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On Monday morning a policeman came to the hospital with Emma's new shoes.
星期一早晨，一名警察拿着埃玛的新鞋来到医院。
'A little girl found them in the street and took them to the police station,' he said.
“一个小女孩在街上发现了这双鞋，送到了警察局。”他说。
'How kind of her!' said Emma.
“她真好！”埃玛说。
'We found your bag too,' said the policeman. 'But there's nothing in it, Mrs Carter. I'm sorry.'
“我们还找到了你的包。”警察说，“不过包已经给掏空了，卡特太太。很抱歉。”
'It doesn't matter,' said Emma. 'I'm very pleased to have the bag.
“没关系。”埃玛说，“能找到包我就很高兴了。
My son gave it to me a long time ago. He lives in Australia, but he telephones me every week...
这是很久以前我儿子给我的。他住在澳大利亚，不过他每周都给我打电话。
And now I've got my new shoes too. Thank you very much.' Suddenly she felt happier.
现在我还拿回了我的新鞋子。非常感谢。”她突然感到开心些了。
That evening an ambulance took Emma home. She made a cup of tea and sat down to watch the television news.
那天晚上，一辆救护车把埃玛送回了家。她泡了杯茶，坐下来看电视新闻。
The newsreader smiled into Emma's living-room.
微笑的新闻播音员出现在埃玛的客厅。
'And now for this week's lottery winner. The winning numbers were: 5, 12, 23, 24, 38, 41.
“现在要揭晓本周的彩票大奖得主。中奖号码是：5，12，23，24，38，41。
And here is the man with the winning ticket -- Jason Williams!
这位就是彩票中奖者--贾森·威廉斯！
Jason is twenty-two and now he's a rich man. He's got a cheque from Sunshine Lotteries for five million pounds.
贾森22岁，现在他是个有钱人了。他得到了阳光彩票公司开出的五百万英镑的支票。
That's a lot of money! Well, Jason, how are you feeling tonight?'
这可是一大笔钱啊！对了，贾森，你今晚感觉怎样？”
'Wonderful!'
“棒极了！”
'And what are you going to do with your money?'
“你打算怎么花这笔钱？”
'Oh, I'm going to buy a house with fifty rooms, and a big expensive car. I'm going to go to New York, Miami...'
“哦，我要买一座有50个房间的房子和一辆大豪车。我要去纽约、迈阿密...”
Emma looked at the young man on the television.
埃玛看着电视里的年轻人。
Jason Williams had a big smile on his face, but he had long, dirty brown hair, brown eyes...
贾森·威廉斯脸上带着灿烂的笑容，但他有脏兮兮的棕色长发、棕色眼睛...
Emma sat up quickly. 'That's the man!' she thought. 'I remember his face.
埃玛一下子坐直了身子。“这就是那个人！”她想，“我记得他的脸。
He hit me and snatched my bag, and stole my lottery ticket -- my winning ticket, with my winning numbers!'
他打了我，抢走了我的包，还偷了我的彩票--我的中奖彩票，上面有我的中奖号码！”
She got up and went to the telephone. 'Hullo -- police?' she said.
她站起来走到电话旁。“喂--警察吗？”她说。
