富人的慈悲
An Italian woman has won a painting by Pablo Picasso, worth about one million USD, in a raffle after being given the ticket as a gift.
一名義大利婦女抽中了價值約一百萬美元的畢卡索名畫，而那張彩票還只是個禮物。
Mr. Naso, who bought the ticket for his mother, said he had not realized the raffle was taking place on Wednesday, so he didn’t watch the live broadcast.
納蘇表示自己幫母親買了彩券，但沒意識到開獎就是在星期三舉行，所以沒有看現場直播。
realize(v.)意識到、理解take place發生、舉行live broadcast現場直播
The call from organizers, informing them about the winning ticket, came as quite a shock.
主辦單位打來告訴他們中獎的電話當下讓他們嚇傻了。
call(n.)一通電話organizer(n.)主辦者which informed…通知come as a shock是個驚喜、shock(n.)
They thought it was a joke at first.
他們原本以為這是個玩笑。
at first起初
Naso has been staying with his mother in Italy during the Covid-19 lockdown.
在新冠肺炎封城期間，納蘇就一直與他的母親待在義大利。
has been Ving現在完成進行式lockdown(n.)封城
“It was an awful time for us, but now there’s great news,” he said.
他說這是一段難熬的日子，但終於有個好消息了。
awful(adj.)極糟糕的
David Nahmad, a billionaire collector from Monaco, supplied the Picasso painting in exchange for around one million USD.
來自摩納哥的億萬富翁收藏家納馬德提供了畢加索畫作來換取約一百萬美元的款項，
billionaire億萬富翁、millionaire百萬富翁collector(n.)收藏家、collect(v.)收集、收藏supply(v.)提供、供給in exchange for交換、換取
The charity raised over four million in total, which will go towards clean water projects in African schools and villages.
為慈善機構籌措了超過四百萬美元，而這筆善款將用於改善一些非洲學校和村莊的水源品質計畫。
charity(n.)慈善團體raise(v.)籌錢in total總計go towards流向、指金錢