【读新闻学英语】只要20纽币就有机会获得440万豪宅？！还有豪车美酒现金…

A millionaire is holding a competition to give away his £2.3 million ($4.4m) mansion for £10.50 ($20.16) a ticket - complete with a Rolls Royce, a stocked wine cellar, a gardener and a housekeeper.

英国一名百万富翁正在举行一场竞赛，只要花上10.5英镑（约合20.16纽币），就有机会赢得这名富翁价值230万英镑（约合440万纽币）的豪宅，同时还有一辆劳斯莱斯，一个装满葡萄酒的酒窖，并配有一名园丁和一名管家。

Hold a competition：举行比赛

Give away：赠送；分发；放弃

Complete with：配上

Stocked：库存充足的

The four-bedroom hideaway is surrounded by a ten acre landscaped garden, three-hole golf green, leisure complex with a pool and gym and a granny flat.

这栋豪宅周围环绕着一处10英亩的花园，内有四间卧室、三洞高尔夫球场、一个泳池，一间健身室和一个老人套间。

Granny flat：祖母屋；用于给老年的父母设备齐全的套房

The seller wants to walk away with just a handful of personal possessions - so the winner will also receive all the furniture, hundreds of bottles of wine and all the white goods, according to the Daily Telegraph.

据报道，卖家只想带走几件私人物品，所以获胜者将会收到所有的家具、数百瓶葡萄酒和所有的大型家用电器。

Walk away with：顺手带走

Possession：拥有；属地；个人财产

White goods：白色家电；大件家用电器

Whoever wins the home near Tiverton, Devon, will also get £50,000 ($96,021) cash, a tractor and a quad bike - and bizarrely the stock of 600 spare light bulbs.

这栋豪宅毗邻Devon的Tiverton。无论谁赢得这栋豪宅，他还将获得5万英镑（约合(约合$96,021纽币）现金，一辆拖拉机和一辆四轮摩托车，还有600个备用灯泡的库存。

Quad bike：四轮摩托车

Bizarrely：古怪地，奇怪地

Spare：不用的；闲置的；备用的；外加的 

The anonymous homeowner said he just wants to sell it via the competition to "have some fun". Along with his wife, the businessman built the property in the early 1990s and will donate £2 ($3.84) from every ticket sold to charities including the British Red Cross, the Make A Wish Foundation and Help For Heroes.

这名不愿意透露姓名的业主说，他只是想通过有趣的方式把豪宅卖出去，所以推出了这个比赛。这位商人与他的妻子一起，在20世纪90年代早期建造了这栋房产。每售出一张抽奖券，将捐赠2英镑（约合3.84纽币）给慈善机构，包括英国红十字会（British Red Cross），许愿基金会（Make A Wish Foundation）和帮助英雄（Help For Heroes）慈善机构。

Anonymous：匿名的

Along with：与……一起

He said: "We've had some wonderful times in the house, which we designed and built ourselves. However, we have two grandchildren who live four hours drive away and we want to be closer to them. "

他说，“我们自己设计和建造了这栋房子，我们在这里度过了很多愉快的时光。不过，我们有两个孙子住在距离我们4小时车程的地方，我们想住得离他们近一点。”

Wonderful times：美好时光

Four hours drive away：4小时车程

"We thought that selling the house through a competition would be a fun thing to do and would mean we could raise money for some of our favourite charities.  We don't want the hassle of moving everything out. We just want to walk out with our clothes, personal possessions and family photos."

“我们认为，通过竞争来出售房子是一件很有趣的事情，还可以为我们最喜爱的慈善机构筹集资金。我们不想把所有东西都搬出去。我们只想带走我们的衣服、一些个人物品和家庭照片。”

Raise money：筹款

Hassle：麻烦；困难；分歧；争论

The owners are hoping to sell 500,000 tickets by the close of competition next November - netting an estimated £5.25m ($10m) in sales.

这对夫妻希望在明年11月比赛结束前卖出50万张抽奖券，预计销售收入为525万英镑(约合1000万纽币)。

By the close of：在…结束时

Estimate：估计；估算；估价

The total estimated value of the prize is around £3m ($5.7m), while nine runners up are set to receive £10,000 ($19,200) each. Entrants must answer a simple question in order to buy a ticket.

最终的大奖得主将获得总价值300万英镑（约合570万纽）的财产（包括房子、现金、家私等）。此外，业主还准备了9个现金奖，每人将获得1万英镑（约合($19,200）现金。参赛者必须回答一个简单的问题才能购买抽奖券。

Entrant：参赛者

新闻背景：据报道称，只要是年满18岁的英国公民，就可以登录https://millionairemansion.co.uk/网站，花10.5英镑购买一张抽奖券，再回答一道题，就有机会赢得这份300万英镑豪宅大奖！

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