纯正地道美语 第135期(外教讲解):赌博
时间：2019-01-20 作者：英语课 分类：纯正地道美语
A: Did you hear? The state is thinking of legalizing gambling 1 in our city! Soon we are gonna have amazing hotels and casinos here which will be good for our business!
B: Are you serious? Gambling is a vice 2 industry built on deception 3 and fed by the intentional 4 exploitation of human weakness for the sole purpose of monetary 5 gain! It disgusts me.
A: What are you talking about? How does it exploit people?
B: Well, to begin with, Gambling is addictive 6, ruins marriages, destroys families and bankrupts communities. Once you are addicted 7 it is very difficult to stop. People have lost their houses, cars and been left out on the street after becoming addicted. Secondly 8, it exploits because men become addicted to gambling most often because of the action and risk. Women gamble to escape, and senior citizens will start gambling for the social interaction. Underage gamblers often start gambling on sports with friends and then illegal bookies.
A: Geez! Now that I think about it, maybe legalizing gambling isn’t such a good idea! Although, I have been to Las Vegas, and I didn’t become addicted or anything like that.
B: You cannot predict who will become addicted to gambling. Now excuse me, I have a protest rally to organize!
【文章大意】
州政府正考虑将赌博合法化，对话围绕赌博的利弊展开。A认为赌博合法化将带来商业效应，而B认为赌博有很多危害。如果赌博成瘾，会破坏婚姻和家庭，使人破产。弊大于利。他还想组织一场集会来反对将赌博合法化
- They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
- The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception.他承认曾与人合谋骗取财产。
- He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception.他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。
- Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
- His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。
- The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
- The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
- Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。
- He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
- She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。