篇章:世界上最幸运的人
A music teacher, Frane Selak, who was dubbed the world s luckiest man after cheating death seven times before winning the lottery has now decided to give away his fortune.
Frane是一位音乐老师,他曾七难不死、然后又赢得了彩票大奖,堪称世界上最幸运的人。现在,他决定把自己彩票中奖的财富捐献出去。
The 85-year-old won £600,000 in the lottery in 2003, after earlier surviving plane and train crashes.
这位老人今年已经85岁了,他在2003年赢了奖金达60万英镑的彩票,此前他曾多次在空难和火车事故中大难不死。
Now the pensioner has decided that money cannot buy happiness and has decided to live a frugal life.
这位退休的老人认为金钱不能买来幸福,他现在打算把这些钱捐献出去,并决定回归简朴生活。
People were always telling him he was lucky to have survived so many disasters but he added: I always think I was unlucky to have been in them in the first place.
人们总是说他躲过了诸多大难,简直是世界上最幸运的人。但老人却说:我觉得我很不幸,因为一般人不会遇到像我经历这么多的灾难和事故。
He had his first escape in 1962 when a train he was travelling on from Sarajevo to Dubrovnik jumped the rails and plunged into an icy river. Seventeen people drowned and he barely made it to the riverbank after suffering from hypothermia, shock, bruises and a broken arm.
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