2021年2月20日 星期六

Man wins $2M after mistakenly buying extra lottery ticket

 

Man wins $2M after mistakenly buying extra lottery ticket

男子錯買多餘彩券,贏得200萬美元

【摘要2021.2.18.自由】孫宇青

A detroit-area man who accidentally bought an extra lottery ticket has won two $1 million jackpots.

(美國)底特律地區一名男子意外多買一張彩券,贏得2組各100萬美元的頭獎。

Samir Mazahem, 56, of Dearborn Heights said he was saving numbers on a lottery app after buying a $2 ticket for the Mega Millions game. He then realized that he had purchased a second ticket with the same numbers.

住在迪爾伯恩海茨的56歲薩米爾.馬札海姆說,他在「超級百萬樂透」的應用程式上,花了2美元買了1張彩券,並把號碼儲存下來後,發現自己竟用同樣的號碼買了2張彩券。

"I was a little bummed but didn’t think much about it," Mazahem said. Until he recently logged onto the app and found he had two $1 million winners.

馬札海姆說:「我有點氣惱,但沒有多想。」直到最近登入應用程式,他才發現自己贏了2張各100萬美元的大獎。

"I couldn’t believe it was real," he said. "It took several days for the reality to set in." He plans to buy a new house and save the rest after claiming his prize.AP

他說:「我不敢相信這是真的,過了好幾天才有真實感。」他領獎後打算買新房子,並把剩餘的錢存下來。(美聯社)

【新聞辭典】

accidentally:副詞,偶然,意外地。例句:We met each other accidentally.(我們偶然遇見彼此。)

bummed:形容詞,惱怒的。例句:The player felt bummed after losing the important game.(這名選手輸掉這場重要比賽後很火大。)

set in:動詞,變得確立、明顯。例句:After being defeated three times in a row, the player’s anxiety began to set in.(在一連3次被打敗後,這名選手的焦慮感開始發作。)

 

 

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