As far as birthday presents go, it sounds too good to be true. But when you have friends like Simon Cowell perhaps it is only to be expected.

　　单就生日礼物来说，这听起来让人难以置信。但是如果你有像Simon Cowell这样的朋友，你坐等收大礼就是了。

　　Susan Boyle, who turns 49 today, will wake up to a ￡4million gift from the music mogul.

　　苏珊大妈49岁生日当天，会收到这个唱片界大佬的一份价值四百万英镑的礼物。

　　The payout from Cowell's Syco label represents the first instalmentof royaltiesfrom Miss Boyle's best-selling debutalbum, I Dreamed A Dream, which was released last November.

　　Cowell的Syco唱片公司出的这份钱，是苏珊大妈第一张大卖专辑《我有一个梦想》的首期版权费。