Norwegian Family Wins Lottery Three Times 挪威乐透三顾好「孕」家
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- 发布于 2013年3月16日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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A 29-year-old woman and her family have made an interesting piece of history in Norway. Hege Jeanette Oksnes has given birth three times since 2006, and each birth occurred within days or months of someone in her family winning the lottery. Oksnes, who serves hot dogs at a gas station on the small Norwegian island of Austevoll, said her family doesn’t even play the lottery much.
一名29岁妇人与她的家人们在挪威创下一个有趣的历史纪录。自2006年至今，海婕．珍妮特．欧克斯尼斯共生了三胎，而每一次生产的数日或数月内，家族的某个成员就会赢得乐透彩券头奖。在挪威的艾斯特沃尔岛上，欧克斯尼斯于加油站的热狗摊工作，她表示自己的家人们甚至不常购买乐透彩券。
Oksnes first gave birth in 2006, days after her father had won the lottery. She had her second child in 2009, the day after she won the lottery. One of Oksnes’ brothers won the lottery on September 22, 2012, a few months after she had her third child. In total, the family has won US$3.9 million so far.
欧克斯尼斯在2006年生了第一胎，几天后她的父亲赢得乐透头奖。2009年，就在自己赢得头奖后，她生下了第二胎。2012年9月22日，欧克斯尼斯其中一位兄弟也赢得头奖，刚好发生在她生下第三胎的数个月后。总体算来，这个家庭至今共赢得390万美元。
The Norwegian lottery company said it has never seen anything like this case. Although many people credit her family’s good luck to her pregnancies, Oksnes and her husband seem not to be greedy. They said they are quite satisfied now and will not have any more children.
挪威彩券公司表示他们从未看过这样的案例。尽管许多人将这个家庭的好运归功于她的怀孕，欧克斯尼斯跟丈夫似乎不想太贪心。他们表示自己已经很满足，并且不打算生更多小孩。
－by Bryan Shettig
单词发音
Vocabulary
birth [bɝθ] n. 诞生；分娩
lottery [ˋlɑtərɪ] n. 奖券，彩票
Norwegian [nɔrˋwidʒən] adj. 挪威的
million [ˋmɪljən] n. 百万
credit [ˋkrɛdɪt] v. 归功于
pregnancy [ˋprɛgnənsɪ] n.怀孕
greedy [ˋgridɪ] adj. 贪婪的
satisfied [ˋsætɪs͵faɪd] adj. 感到满意的；令人满意的；满足的
Reading Comprehension
1. Who was the first in the family to win the lottery?
(A) Oksnes' husband.
(B) Oksnes' mother.
(C) Oksnes' brother.
(D) Oksnes' father.
2. Which of the following statements about Oksnes and her family is true in this article?
(A) Oksnes' husband wants her to keep having babies.
(B) Oksnes got US$2.2 million from the lottery prize.
(C) Oksnes won the lottery before the birth of her second child.
(D) Oksnes' father won the lottery in 2012.
3. What has the family decided after winning the lottery three times?
(A) To not have more children.
(B) To continue having children.
(C) To move to another island.
(D) To start their own lottery company.
Answer
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1. ( D) |
2. ( C) |
3. ( A) |
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