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中大奖英语词汇典故
Now,theVOASpecialEnglishprogramWordsandTheirStories.
?Ithinkpeopleeverywheredreamabouthavinglotsofmoney.Iknow
Ido.Iwouldgiveanythingtomakemoneyhandoverfist.Iwouldliketo
earnlargeamountsofmoney.Youcouldwinalargeamountofmoneyinthe
UnitedStatesthroughlotteries.Peoplepaymoneyforticketswithnumbers.
Ifyourcombinationofnumbersischosen,youwinahugeamountofmoney
--ofteninthemillions.Winningthelotteryisawindfall.
?Afewyearsago,myfriendAlwonthelottery.Itchangedhislife.He
didnothavearichfamily--hewasnotbornwithasilverspooninhismouth.
Instead,myfriendwasalwayshardupforcash--hedidnothavemuch
money.Andthemoneyhedidearnwaschickenfeed--verylittle.
?SometimesAlevenhadtoaccepthand-outs--giftsfromhisfamily
andfriends.Butdonotgetmewrong.Myfriendwasnotadeadbeat.Hewas
notthekindofpersonwhoneverpaidthemoneyheowed.Hesimply
pinchedpennies.Hewasalwaysverycarefulwiththemoneyhespent.In
fact,hewasoftenacheapskate.Hedidnotliketospendmoney.Theworst
timeswerewhenhewasflatbrokeandhadnomoneyatall.
?Oneday,Alscrapedtogetherafewdollarsforalotteryticket.He
thoughthewouldneverstrikeitrichorgainlotsofmoneyunexpectedly.But
hiscombinationofnumberswaschosenandhewonthelottery.Hehitthe
jackpot.Hewonagreatdealofmoney.
?Alwassoexcited.Thefirstthinghedidwasbuyacostlynewcar--
hesplurgedontheonethingthathenormallywouldnotbuy.Thenhestarted
spendingmoneyonunnecessarythings.Hestartedtowasteit.Itwaslikehe
hadmoneytoburn.Hehadmoremoneythanheneededanditwasburninga
holeinhispocket,sohespentitquickly.
?Whenwegottogetherforamealatarestaurant,Alpaideverytime.
Hewouldalwaysfootthebill--andpickupthetab.Hetoldmethemoney
madehimfeellikeamilliondollars.
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