Steven and Susan are talking about the harm of gambling.

史蒂文和蘇珊正在討論賭博的危害。

A: Have you heard that Tom and his wife divorced?

你聽說湯姆和他的妻子離婚的事嗎？

B: I didn't hear that, but I can deduce the reason.

沒有聽說，不過我可以推斷出原因。

A: Really? Say it.

是嗎？說說看。

B: Tom is a kind guy, but addicted to gambling. He spends all his time gambling in the casino and his wife can't put up with his incessant gambling any longer, so she divorced him. Is that right?

湯姆是個好人，但卻賭博成癮。他把時間都消磨在賭場上。他的妻子再也無法忍受他不斷賭博，于是就和他離婚了，對嗎？

A: Yeah, quite right. Gambling broke up a happy family.

完全正確。你看，賭博竟然毀了一個幸福的家庭。

B: Yeah, gambling is often a curse. By gambling we lose time and treasure. Two things most precious to a man.

是啊，賭博往往是個禍根，浪費時間和金錢。這兩樣是人生最珍貴的東西。

A: Besides that, many people took to gambling and got in over their heads and gradually ruined themselves.

此外，許多人染上了賭博的惡習，越陷越深，慢慢地走上了毀滅的道路。

B: In a word, gambling is a vice. We should be away from it

總而言之，賭博是一種惡習，我們應該遠離它。

harm

傷害；損害；危害

do harm to...

對...有害

例句：

It is obvious that smoking does harm to our health.

很顯然吸煙有害健康。

It wouldn't do any harm to walk to school for a change.

改為步行去學校，對你沒壞處。

Have you heard that...?

你聽說了...嗎？

例句：

Have you heard that Jack got a pink slip this morning?

你聽說今天上午湯姆收到解雇通知書了嗎？

Have you heard that Tom and his girlfriend are getting married?

你聽說湯姆和他女朋友要結婚的消息了嗎？

divorce

離婚

例句：

They got divorced.

他們離婚了。

I heard that they are getting a divorce.

我聽說他們正在辦理離婚手續。

Ellie wants a divorce.

艾莉想離婚。

deduce

推論；推斷；演繹

例句：

We cannot deduce very much from these figures.

我們無法從這些數字中推斷出太多東西。

The police have deduced that he must have left his apartment yesterday evening.

警方推斷他肯定是在昨晚離開公寓的。

n.deduction

演繹法

spend

花（時間）；度過

I spend too mucg time watching.

我看電視時間太多了。

We spent the weekend in Paris.

我們在巴黎度過了周末。

How do you spend your spare time?

你業余時間都怎么度過的？

be addicted to

對...上癮；沉溺于

例句：

He's addicted to computer games.

他迷上了電腦游戲。

He became addicted to alcohol at a very young age.

他很小的時候就酒精上癮了。

gambling

賭博；投機

Gambling is legal in some countries.

賭博在一些國家是合法的。

Many people want to make a fortune by doing nothing, which is the reason why the gambling industry thrives.

許多人都想要不勞而獲賺大錢，這就是博彩業蓬勃發展的原因。

V.gamble

賭博

casino

賭場

例句：

He visited the casino, lost $20, and left.

他去了賭場，輸了20美元就走了。

put up with

忍受；容忍

例句：

I can't put up with such treatment any longer.

我無法再忍受這樣的待遇。

I can't put up with that woman any longer.

我再也不能忍受那個女人了。

SYNstand

忍受

incessant

（令人不快的事情）不停的；連續的

例句：

I can't put up with her incessant complaints.

我忍受不了她不斷的抱怨。

precious

珍貴的；寶貴的

例句：

We should seize the precious chance.

我們應該抓住寶貴的機會。

I didn't touch your precious car.

我沒有碰你那輛寶貝車。

take to

（尤指短暫接觸后）喜歡上；喜愛

例句：

He left the medical profession and took to journalism.

他離開了醫學界，開始從事新聞工作。

be in over one's head

太難了，難以駕馭；陷入麻煩無法脫身

（to be involved in a difficult situation that you cannot get out of）

例句：

Sean tried to pay his gambling debts, but he was in over his head.

肖恩想還清賭債，但卻深陷其中。

I think I'm in over my head with Amy. She wants marriage, kids and a house, and I’m just not ready for any of that. 我覺得我跟Amy現在有點難搞，她想要結婚，要孩子，有個房子。但是我現在還沒準備好。

be away from...

遠離；離開；從...離開

例句：

It was very hard for me to be away from my family.

離開家對我來講并非是件容易的事。

He is away from the office today。

今天他不在辦公室。

SYNstay away from...

遠離