A redneck buys a ticket and won the lottery. He goes to Austin to claim it and the man verifies his ticket number. The redneck says,“I want my $20 million.”
The man replies,“No,sir. It doesn’t work that way. We give you a million today and then you’ll get the rest spread out for the next 19 years.”
The redneck says,“Oh,no. I want all my money right now!I won it and I want it.”
Again,the man explains that he would only get a million that day and the rest during the next 19 years.
The redneck,furious with the man,screams out,“Look,I want my money!If you’re not going to give me my $20 million right now,then I want my dollar back!”
1.redneck - 乡巴佬,通常指美国南部的农村居民,有时带有贬义。
2.lottery - 彩票
3.ticket - 彩票
4.claim - 领取,认领
5.verifies - 核实,验证
6.million - 百万
7.spread out - 分散,分布
8.rest - 剩余部分
9.furious - 愤怒的
10.screams out - 大声喊出
11.explanation - 解释
12.dollar - 美元
彩票
一个乡下人买了一张彩票,中了大奖。他到奥斯丁去领奖。工作人员证实了他的奖券号码。乡下人说:“我要领走我的两千万美元。”
工作人员回答道:“对不起,先生,这不符合领奖程序。我们今天只能给你一百万,剩下的分十九年付清。”
乡下人说:“不,不行。我要马上把所有属于我的钱都拿走!钱是我赢的,应该归我。”
那位工作人员又向他解释了一遍,告诉他今天只能拿走一百万,剩下的要分十九年拿。
乡下人勃然大怒,对他大吼道:“告诉你,我一定要把钱拿走。如果你不能马上把我的两千万美元给我,那就把买彩票的那一美元退给我!”
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