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Chapter 7. So who's going to win?
第7章 谁会是赢家？
On Thursday evening Sally Cash went home. When she arrived, her husband Colin was in the living-room.
星期四傍晚，萨莉·卡什回了家。她到家时，丈夫科林在客厅里。
'Hi,' Colin said. 'Did you have a good day?'
“嗨，”科林说，“今天过得好吗？”
'Not bad,' Sally said. 'I'm working on a very interesting case. It's going to be on the news tonight, I think. Let's put the television on.'
“还不错。”萨莉说，“我正在处理一个非常有意思的案子。我想今晚会上电视新闻，咱们打开电视吧。”
After about ten minutes, the newsreader said:
大约10分钟后，新闻播音员说道：
'And now for some news about Sunshine Lotteries. The winner of last Saturday's lottery was Jason Williams.
现在播报和阳光彩票公司有关的新闻。上周六的彩票得主是贾森·威廉斯。
He had the winning ticket, and Sunshine Lotteries gave him a cheque for five million pounds.
他持有中奖彩票，因此阳光彩票公司给了他一张五百万英镑的支票。
Now Mr Williams wants to give one million pounds to the charity "Help the Children".
现在威廉斯先生想要捐出一百万英镑给慈善组织‘儿童救助会’。
But is it Mr Williams's money? Mrs Emma Carter says that it isn't. This is Mrs Carter's story.
不过，这是威廉斯先生的钱吗？埃玛·卡特太太说不是。下面是卡特太太的说法。
In the town last Saturday afternoon a young man hit her on the head and snatched her bag.
上周六下午在城里，一个年轻人打了她的头，抢走了她的包。
And in that bag was a lottery ticket, the ticket with the winning numbers.
包里有一张彩票，有中奖号码的彩票。
Mrs Carter remembers the numbers very well, she says.
卡特太太说，她对那些号码记得很清楚。
So is it Jason Williams's ticket, or Mrs Carter's ticket? Who's going to get the money?
那么，这是贾森·威廉斯的彩票，还是卡特太太的彩票？谁将得到那笔钱？
We have a lawyer with us here, so let's ask him that question.'
我们这里请来了一位律师，让我们来问问他这个问题。”
The lawyer talked very interestingly.
律师说得很吸引人。
'Who's that?' asked Colin.
“那是谁？”科林问。
'That's old Sam Green,' said Sally. 'He's a good lawyer. He's working for Sunshine Lotteries, I think.'
“那是老萨姆·格林。”萨莉说，“他是个好律师，是阳光彩票公司的律师，我想。”
'And who are you working for, Sally?'
“那你是谁的律师，萨莉？”
'Jason Williams.'
“贾森·威廉斯。”
'And he snatched this woman's bag, yes?' said Colin. 'Is he going to go to prison, do you think?'
“他抢了那个女人的包，对吗？”科林说，“他会进监狱吗，你觉得呢？”
'Perhaps,' Sally said. 'But when he comes out, he's going to have five million pounds, or four million pounds.'
“可能会吧。”萨莉说，“但是当他出狱后，他会拥有五百万英镑，或者四百万英镑。”
'But it's Emma Carter's money!' Colin said. 'It was her ticket, in her bag. Of course it was!'
“但那是埃玛·卡特的钱！”科林说，“那是她的彩票，在她的包里。准是这么回事！”
'Well, she says it was,' said Sally. 'But how do we know? She's an old woman. Old people forget things easily.
“嗯，她说是这样的。”萨莉说，“但我们怎么知道？她是个老太太，老人容易忘事。
Perhaps she thought about her lottery numbers, but forgot to buy a ticket that day.'
或许她想着她的彩票号码，但那天却忘了买彩票。”
'So the bag-snatcher wins, eh?' said Colin. He looked at Sally. 'He hits an old woman on the head, and wins five million pounds. Wonderful!'
“所以抢包的歹徒赢了，嗯？”科林说。他看着萨莉：“他打了老太太的头，还中了五百万英镑。真了不起啊！”
'I know,' Sally said. 'It's difficult to like Jason Williams, it's true.
“我知道。”萨莉说，“要想喜欢贾森·威廉斯很难，这不假。
He has a wife and child, but his wife left him because he hit her and the baby. But we must be careful. Perhaps he is telling the truth about the lottery ticket.'
他有老婆和孩子，可他的老婆离开了他，因为他打她和孩子。但我们必须小心。没准彩票的事他说的是实话。”
'Never!' said Colin. 'When the case comes to court, they're going to believe Mrs Carter, not Jason Williams. He's nasty!'
“不可能！”科林说，“案子移交法庭后，大家会相信卡特太太，而不是贾森·威廉斯。他很龌龊！”
'No, he isn't. He wants to give one million pounds to "Help the Children". People are going to like that. What a nice young man!'
“不，他不龌龊。他想捐一百万英镑给‘儿童救助会’。人们会喜欢这件事。多好的年轻人啊！”
Colin laughed. 'Lawyers!' he said. 'So who's going to win, Sally?' he asked.
科林笑了。“律师啊！”他说，“那么谁会是赢家，萨莉？”他问。
'The lawyers, of course. Five million pounds is a lot of money, and we're going to have a wonderful time.
“当然是律师啦。五百万英镑是很大一笔钱，而我们会过得很不错。
There's a lot of us, you see. There's Mrs Carter's lawyer, Jason's wife's lawyer, the lawyer for "Help the Children", the lawyer for Sunshine Lotteries, and me, Jason's lawyer.
案件中有很多律师，你瞧，有卡特太太的律师、贾森老婆的律师、‘儿童救助会’的律师、阳光彩票公司的律师，还有我，贾森的律师。
We're going to talk about it in court for days and days. And lawyers are expensive. When we finish, a lot of that five million pounds is going to be our money!'
我们将在法庭上成天地讨论下去，而律师费是很高的。我们结案时，那五百万英镑中的一大部分都会成为我们的钱！”
Sally smiled, happily. 'Colin, shall we get a new car? A Mercedes, perhaps?'
萨莉笑了，笑得很开心：“科林，我们要买辆新车吗？一辆梅赛德斯，怎么样？”
