VOA慢速英语:How Do People Spend Their Lottery Winnings?

短语讲解：

1. Then, depending on where you live, the state government could take another 8 percent.

depend on 依赖; 相信; 信赖
例句：I can always depend on you, Sam.
我知道我可以依靠你 ，Sam。

2. It eats up about two-thirds.

eat up 吃光; 耗尽
例句：Eat up your dinner before it gets cold.
快趁热把饭吃完。

3. He says if a state joins the lottery and claims the money will be used for education projects, it only makes a difference for one year.

be used for 用来做…
例句：It can also be used for the registration of temporal fluctuations of E.
它还可以用来记录E随时间的波动。

4. After that, the state begins to count on the lottery money, and it reduces education spending.

count on 指望; 依靠
例句：Don' t count on a salary increase this year, ie You may not get one.
别指望今年会加薪。

5. The most popular answers included: financing college for their children; buying homes; paying off loans; setting up a financial plan, or trust, for family members; going fishing; and going to school.

pay off 付清; （付清工资后） 解雇
例句：You'll have to pay off your old loan before being allowed a new one.
你必须还清旧债，才能重新贷款。
set up 建立; 准备; 安排
例句：They set up many branches throughout the country.
他们在全国建立好多分公司。

6. Here’s what happened to some other lottery winners, according to a study from the website PopSugar.com.

according to 根据，按照
例句：But simple I according to my skill.
很简单，我将按我的技能行事。

7. Arguments and bad investments led to debt and a break-up.

lead to 导致; 把…带到; 领到
例句：Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。