(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.
欢迎收听VOA慢速英语《词汇掌故》节目。
On this program we explore words and expressions in the English language.
在本节目中，我们探讨英语中的单词和短语。
And today we talk about being lucky or having a great success -- or both!
今天我们要谈论的是幸运或取得巨大成功——或者两者兼而有之！
There are times in our lives when everything seems to go our way.
在我们的生活中，有时一切似乎都如我们所愿。
We win big.
我们取得了巨大的成功。
In other words, we hit the jackpot.
换句话说，我们“hit the jackpot”。
In a very literal way, to hit the jackpot means to win a lot of money.
从字面上看，“hit the jackpot”的意思是赢了很多钱。
A jackpot is the most valuable prize in a game of chance.
头奖是碰运气游戏中最值钱的奖品。
A lottery is one such game of chance.
彩票就是其中一种碰运气游戏。
People buy tickets, but only a few tickets are chosen by chance to win prizes.
人们买彩票，但只有偶然选的几张彩票可以中奖。
Some states in the U.S. hold a weekly lottery.
美国一些州每周举行一次彩票抽奖活动。
The jackpot increases until someone wins it.
头奖金额会不断增加，直到有人中奖。
Some lottery jackpots can get as big as many millions of dollars!
有些彩票头奖的金额可能高达数百万美元！
Once I heard about a man who really did "hit the jackpot."
有一次，我听说有一个人真的“中了大奖”。
He usually did not play the lottery or gamble with his money.
他通常不花钱买彩票或赌博。
But one day, he decided to buy a lottery ticket.
但有一天，他决定买一张彩票。
And guess what? He won millions of dollars!
你猜怎么着？他赢了数百万美元！
He really struck it rich.
他真的一夜暴富了。
We can also say he made a killing!
我们也可以说他大赚了一笔！
However, hitting the jackpot does not always deal with money.
然而，“hitting the jackpot”并不总是与金钱有关。
It can also mean to have a great success, usually involving some luck.
它也可以指取得巨大的成功，通常与运气有关。
For example, if you get a great job simply by being in the right place at the right time, you can say you have hit the jackpot.
例如，如果你只是因为在正确的时间出现在正确的地点就得到了一份好工作，你可以说你走好运。
I know a woman who started dating a very good-looking man.
我认识一个女人，她开始和一个很帅的男人约会。
He was also very nice and smart.
他也很好，很聪明。
Then she found out that he was also really rich.
后来她发现他也很有钱。
She likes to say she really hit the jackpot when she met him.
她喜欢说，她遇到他真是交好运。
There are some other expressions that have a similar meaning.
还有一些其他的短语有类似的意思。
If you "hit it big" or "hit the big time," you have hit the jackpot.
“hit it big”或者“hit the big time”的意思是获得巨大成功。
I feel like I hit the jackpot with my job.
我觉得我干这工作大显了身手。
The work is interesting, my co-workers are nice, and I get to hear from our readers and listeners from around the world. Jackpot!
这份工作很有趣，我的同事很好，我还可以收到来自世界各地的读者和听众的信。如愿以偿了！
And if you are looking for one place to learn English, you have also hit the jackpot with VOA Learning English!
如果你正在寻找一个学习英语的地方，你也可以在VOA慢速英语获得巨大成功！
And that's all the time we have for this Words and Their Stories. Until next time … I'm Anna Matteo.
以上就是本期《词汇掌故》节目的全部内容。下次见……我是安娜·马特奥！
译文为可可英语翻译，未经授权请勿转载！
