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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Dead man wins $10m jackpot 死人贏得1000萬美元大獎
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A US woman who checked her late husband’s lottery tickets after his death discovered he had won a $10 million jackpot.
一名美國婦女在丈夫身故後，檢查其擁有的彩券時，發現他中了1000萬美元的大獎。
Donald Peters, 79, bought two tickets hours before his death from a heart attack at a grocery shop in Danbury, Connecticut.
79歲的唐諾．彼得斯，在康乃狄克州丹柏立市的一間雜貨店心臟病發而死，在死前幾個小時，他買了兩張彩券。
But after the retired hat factory worker’s death his wife, Charlotte, checked through his things and took the slips to the shop to check.
但在這名退休製帽工廠工人死後，他的妻子夏綠蒂檢查他的遺物，將這些彩券送到店裡查驗。
"I’m numb," the 78-year-old said as she handed in the winning ticket at the Connecticut Lottery headquarters.
「我整個人麻木了」，這位78歲老人在「康乃狄克彩券公司」總部呈上這張中獎彩券時說。
The Peters children think their father would have appreciated the irony.
彼得斯夫婦的小孩們認為，雖是造化弄人，但他們的父親應該還是會心存感謝吧。
"He’d be very mad, he just passed away and she won a lot of money," said Brian Peters, one of the couple’s three children. "He’d say： ’Figures!’"
「他會非常激動，他才剛剛過世，而她就中了一大筆錢，」身為這對夫婦3個小孩之一的布萊恩．彼得斯說。「他會說：『我就說會中吧！』」
新聞辭典
check through：片語，檢查、審查。例句：He checked through the notes he had made.（他把自己所做的筆記檢查了一遍。）
hand in：片語，交上、提交。例句：He solemnly handed in his application form.（他慎重地遞交了申請表。）
pass away：片語，去世（較婉轉的說法）。例句：He passed away peacefully this morning.（今天上午他安詳地辭世了。）
