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Welfare Lottery

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ID: 1128 Upper Intermediate
Let's learn about the Chinese welfare lottery. The odds are stacked against winning anything, but you can help the poor.
Tue Mar 31 2009 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
彩民 cǎimín lottery player
福利 fúlì welfare
彩票 cǎipiào lottery
开奖 kāijiǎng prize drawing
各位彩民朋友，晚上好！又到了福利彩票开奖的时间了！今天是今年的第76期开奖。由于前五期都没有人中得头奖，奖金滚动累积，本期的特等奖奖金是500万元。你准备好了吗？
gèwèi cǎimín péngyou ，wǎnshang hǎo ！yòu dào le fúlì cǎipiào kāijiǎng de shíjiān le ！jīntiān shì jīnnián de dì qīshí liù qī kāijiǎng 。yóuyú qián wǔ qī dōu méiyǒu rén zhòngdé tóujiǎng ，jiǎngjīn gǔndòng lěijī ，běnqī de tèděngjiǎng jiǎngjīn shì wǔbǎi wàn yuán 。nǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo le ma ？
Good evening, lottery fans! It's that time of the month again-- time to pick a winner in the Welfare Lottery! Today's drawing is the seventy-sixth drawing of this year. [There are four drawings per week-Ed.] Because no one won the top prize in the previous five drawings, the prize has gotten really big. This week's special prize is worth five million RMB. Are you ready?
首先，请我们的公证员对此次开奖进行公证。
shǒuxiān ，qǐng wǒmen de gōngzhèngyuán duì cǐcì kāijiǎng jìnxíng gōngzhèng 。
First, let's ask our notary to verify this drawing.
在开奖之前，请记住我们的宗旨：为中国的福利事业出一份力！
zài kāijiǎng zhīqián ，qǐng jìzhu wǒmen de zōngzhǐ ：wèi Zhōngguó de fúlì shìyè chū yī fèn lì ！
Before the drawing, please remember our purpose here: to contribute to China's Welfare System!
瞧你那认真劲儿，这次准备给国家福利系统贡献多少啊？
qiáo nǐ nà rènzhēnjìnr ，zhècì zhǔnbèi gěi guójiā fúlì xìtǒng gòngxiàn duōshao ā ？
Look how enthusiastic and conscientious you are. How much are we getting ready to contribute to the National Welfare System this time?
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