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女孩中百萬大獎卻抑鬱 花光錢才快樂

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When Callie Rogers won almost 1.9 million pounds on the lottery at 16, she hoped it would help her put her troubles behind her. The teenager came from a broken home, had dropped out of school and was living in local authority care.    
  
當考利-羅傑斯16歲那年成爲190萬英鎊(約1900萬元人民幣)彩票獎金得主時,以爲這筆錢可以讓她將人生煩惱拋諸腦後。這個年輕的女孩來自破碎家庭,很早輟學,住在一個看護機構裏。

女孩中百萬大獎卻抑鬱 花光錢才快樂

考利-羅傑斯16歲那年成爲190萬英鎊彩票獎金得主  
  
Rogers, from Cumbria, England, won the National Lottery in 2003. Then she went on a massive spending spree, splashing out on four homes for her family, flash cars, designer clothes, partying and breast implants. A fortnight after her win she married and had two children. But then she spent 250,000 pounds on cocaine and suffered depression. Earlier this year she lost custody of her children because of her mental state.
  
來自英格蘭坎布里亞郡的羅傑斯在2003年買彩票中獎後,開始瘋狂消費,爲家人購置了四處房產、購買名車、名牌衣服、開派對乃至隆胸。中獎兩週後她便結了婚,誕下2名子女。但隨後她吸食可卡因,前後花掉了25萬英鎊。她還換上了抑鬱症。今年早些時候由於精神狀態出現問題,她失去了孩子的監護權。

She became addicted to drugs and attempted suicide three times as her life unraveled. She says the money brought her only misery - and now she is down to her last 100,000 pounds, she has never been happier.
  
染有毒癮的羅傑斯曾經3度試圖自殺,人生幾乎全毀。她表示,金錢帶給她的只有痛苦——如今她只剩下10萬英鎊,卻感受到前所未有的快樂。

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Now 22, she said: "Just a few months ago I was taking too many drugs and hated myself. I simply did not want to live any more. But now I have a new man and am finally becoming the woman I want to be. And it's only after I've spent most of my fortune that this has finally happened."
  
現年22歲的羅傑斯說:“幾個月前我還在吸毒,而且非常痛恨自己。我根本不想活下去。如今我遇到新男友,終變成了我渴望成爲的女人。這一切,都是我幾乎花光所有錢之後終於得來的。”
  
"I need to get my act together and make my kids proud, and for the first time I really do think that's possible." She credits her new boyfriend with giving her the stable home life she has always craved, and she now hopes to go to college and eventually become a counselor. "After all I've endured, I think I have a lot of advice to offer," she said.
  
“我要洗心革面,讓孩子以我爲榮。這是我第一次覺得我可以做得到。” 她感謝男友給了她渴望已久的安穩的家庭生活。如今她希望可以上大學併成爲一名社會心理問題輔導員。“畢竟經歷了這麼多,我認爲我可以提供很多建議,” 她說道。