禮節(jié)美語:229 Gambling I

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Patricia去找同事Kelly。

Patricia: Hey, Kelly...the boss just called me into his office. You and I have to go to Macau for a meeting with our international marketing department. The meeting is on a Friday afternoon so I was thinking we could spend the weekend down there!

Kelly: Macau, eh? So I guess you're thinking about doing some gambling, right?

P: Well, it is legal in Macau. We might as well take advantage of this golden opportunity! Oh, there's John.John and I used to win some serious money in Las Vegas.

Patricia告訴Kelly，老板讓他們兩人星期五去澳門出差，跟公司的國際營銷部同事開會，問Kelly愿不愿意索性在澳門待一個周末，去賭場試試手氣。這時候，另外一位同事John走過來，Patricia說，John和他以前就曾在美國的賭城拉斯維加斯贏過不少錢，他說的some serious money意思是可觀的數(shù)額。John說，

John: Yep, Pete and I used to go to Las Vegas at least twice a year. Gambling can be a lot of fun.

K: I've never really seen the appeal of gambling. I know it's possible to win big, but I've never won. I really hate losing money.

P: I hear you....but if you ever hit a jackpot you'll be addicted for life!

J: Winning is a pretty good feeling, but a lot of people can take it too far. Patricia, did you hear about Joe?

P: You mean Joe Klein? How's he doing?

J: Not so good. He lost his house and his wife left him. We didn't know it at the time, but he actually had a serious gambling problem.

John 和Patricia以前每年至少一起去兩次拉斯維加斯。Kelly說自己逢賭必輸，所以賭錢對她沒有appeal吸引力。Patricia說，雖然win big贏大錢的機(jī)會不多，但是if you ever hit a jackpot, you'll be addicted for life. 一旦中了頭獎，就會一輩子上癮。John說，贏錢感覺是不錯，但千萬不能take it too far玩過頭，他們有個朋友Joe Klein had a serious gambling problem. 就是賭錢上癮，結(jié)果輸了房子不說，老婆也不要他了。

P: Really? That's too bad.

J: He was over $75,000 in debt...so eventually the bank took his house. As you can imagine, his wife wasn't too happy about that.

K: See? These are exactly the kind of stories I'm talking about! I think gambling can be as addictive as illegal drugs!

J: And I would have to agree. I don't have an addictive personality by nature so I'm generally able to control myself. But...I have lost more money than I can afford on more than one occasion.

Kelly 覺得，gambling can be as addictive as illegal drugs. 賭博跟毒品差不多，讓人上癮。John 表示贊同，他說自己雖然自控能力比較強(qiáng)，and don't have an addictive personality by nature 也不是那種做事喜歡上癮的人，但是賭錢的時候，還是不止一次輸?shù)贸隽俗约旱某惺苣芰?，這里說的 more than one occasion 意思是不止一次。