A French EuroMillions lottery winner has been found guilty of trying to bribe traffic police after they caught him drunk at the wheel of a souped-up Ferrari, his lawyer said.
法國籍的歐洲百萬樂透彩得主，在被交通警察逮到醉醺醺地駕駛一輛加大馬力的法拉利後，因試圖行賄而被判有罪，他的律師指出。
Pascal Brun, a 39-year-old former butcher who began collecting Italian sportscars after scooping a 26-million-euro jackpot in 2004, was nabbed on France’s Atlantic coast near Bordeaux, local media reported.
2004年抱走2600萬歐元彩金後，開始蒐集義大利跑車的39歲前肉販巴斯卡．布魯恩，在接近波爾多的法國大西洋海岸線上被捕，當地媒體報導。
Police noticed the millionaire seemed heavily drunk after asking him to move his yellow Ferrari, which was badly parked near the seafront. A breathalyser test showed him to be four times over the limit.
警察在要求他移動他亂停在海濱附近的黃色法拉利後，注意到這名百萬富豪似乎爛醉如泥。呼吸酒測顯示，他的酒精濃度超過限制範圍四倍。
Brun invited the two traffic wardens to his house for an aperitif -- and offered each of them 1,000 euros to turn a blind eye, the paper said.
布魯恩邀請兩名交通警察到家裡品嘗餐前酒，並給每人1000歐元，以讓他們睜隻眼閉隻眼，報紙報導。
Convicted of drunk-driving and of trying to corrupt a public official, the millionaire was handed a six-month jail sentence. His driving licence was revoked again and the court impounded his car, a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.
由於被判定酒駕與試圖行賄公務員罪，這位百萬富豪被處以6個月徒刑。他的駕照再度被吊銷，法院並沒收他的法拉利Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano。
In Brun’s defence, lawyer Pierre Blazy said he been increasingly lonely since his lottery win, and that cars were his "only passion".
在布魯恩的辯護上，律師布萊齊說，自他贏得樂透後，日漸寂寞，而車子是他「唯一的熱情」。
新聞辭典
souped-up︰馬力（效率、力量）增強的。soup有增強、變得更生動之意。例如，soup up an old story（給老故事添枝加葉，使之更生動。）
turn a blind eye︰視而不見、視若無睹。例句︰The president turned a blind eye to corruption within his administration.（總統對政府中的貪腐現象視若無睹。）
hand︰在此指宣判。例句︰The jury handed down a verdict of guilty.（陪審團宣判被告有罪。）
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