last amount.
[03:56.35]	He did not even build up a nest egg.
[04:00.48]	He had not saved any of the money.
[04:03.87]	I admit I do feel sorry
[04:07.56]	for my friend.
[04:08.81]	He had enough money to live like a king.
[04:12.69]	Instead, he is back to living
[04:16.02]	on a shoestring a very low budget.
[04:19.60]	Some might say he is penny wise
[04:23.39]	and pound foolish.
[04:25.28]	He was wise about small things,
[04:28.01]	but not about important things.
[04:31.00]	MUSIC
[04:41.50]	WORDS AND THEIR STORIES,
[04:44.14]	in VOA Special English,
[04:46.88]	was written by Jill Moss.
[04:49.02]	I' m Faith Lapidus.

歌词大意

[00:00.10]	xiàn zài, měi guó zhī shēng
[00:12.70]	tè bié yīng yǔ lán mù
[00:15.09]	cí huì hé tā men de diǎn gù
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[00:27.23]	lái zhèng qián
[00:30.12]	wǒ yuàn yì qù zhuàn
[00:32.01]	hěn duō de qián
[00:34.25]	zài měi guó, nǐ kě néng huì yíng de
[00:37.08]	dà liàng de qián
[00:38.92]	tōng guò cǎi piào
[00:41.31]	rén men huā dà liàng de qián
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[00:45.40]	rú guǒ nǐ mǎi de hào mǎ
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[00:49.75]	nà nǐ jiù huì yíng de hěn duō qián
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[02:18.68]	biàn de fù yù
[02:21.92]	huò zhě yì wài zhī zhōng huò dé dà liàng de qián
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[02:42.78]	mǎi yī liàng xīn chē
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[02:49.60]	bìng bú shì tōng cháng yào mǎi de dōng xī
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[03:11.70]	yīn cǐ tè de qián yòng de fēi cháng kuài
[03:15.44]	wǒ men měi cì zài cān guǎn chī fàn de shí hòu
[03:19.23]	zǒng shì AI fù qián
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[04:08.81]	tā běn lái yōng yǒu zú gòu de qián kě yǐ shēng huó dé xiàng gè guó wáng
[04:12.69]	dàn tā què biàn huí qù le
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[04:25.28]	tā shì diū le xī guā
[04:28.01]	jiǎn le zhī má
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