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Woman Throws Away $1M Lottery Ticket, But Gets It Back
People play the lottery with the hopes of winning money, sometimes a lot of money. Your chances of winning are small, but the payoffs can be big. It takes a lot of luck to win.
But for a woman in Massachusetts winning the lottery involved more than luck. It involved extreme honesty and kindness.
Lea Rose Fiega accidentally threw out a $1 million lottery ticket. But thanks to the kindness and honesty of the owners of the store where she bought it, she eventually collected her winnings.
Fiega bought the $30 Diamond Millions scratch-off ticket in March at a convenience store in Southwick, Massachusetts. The store is near her workplace. And it is named the Lucky Stop.
She told the Associated Press on Monday, "I was in a hurry, on lunch break, and just scratched it real quick ... and it didn't look like a winner ..."
So, she handed it to the store owners to throw away. The ticket lay in the store for 10 days.
"One evening, I was going through the tickets from the trash and found out that she didn't scratch the number," Abhi Shah, the son of the store's owners, told a local television station.
So, he scratched off the number. It was $1 million ticket.
Fiega is a regular customer. So, the family knew immediately who had thrown it away.
Shah went to see her at work. Fiega said, "He came to my office and said, ‘My Mom and Dad would like to see you.'" She told the young man that she was busy working. But he said, "No, you have to come over."
So, Fiega went to the store and that is when the family told her the news.
"I was in total disbelief," Fiega said. "I cried. I hugged them."
In January, Fiega nearly died from COVID-19. She said recovering from that was like "winning the lottery." In American English, we also say we "hit the lottery" to mean we have had some good luck, any type of good luck.
Now after winning $1 million, Fiega says she feels doubly lucky.
Speaking of the family, she is still in disbelief. "I mean, who does that? They're great people. I am beyond blessed," she said.
The store gets $10,000 from the state lottery company for selling the winning ticket. Fiega said she gave the family some money to thank them. She is saving the rest for retirement.
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重点解析
重点讲解：
1. come over 过来；顺便拜访
I called her the other day and she said she'd like to come over.
我前几天给她打电话，她说她想过来。
2. in a hurry 立即；匆忙
Kate was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience.
凯特急切地想长大，渴望获得知识和经验。
3. throw away 扔掉；抛弃
We will throw away a lot of things as we grow up.
在长大成人的过程中，我们会丢弃很多东西。
4. regular customer 常客；老主顾
They know me—I'm a regular customer.
我是老主顾，他们都认识我。
参考译文
美国一女子百万美元彩票失而复得
人们购买彩票是希望能中奖，有时还会赢得大奖。虽然中奖的几率很小，但回报却很诱人。要想中奖需要大量的运气。
但对马萨诸塞州的一名妇女来说，中彩票可不仅仅凭运气。还需要绝对的诚实和善良。
利娅·罗丝·菲加（Lea Rose Fiega）不小心扔了一张100万美元的彩票。但多亏了商店老板的善良和诚实，她最终赢得了奖金。
今年3月，菲加在马萨诸塞州Southwick的一家便利店购买了一张价值30美元的钻石百万刮奖券。这家商店离她工作的地方很近。这家店被命名为“好运站”。
她在周一接受美联社采访时表示:“当时我很着急，正好在午休时间，所以就匆忙地刮了一下……看起来不像是中奖的号码……”
所以，她把彩票交给店主扔掉。这张彩票在店里放了10天。
“一天晚上，我在垃圾桶里翻彩票，发现她没有完全刮掉彩票的号码，”店主的儿子阿比·沙阿(Abhi Shah)对当地电视台说道。
所以，他把彩票号码刮了出来。这张彩票价值100万美元。
菲加是我们的常客。所以，这家人立刻就知道是谁扔掉的彩票。
沙阿到菲加工作的地方找她。菲加说：“他到我的办公室说，‘我爸妈想见你。’”她告诉那个年轻人说她工作很忙。但他说，“不，你必须得来一趟。”
于是，菲加去了那家店，这时，她才得知这一喜讯。
菲加说，“我完全不敢相信”。“我喜极而泣。并拥抱了他们。”
今年1月，菲加差点因新冠肺炎死亡。她说，康复后就像“中了彩票”一样。在美式英语中，“hit the lottery”可以用来表示运气爆棚，可以指任何形式的运气。
在赢得了100万美元后，菲加称自己感到加倍幸运。
说到店主一家，她还是不敢相信。“我的意思是，这年头谁还会这么做？他们是很了不起的人。我简直太幸福了，”她说道。
这家店因售出中奖彩票获得州彩票公司奖励的1万美元。菲加说，她分了这家人部分奖金以示感谢。她把剩下的奖金存起来以备退休之用。
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