賴世雄英語新聞聽力通 第34期:發(fā)財夢難圓

(CALGARY, Alberta, Reuters)A Canadian company made a$99 million mistake.

(路透社亞柏達省卡爾格瑞電)加拿大的一家公司犯了一個高達九千九百萬美元之離譜的錯誤。

Ultramar Canada Ltd. said it distributed 314,000 scratch-and-win tickets.

加拿大歐查瑪有限公司表示，該公司售出三十一萬四千張刮刮樂彩票。

Of those, just three were supposed to be grand prizes.

在這些彩票之中，本來應該只有三張是頭獎。

The printer had accidentally printed 100,000 coupons giving C$1,500 prizes.

不過印刷機卻意外地印出十萬張獎額一千五百元加幣的彩票。

The company said it did not have to honor the coupons.

這家公司表示，他們不須承兌這些彩票。