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@ 41128 Welfare Lottery
A 各位彩民朋友，晚上好！又到了福利彩票開獎的時間了！今天是今年的第76期開獎。由於前五期都沒有人中得頭獎，獎金滾動累積，本期的特等獎獎金是500萬元。你準備好了嗎？
gèwèi cǎimín péngyou, wǎnshang hǎo! yòu dào le fúlì cǎipiào kāijiǎng de shíjiān le! jīntiān shì jīnnián de dì qīshí liù qī kāijiǎng. yóuyú qián wǔ qī dōu méiyǒu rén zhòngdé tóujiǎng, jiǎngjīn gǔndòng lěijī, běnqī de tèděngjiǎng jiǎngjīn shì wǔbǎi wàn yuán. nǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo le ma?
Good evening, lottery fans! It's that time of the month again-- time to pick a winner in the Welfare Lottery! Today's drawing is the seventy-sixth drawing of this year. [There are four drawings per week-Ed.] Because no one won the top prize in the previous five drawings, the prize has gotten really big. This week's special prize is worth five million RMB. Are you ready?
A 首先，請我們的公證員對此次開獎進行公證。
shǒuxiān, qǐng wǒmen de gōngzhèngyuán duì cǐcì kāijiǎng jìnxíng gōngzhèng.
First, let's ask our notary to verify this drawing.
A 在開獎之前，請記住我們的宗旨：為中國的福利事業出一份力！
zài kāijiǎng zhīqián, qǐng jìzhu wǒmen de zōngzhǐ: wèi Zhōngguó de fúlì shìyè chū yī fèn lì!
Before the drawing, please remember our purpose here: to contribute to China's Welfare System!
B 瞧你那認真勁兒，這次準備給國家福利系統貢獻多少啊？
qiáo nǐ nà rènzhēnjìnr, zhècì zhǔnbèi gěi guójiā fúlì xìtǒng gòngxiàn duōshao ā?
Look how enthusiastic and conscientious you are. How much are we getting ready to contribute to the National Welfare System this time?
C 你別盡說風涼話，這次說什麼我都該轉運了。這回我買的是七彩樂，不是雙色球，就是從30個號碼中選7個號碼，開獎的時候他們還有個特別號碼。從概率的角度說，這個中獎的機率高多了。
nǐ bié jìn shuō fēngliánghuà, zhècì shuō shénme wǒ dōu gāi zhuǎnyùn le. zhè huí wǒ mǎi de shì qīcǎilè, bù shì shuāngsèqiú, jiùshì cóng sānshí ge hàomǎ zhōng xuǎn qī ge hàomǎ, kāijiǎng de shíhou tāmen hái yǒu ge tèbié hàomǎ. cóng gàilǜ de jiǎodù shuō, zhège zhòngjiǎng de jīlǜ gāo duō le.
Don't just make snide remarks! I should have a change of luck this time. I bought “Lucky Sevens`` this time, not "Two-toned Balls.`` That means that you choose seven out of thirty numbers. And during the drawing, there's also a special number. As far as probability goes, there's a much better chance of getting a prize this way.
B 你拉倒吧！你彩票都買了好幾年了，沒看你中過超過二十塊的！你就別做你的春秋大夢了！
nǐ lādǎo ba! nǐ cǎi piào dōu mǎi le hǎojǐnián le, méi kàn nǐ zhòng guò chāoguò èrshí kuài de! nǐ jiù bié zuò nǐ de chūnqiūdàmèng le!
Good luck with that! You've been buying lottery tickets for so many years, and I've never seen you win anything over twenty RMB! Knock it off with the wild dreaming!
A 滾動滾動，好！今天的第一個號碼是16。
gǔndòng gǔndòng, hǎo! jīntiān de dì yī ge hàomǎ shì shíliù.
Roll, roll! Great! Today's first number is sixteen.
B 喲，選對了！
yō, xuǎn duì le!
Oh, you chose right!
