法新社：借高利貸賭球 中國學(xué)生輸球后跳樓輕生
A college student in China leaped to his death after losing more than $3,000 gambling on the World Cup, state media reported Tuesday.
據(jù)法新社報(bào)道，中國國家媒體周二（24日）消息，一位中國大學(xué)生因世界杯博彩輸?shù)?.8萬多元人民幣而跳樓輕生。
The second-year student, identified only by his surname Lin, jumped from the seventh floor of a building on his campus on Monday, the Information Times said, citing a witness.
據(jù)《信息時(shí)報(bào)》援引一位目擊者的話說，事件發(fā)生在周一，一位大學(xué)二年級林姓學(xué)生從校園里一棟樓的7層跳下。
"I heard him say 'do not force me' and 'give me two more days and I'll return you the money'," the report quoted the witness as saying.
報(bào)道引述目擊者的原話說：“我聽到他說‘別逼我’，‘再給我兩天時(shí)間我會(huì)把錢還上的’這樣的話。”
"He talked on the phone for more than 10 minutes. I saw him hang up and stand up and then all in a sudden he just disappeared," she said.
目擊者描述：“他通了十幾分鐘電話，我看他掛斷電話后站了起來，后來一下就消失了。”
Lin was rushed to hospital in Panyu in the southern province of Guangdong, but doctors were not able to revive him, the newspaper said.
報(bào)道稱，這位林姓學(xué)生被緊急送往廣東番禺的醫(yī)院，但是最終醫(yī)生無法挽救他的生命。
Another student described as a classmate of Lin's said the gambler had lost nearly 20,000 yuan ($3,200) in bets on several World Cup games, it said.
另一位他的同班同學(xué)透露，這位林姓學(xué)生參與了幾場世界杯比賽的投注，輸?shù)袅?萬多元人民幣。
"We heard that he borrowed quite a lot of money and the interest rate was rather high," said the student, according to the report.
據(jù)報(bào)道，這位知情同學(xué)說：“我們聽說他借了很多錢，而且是高利貸。”
It did not specify which teams Lin had backed.
報(bào)道中并未提到小林具體投注了哪支球隊(duì)。
China has millions of football fans, some of who are both devoted viewers and passionate gamblers.
中國有數(shù)百萬球迷，一些人既是熱血球迷也是鐵桿彩民。
Sales of a government-run World Cup-related lottery reached four billion yuan by Saturday, nearly twice the 2.3 billion yuan sold during the 2010 tournament, the China News Service reported Tuesday.
據(jù)中新社周二報(bào)道，政府運(yùn)營的世界杯彩票（國家體彩）投注額截止周六達(dá)到40億元人民幣，是2010年世界杯23億投注額的近兩倍。
Total sales of the tickets are expected to exceed 10 billion yuan, it said, citing an official with the General Administration of Sport.
據(jù)國家體育總局一位官員透露，彩票總銷售額將有望突破100億元人民幣。
（譯者 Lari 編輯 齊磊）
