雙語新聞：女孩在媽媽幫助下中了一百萬大獎

If it weren』t for the help of her loving mother， 19-year-old Imari Shelton wouldn』t have even known how to buy a lottery ticket， let alone figure out if she』d won。 But now Shelton is Michigan』s latest million-dollar Powerball winner。

　　密歇根最新一期的強力球彩票開獎，十九歲的希爾頓成為了最新的百萬美元得主。但如果沒有她媽媽的幫助，她甚至都不知道怎麼購買彩票，更別說中獎了。

　　「When I saw the jackpot had climbed so high， I decided I should take a chance and play，」 said Shelton， according to a Monday press release from Michigan Lottery Connect。 「I wasn』t even sure how to play， so I had to ask my mom for help。」

　　「當我看到頭獎升到這麼高的時候，我決定嘗試一下，」希爾頓周一在密歇根彩票中心的新聞發布會上說，「可我連怎麼玩都不知道，所以我必須向我媽媽求助。」

　　Shelton then purchased five tickets at a local Speedway store in Holland， Mich。， about five hours before Saturday night』s drawing。 The Powerball payout had reached $900 million by that time， but since she didn』t really expect to win， she went to bed and put it out of her mind。

　　然後周六晚上在距彩票抽獎還有五個小時的時候，希爾頓在密歇根州荷蘭小鎮的一個高速公路商店中買到了5張彩票。那時彩票的獎金已經達到了9億美元，但其實她並沒想到會真的中獎，所以之後她便上床睡覺，不去想這件事兒了。

　　「When I woke up on Sunday， my mom told me that someone who had bought a Powerball ticket at the Speedway had won $1 million，」 she said。 「As soon as I heard that， I grabbed my ticket and started checking the numbers。 When I saw I matched five numbers， I started shaking。」

　　「當我周日醒來的時候，我媽媽告訴我，一個在高速公路商店買強力球彩票的人中了一百萬美元，」她說，「聽到這個我立馬抓起我的票，然後開始對號碼。當我看到有5個號碼對上的時候，我開始激動不已。」

　　「I asked my mom what it meant if I matched five numbers， and she thought I was joking。 After she looked at my ticket with me， we both started screaming。」

　　「我問我媽媽如果中了5個號碼意味著什麼，她以為我在開玩笑。然而當她看了我的票后，我們倆都開始尖叫。」

　　Matching five numbers sans the Powerball number wins the ticket holder a $1 million prize。 At this level， there is no cash buyout， and winners are given the full $1 million。 But 25 percent （$250，000） of the winnings are withheld for federal taxes and another 4.25 percent （$42，500） are withheld for state taxes。 That means Shelton takes home just over $700，000。

　　5個號碼相符意味著彩票持有人贏得了一百萬美元的獎金。這個級別上，沒有現金收購，中獎人將獲得全部的一百萬美元。但是聯邦將從獎金中扣25%（250000美元）的稅，州政府還將從中扣除4.25%（42500美元）的稅。這意味著希爾頓只能帶回家七十多萬美元。

　　So what will she do with all that cash？

　　那麼她將會用這筆錢來做什麼呢？

　　「I am a student working and eventually want to earn a law degree and become a lawyer，」 said Shelton。 「This money will help make that dream a reality for me。」

　　「我是一名學生，正在攻讀並希望最終能夠獲得法學學位，然後成為一名律師，」希爾頓說，「這筆錢將幫助我實現我的夢想。」

　　But she』s also going to put a little aside to play again。 「Winning $1 million feels unreal， and I don』t know how to describe it， but winning $1.3 billion would be mind-blowing，」 she said。

　　但是她也準備分出來點錢再玩一把。她說：「中了一百萬讓我有一種不真實的感覺，我也不知道怎麼形容它，但是如果能夠再中十三億，我將會更興奮。」
Since no winning tickets were sold for Saturday night』s $949.8 million jackpot， the payout for Wednesday night』s drawing currently stands at a record-setting $1.3 billion， with an $868 million cash value， and that total will doubtless rise before Wednesday』s drawing。

　　因為沒有人贏得周六晚上949800000美元的頭獎，所以目前周三晚上的獎金已經達到創紀錄的13億美元，包括868000000美元的現金價值，而在周三抽獎前這個數字肯定還會上升。

　　Even though Shelton has already won a million dollars， her chances of winning the $1.3 billion jackpot are just the same as everyone else』s： 1 in 292.2 million。

　　儘管希爾頓已經贏得了一百萬美元，但是她贏得13億頭獎的概率跟其他人卻是一樣的都是1/292200000。（聲明：本文為愛語吧原創翻譯，轉載請註明來源，否則追究法律責任！）