C 噓......別搗亂！
xū...... bié dǎoluàn!
Shhh...don't disturb me!
A 第二個號碼也產生了，是18。
dì èr ge hàomǎ yě chǎnshēng le, shì shíbā.
The second number has also come out. It's eighteen.
C 18！又對了。
shíbā! yòu duì le.
Eighteen! Right again!
B 看你還有什麼好戲唱！
kàn nǐ háiyǒu shénme hǎoxì chàng!
Let's just see how it plays out!
C 哈哈，前五個號碼我都有！看來數學沒白學！
hāhā, qián wǔ ge hàomǎ wǒ dōu yǒu! kànlái shùxué méi báixué!
Haha, I have all of the first five numbers. It looks like I wasn't wasting my time studying math!
B 你得意什麼？五等獎也就50塊。
nǐ déyì shénme? wǔděngjiǎng yě jiù wǔshí kuài.
What are you talking about? You only get fifty RMB for a fifth-rank prize.
C 外行就是看熱鬧！我這次買了二十注，每注都有這五個號碼，這樣就已經有一千塊了！
wàiháng jiùshì kàn rènao! wǒ zhècì mǎi le èrshí zhù, měi zhù dōu yǒu zhè wǔ ge hàomǎ, zhèyàng jiù yǐjīng yǒu yīqiān kuài le!
Outsiders are always happy to hang around and watch the excitement! I bought twenty tickets. Each one has these five numbers. That way it's already a thousand RMB.
B 噓！特殊號要開了！
xū! tèshū hào yào kāi le!
Shh--- they're going to draw the special number!
A 這次的特殊號是……6號！
zhècì de tèshū hào shì...... liù hào!
The special number is...six!
B 怎麼樣？中了嗎？
zěnmeyàng? zhòng le ma?
Well? Did you win?
C 什麼？6號！哎，真是人算不如天算啊！
shénme? liù hào! āi, zhēnshì rénsuàn bùrú tiānsuàn a!
What? Six? Agh, man proposes, God disposes!
B 要是都能算準，就不叫彩票啦！今天的戰績已經很不錯了！快去兌獎吧！
yàoshì dōu néng suànzhǔn, jiù bù jiào cǎipiào la! jīntiān de zhànjì yǐjīng hěn bùcuò le! kuài qù duìjiǎng ba!
If you could get them all right, it wouldn't be called a lottery! You already did pretty well today! Quick, let's go claim the prize!
C 下回非買個奔十的電腦來算！我就不信我中不了大獎！
xià huí fēi mǎi ge bēnshí de diànnǎo lái suàn! wǒ jiù bùxìn wǒ zhòngbùliǎo dàjiǎng!
Next time, I'll need to buy a Pentium Ten computer to help with the computations! I just refuse to believe that I can't win a prize.
Key Vocabulary
彩民 cǎimín
福利 fúlì
彩票 cǎipiào
開獎 kāijiǎng
中得 zhòngdé
頭獎 tóujiǎng
滾動 gǔndòng
累積 lěijī
特等獎 tèděngjiǎng
公證 gōngzhèng
宗旨 zōngzhǐ
認真勁兒 rènzhēnjìnr
貢獻 gòngxiàn
風涼話 fēngliánghuà
轉運 zhuǎnyùn
七彩樂 qīcǎilè
雙色球 shuāngsèqiú
概率 gàilǜ
機率 jīlǜ
拉倒 lādǎo
春秋大夢 chūnqiūdàmèng
搗亂 dǎoluàn
好戲 hǎoxì
白學 báixué
外行 wàiháng
注 zhù
人算不如天算 rénsuàn bùrú tiānsuàn
算準 suànzhǔn
戰績 zhànjì
兌獎 duìjiǎng
奔十 bēnshí
Supplementary Vocabulary
體育彩票 tǐyù cǎipiào
摸獎 mōjiǎng
內行 nèiháng
一等獎 yīděngjiǎng
手氣 shǒuqì
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