Gambling

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!

你听说了吗？州里正考虑在我们市合法化赌博！很快我们这儿就会有超棒的酒店和赌场，这对我们的生意有好处！

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.

你说真的吗？赌博是建立在欺骗基础上的邪恶行业，靠故意利用人性弱点来牟取暴利！这让我恶心。

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

你说什么呢？它怎么剥削人了？

Well, to begin with, Gambling is addictive, it 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.

呃，首先，赌博会让人上瘾，破坏婚姻、家庭，搞垮社区。一旦上瘾就很难戒掉。很多人因此失去房子、车子，流落街头。其次，它利用人性弱点：男人上瘾通常是因为刺激和风险；女人是为了逃避；老年人则是为了社交。未成年人往往从和朋友赌体育比赛开始，然后转向非法庄家。

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.

哎呀！现在想想，也许合法化赌博不是个好主意！不过，我去过拉斯维加斯，也没上瘾什么的。

You cannot predict who will become addicted to gambling. Now excuse me, I have a protest rally to organize!

你没法预测谁会赌博上瘾。好了，失陪了，我要去组织抗议集会！