純正地道美語第135期(外教講解):賭博

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A: Did you hear? The state is thinking of legalizing gambling 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 industry built on deception and fed by the intentional exploitation of human weakness for the sole purpose of monetary gain! It disgusts me.

A: What are you talking about? How does it exploit people?

B: Well, to begin with, Gambling is addictive, ruins marriages, destroys families and bankrupts communities. Once you are addicted it is very difficult to stop. People have lost their houses, cars and been left out on the street after becoming addicted. Secondly, 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】
州政府正考慮將賭博合法化，對話圍繞賭博的利弊展開。A認爲賭博合法化將帶來商業效應，而B認爲賭博有很多危害。如果賭博成癮，會破壞婚姻和家庭，使人破產。弊大於利。他還想組織一場集會來反對將賭博合法化。
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legalize vt. 合法化
Abortion was legalized in the 1960s.
墮胎在20世紀60年代被合法化。

vice n. 罪惡；不道德行爲

exploitation n. 利用

sole purpose 唯一的理由

monetary adj. 貨幣的；金錢的

gambling n.賭博

casino n. 娛樂場；賭場

bookie n. 賭注登記經紀人

addicted adj. 嗜好… 的；上了…癮的
He is addicted to smoking
他吸菸上了癮。

【拓展詞彙】
Texas Hold'em 德州撲克牌德州撲克使用52張撲克牌，沒有王牌。你手中發到2張底牌（只有自己知道哦），桌面上共發放5張公共牌（大家都能看到的）。你可以從這7張牌裏挑選最大5張的組合，按照比牌規則，誰的牌面最大誰就獲勝。

slot machine n. 吃角子老虎，賭博機

roulette n. 輪盤賭

odds n. 可能性；可能的機會
The odds are against us.
我們沒有成功的機會。