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背景知识 美国历史上最大的彩票头奖得主终于有了答案! 加利福尼亚州彩票公司周一宣布,创纪录的 20.4 亿美元强力球大奖的获胜者已经联系他们,获奖者被确认是埃德温·卡斯特罗(edwin castro)。 州法律规定获奖者的...







背景知识
美国历史上最大的彩票头奖得主终于有了答案!
加利福尼亚州彩票公司周一宣布,创纪录的 20.4 亿美元强力球大奖的获胜者已经联系他们,获奖者被确认是埃德温·卡斯特罗(edwin castro)。
州法律规定获奖者的名字需要公开,但除此之外卡斯特罗的其他什么信息都没有被透露——包括他的年龄和居住地。

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california winner of record $2bnlotteryprize says he is ‘shocked andecstatic’
加州创纪录的20亿美元彩票中奖者说他感到“震惊和欣喜若狂”
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the winner of the largest ever lotteryjackpotdescribed himself as “shocked and ecstatic” as officials revealed his identity, satisfying a law in his state, california. edwin castro bought the ticket that won therecord-breaking$2.04bn powerball jackpot on 8 november.instead ofchoosing to collect the full prize through anannuityover 29 years, heopted foranimmediatelump sumof more than $997.6m – the more common path for people in his position.
这位有史以来最大的彩票头奖得主说,当官方工作人员公布他的身份时,他感到“震惊和欣喜若狂”,这符合他所在的加州的一项法律。埃德温·卡斯特罗于去年的11月8日购买了这张彩票,赢得了破纪录的20.4亿美元强力球头奖。他没有选择通过29年的年金来领取全部奖金,而是选择了立即一次性领取超过9.976亿美元的奖金——这是处于他这个位置的人更常见的方式。
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castrodeclinedan invitation to appear at a news conference held on tuesday by lottery officials in california. but the names of california lottery winners mustbecome publicby law, so officials published his name while reading a statementon his behalf, in an event that was recorded on video posted online. castro said he was happy the lottery he won generated a record-breaking $156m for california public schools.
卡斯特罗拒绝了出席加州彩票官方周二举行的新闻发布会的邀请。但根据法律规定,加州彩票中奖者的名字必须公开,所以彩票官方的工作人员在代表他宣读一份声明时公布了他的名字,这一事件被录成了视频并发布在了网上。卡斯特罗说,他很高兴自己中的这张彩票为加州公立学校创造了创纪录的1.56亿美元。
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“i am shocked and ecstatic to have won the powerballdrawing,” castro said in his statement, a copy of which was provided to the guardian. “as someone who received therewardsof being educated in the california public education system, it’sgratifyingto hear that as a result of my win, the school system greatly benefits as well.” his winningsare subject tofederal taxes, which reduce thepayoutby more than a third. however, california is one of eight states that do nottaxpowerball winnings. castro bought his lucky ticket from joe’s service center in altadena, about five miles north of pasadena. the store owner, joe chahayed, earned a $1m bonus prize for selling the winning ticket.
卡斯特罗在他的声明中说:“中了强力球彩票,我感到震惊和欣喜若狂。”他向《卫报》提供了一份声明的副本。“作为一个在加州公共教育系统接受过教育的人,很高兴听到由于我的获奖,学校系统也大大受益。”他的奖金需要缴纳联邦税,这会使奖金减少三分之一以上。然而,加州是八个不对强力球奖金征税的州之一。卡斯特罗在帕萨迪纳以北约5英里的阿尔塔迪纳的乔服务中心买了这张幸运彩票。店主乔·查哈耶德因售出这张中奖彩票而获得了100万美元的奖金。
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今日单词
lottery /?lɑ?t?ri/ n. 抽彩给奖法,博彩;
ecstatic /?k?st?t?k/ adj. 狂喜的;出神的,入迷的;
jackpot /?d??kpɑ?t/ n.(在碰运气游戏中的)头奖,最高奖;
record-breaking/?rek?rd bre?k??/ adj. 破纪录的;
instead of 代替;作为…的替换;
annuity /??nu??ti/ n. 年金,养老金;年金保险;
opt for 选择;挑选;
immediate /??mi?di?t/ adj. 立刻的,即时的;
lump sum 一次性付款;总价;
decline /d??kla?n/ vt. 谢绝;婉言拒绝;
become public 公开,公诸于世;
on sb.' behalf 代表(或代替)某人;
drawing /?dr????/ n. 抽签,抽奖;
reward /r??w??rd/ n. 奖励,回报;
gratifying /?ɡr?t?fa???/ adj. 令人高兴的;令人满足的;
be subject to 受支配,从属于;受…支配;受…影响;
payout /?pe?a?t/ n.(尤指大笔) 钱款;
tax /t?ks/ vt. 对…征税;

素材来源
文本选自:the guardian(卫报)
作者:ramon antonio vargas
原文发布时间:15 feb. 2023

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