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進入《英對照讀新聞》￡204k on a booze bender ’worth it’ 一場縱飲狂歡花20萬4000英鎊「值得」
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City currency trader Alex Hope who blew ￡204000 a night on drinks to celebrate becoming a millionaire told The Sun he has no regrets--because he can earn that in days.
倫敦外匯交易員艾力克斯．霍普一夜狂歡喝酒喝掉20萬4000英鎊，慶祝他躋身百萬富翁之列，他向「太陽報」說，他不後悔，因為他幾天內就能把這筆錢賺回來。
It is the most expensive bar bill in the UK. The epic outlay included ￡125000 on a bottle of the world’s priciest bubbly. He also shelled out over ￡60000 on other drinks and paid an ￡18540 service charge.
這是英國最貴的酒吧帳單。這筆龐大開支包括花12萬5000英鎊開一瓶全球最貴的香檳。他另外還花了6萬多英鎊在其他飲料，以及1萬8540英鎊的服務費。
But the 23-year-old young whiz kid, who lives in London’s Docklands, insists he is not a show-off. He said："I was embarrassed because it made me look flash and really I’m not."
但是，這名住在倫敦船塢區的23歲青年才俊強調，他不是愛炫耀的人。他說：「我很不好意思，因為這讓我看起來很招搖，其實我不是。」
"But I promised myself when I became a millionaire I would have a night out. I’ve worked hard to afford it. So why not? I can earn ￡50000 a day."
「而是我曾向自己承諾，成為百萬富翁時，要狂歡一夜。我努力工作讓我花得起這樣的錢，所以，為何不呢？我一天就能賺到5萬英鎊。」
新聞辭典：
outlay：名詞，花費、開支。例句：The outlay on groceries costs most of my weekly income.（日常用品的花費佔掉我每週收入的一大半。）
bender：俚語，大肆喝酒狂歡。
shell out：動詞片語，付錢。例句：The young man had a car accident after all-night bender and he had to shell out $2000 for car repairs.（這個年輕人喝酒狂歡一整夜後發生車禍，得花2000美元修車。）
