新视野大学英语视听说教程 3 Unit 6-15

Task3: Why buy lottery¹ tickets?
Script
Charles: Did you hear? Next week’s lottery will be 28 million dollars! You got your ticket yet?
Joan:    I didn’t buy lottery tickets, and I don’t gamble on other ways, either. Lottery tickets ate just another way of taxing the poor.
Charles: What do you mean by that?
Joan:    Many of the big spenders on lottery tickets ate poor. They are spending money they can’t afford to spend.
Charles: I just buy lottery tickets for fun. You know…the first prize is a huge amount, and if would be exciting.
Joan:   But you don’t need the money to enjoy life, so for you it’s a game. But when the poor buy lottery tickets, it is often out of desperation.
Charles: You must be right. Casinos are opening everywhere, and many people go on gambling² holiday—you can even take a gambling cruise.
Joan:   Imagine being on an ocean cruise and spending all your time indoors bent³ over a card table or a roulette wheel.
Charles: Maybe there should be some programs to help people overcome their gambling addictions⁴ something similar to Alcoholics⁵ Anonymous⁶.
Joan:   There’s indeed an online program that can help. But nobody can force gamblers to join it. They must first want to be cured themselves.

For Reference
1. She thinks many (of the) big spenders on lottery are poor, spending money they can’t afford to spend.
2. He just buys lottery tickets foe⁷ fun. He thinks if he won a huge amount, it would be exciting.
3. They buy lottery tickets out of desperation. And the thrill of a win, of something for nothing, is addictive⁸.
4. Casinos are opening everywhere, many people go on gambling holidays, and one can even take a gambling cruise.
5. It will be helpful to habitual⁹ gamblers only when they want to be cured themselves.

1 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

2 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• 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。

3 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

4 addictions   

瘾( addiction的名词复数 )； 吸毒成瘾； 沉溺； 癖好

参考例句：

• He has removed the stigma of drug addictions. 他已经洗去吸毒的污点了。
• Intelligent people are good at using reason to control excessive addictions. 智慧的人善于用理性来控制过度的嗜欲。

5 Alcoholics   

n.嗜酒者，酒鬼( alcoholic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many alcoholics go on drinking sprees that continue for days at a time. 许多酒鬼一次要狂饮好几天。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Do you have a copy of the Alcoholics Anonymous book? 你手上有戒酒匿名会的书吗？ 来自互联网

6 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

7 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。

8 addictive   

adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的，成为习惯的

参考例句：

• 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。

9 habitual   

adj.习惯性的；通常的，惯常的

参考例句：

• He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
• They are habitual visitors to our house.他们是我家的常客。