Level 4-Day 50.Gambling

词汇提示

1.casinos 赌场

2.slot 投入的

3.roulette 轮盘赌

4.theft 偷盗

5.prostitution 卖淫

6.notable 重要的

7.supervised 监管

8.maximizers 最大化者

9.chiefly 首要的

原文

Gambling

Many governments have turned to legalized gambling as a way to increase revenues.

Raising taxes has become very unpopular, and gambling can be seen as a cash cow.

Large casinos are often considered good for areas with high unemployment.

Most new casinos include a variety of slot machines, table games such as Blackjack and roulette wheels.

Opponents of gambling point to problems associated with it.

Crime rates go up, especially with respective theft and prostitution.

People become addicted to gambling and play until they are broke.

Stresses put on families when one member gambles, and the grocery and rent money are spent.

On the other hand, many people view gambling as an exciting form of entertainment.

They look forward to the opportunity to play the lottery or go to the casino.

Often they feel that they are getting good value in terms of entertainment for what they spend.

The truth is probably that some people can control the urge to gamble, while some cannot.

People who find gambling really exciting feel that they have to go back for that high, even if it means spending all their money.

Many people doubt that government should promote gambling, since it is certain to produce addicts.

There has also been some question whether gambling is good for the local economy.

If a casino is built in an area of high unemployment, will local people really benefit?

The answer seems to be both yes and no.

People may benefit if the gamblers come in large numbers from outside the area and spend their money there, that is, if the casino is a notable tourist attraction.

On the other hand, if not many people come from outside the area, there are few benefits.

In this case, most of the gamblers are local people who are spending the little money they have.

Gambling is especially attractive to older and retired people.

Since older people don't have much chance of making a lot of new money, the thought of winning the jackpot is very attractive to them.

Casinos regularly run buses from retirement home so that seniors can come and gamble.

Some would see this as taking advantage of lonely people.

There are stories in the newspaper about couples leaving their children locked in the car for six or eight hours while they gamble.

One man hoped to improve his finances by gambling, but he lost heavily.

His wife found out and went gambling herself, hoping to win some of the money back.

Before long, they had to sell their house to pay their gambling debts.

Gambling has usually been associated with organized crime.

Even today, when government agency supervised gambling, it would appear that there is still a crime connection.

This may be because many of the best gamblers and gambling administrators learn their trade outside of the law.

Besides this, gambling establishments attract various forms of crime to the area.

Since law and government have an important educational function, one doesn't like to see them involved in gambling.

Government should be more than profit maximizers; they should be concerned chiefly with the public good.

翻译

赌博

许多政府已经将赌博合法化作为增加收入的一种方式。
加税已经变得非常不受欢迎，赌博可以被视为摇钱树。
大型赌场通常被认为是高失业率地区的好去处。
大多数新赌场都有各种老虎机，桌游如21点和轮盘赌。
反对赌博的人指出了与赌博相关的问题。
犯罪率上升，尤其是盗窃和卖淫。
人们沉迷于赌博，一直玩到破产为止。
当一个家庭成员赌博时，家庭压力增加，杂货和房租都花光了。
另一方面，许多人认为赌博是一种令人兴奋的娱乐形式。
他们期待有机会买彩票或去赌场。
他们经常觉得自己花的钱在娱乐方面物有所值。
事实可能是，有些人可以控制赌博的冲动，而有些人则不能。
那些发现赌博真的很刺激的人会觉得他们必须回到那个高度，即使这意味着花光他们所有的钱。
许多人怀疑政府是否应该提倡赌博，因为赌博肯定会使人上瘾。
也有人质疑博彩业对当地经济是否有利。
如果赌场建在高失业率的地区，当地人真的会受益吗?
答案似乎是“是”和“不是”。
如果赌场是一个著名的旅游景点，那么从该地区以外来的大量赌徒在那里花钱，人们可能会受益。
另一方面，如果外来人口不多，就没有什么好处。
在这种情况下，大多数赌徒都是当地人，他们花的钱很少。
赌博对老年人和退休人员尤其有吸引力。
由于老年人没有太多机会赚很多新钱，赢得头奖的想法对他们很有吸引力。
赌场定期从养老院开出巴士，这样老年人就可以来赌博。
有些人会认为这是在利用孤独的人。
报纸上有这样的报道，一对夫妇在赌博时把孩子锁在车里六到八个小时。
有个人希望通过赌博来改善自己的财务状况，但他输了很多钱。
他的妻子发现了，自己也去赌博，希望能赢回一些钱。
不久，他们不得不卖掉房子来偿还赌债。
赌博通常与有组织犯罪联系在一起。
即使在今天，当政府机构监督赌博时，似乎仍然存在犯罪联系。
这可能是因为许多优秀的赌徒和赌博管理人员是在法律之外学习他们的交易的。
除此之外，赌博场所吸引了各种形式的犯罪到该地区。
由于法律和政府具有重要的教育功能，人们不愿意看到他们卷入赌博。
政府不应该只是利润最大化者;他们应该主要关心公众利益。