[00:00.00]I'm sometimes told you have to make your own luck. If you don't try something, how can you succeed?
经常有人告诉我要自创运气，不尝试怎么能成功呢？
[00:14.41]This is very true for competitions - if you want a chance of winning something you have to take part.
这对竞争来说尤为如此，如果你想赢得某事，就必须参加进来。
[00:21.46]In other words, you have to be in it to win it!
也就是说，要赢就必须参赛！
[00:25.81]There are people who regularly take part in all sorts of competitions with great enthusiasm.
有的人定期以极大的热情参加各种各样的竞赛，
[00:32.24]These people are nicknamed 'compers'. They use every spare minute writing slogans and captions, answering questions and completing crosswords.
这些人被叫做“频繁参赛者的人”。他们利用每分每秒的空闲时间来写口号和注释，回答问题和做填字游戏，
[00:43.92]You could almost say it's like an addiction.
可以说是着了魔似的。
[00:47.64]The motivation for being a 'comper' is obvious: it's about being a winner and being rewarded with a prize.
这些频繁参赛者的人的动机很明显，就是做赢家并得奖。
[00:55.90]These can be small or large: from a box of chocolates to a new car, a trip of a lifetime around the world, or even a new house.
奖品可大可小，或者是一盒巧克力，或者是一辆新汽车，或者毕生难忘的旅行，甚至一座新房子。
[01:06.41]Isn't that worth competing for? Unfortunately, I haven't won any of those things.
这些难道不值得为之参加比赛吗？不幸的是，我从未赢过什么奖品。
[01:12.69]But, to be honest, I don't enter many competitions.
不过实话说，我也没参加过什么竞赛。
[01:16.35]Of course competitions that offer money prizes attract entries from millions of people, making the odds of winning very unlikely.
当然了，能提供金钱奖品的竞赛能吸引无数人，这样获胜的几率就很小了。
[01:26.17]But one man who has been lucky is a retired lecturer from the UK called Martin Dove.
但英国一个名叫马丁·达夫的退休讲师就很幸运，
[01:33.96]He is a serial 'comper' and has managed to bag prizes such a yacht and a race horse.
他就经常参加比赛，并赢得了诸如游艇和赛马这样的大奖。
[01:40.30]Martin says: "I've been a comper for 40 years. It's like admitting some addiction, isn't it really?"
马丁说，“我已经参加了40年的比赛，对此有点上瘾吧，不是吗？”
[01:47.70]He gets respect from other compers and also admits:"Some people have called me the Master of Comping, the King of Comping, the Guru of Comping.
他得到其他频频参赛者的尊敬，他说，“有的人称我是‘参赛高手’、‘参赛帝’、‘参赛专家’。
[01:57.84]But it's just a word, just a phrase. It's just I was fairly high-profile."
但这只是个称谓而已，只是因为我比较高调而已。”
[02:02.40]If scanning the supermarket shelves for cereal boxes and crisp packets for your next big win sounds too much like hard work, you can always try the lottery.
如果扫描超市的货架，将麦片盒或零食袋作为你下次的奖品似乎听起来很难，你可以试试买彩票。
[02:14.14]This is a game where people buy a lottery ticket hoping that the numbers on their ticket are chosen in a draw so that they win a big money prize.
在彩票这个游戏中，买彩票的人希望彩票上的数字能被抽中，这样就能获得大奖。
[02:24.14]Some people dream about being a millionaire and hope this type of game will make that dream real.
有的人梦想成为百万富翁，希望这类游戏能让这个梦想实现。
[02:30.92]For many, winning remains a dream, but they continue to try their luck as there's always a small chance they might succeed.
对很多人来说，获胜仍然是个梦想，但他们仍会试试运气，因为总会有成功的小几率。
[02:40.17]But what if you do win? Then you have to ask: how am I going to spend all that money?
但如果你确实赢了怎么办？那你就要问了：我要怎么花完这些钱呢？
[02:46.81]Some people say that 'money can't buy you happiness'. What do you think?
有的人说金钱不能买来幸福，你认为呢？