136 Gambling

 A: 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!                                                                                                   
 B: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.                                                                                         
 A: What are you talking about? How does it exploit people?                                                                             
 B: Well, to begin with, Gambling is addictive, 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.                                               
 A: 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.                                                                                          
 B: You cannot predict who will become addicted to gambling. Now excuse me, I have a protest rally to organize!                         
                                                                                                                                        
 legalize    US: [ˈliɡəlˌaɪz]    v.合法化                                                                                               
 vice    US: [vaɪs]    n.虎钳；堕落；恶行；邪恶    v.钳制；                                                                             
                                                                                                                                        
 intentional 故意的 ; 有意的 ; 存心的 [ɪnˈtenʃən(ə)l]                                                                                   
 exploitation 剥削 ; 利用 ; 开发 ; 开采 ; 榨取 [ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n]                                                                      
 exploit 开发 ; 利用 ; 剥削 ; 发挥 ;  [ɪkˈsplɔɪt]  p->b                                                                                 
 deception 欺骗 ; 骗局 ; 诡计 [dɪˈsepʃ(ə)n]                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                        
 senior citizens 资深公民，老年人 ; senior citizen的复数                                                                                
 social interaction 社交 ; 社会互动 ; 社 [ˌɪntərˈækʃ(ə)n]                                                                               
 protest rally 抗议集会/ˈproʊ.test/  [ˈræli]                                                                                            
 addicted    US: [əˈdɪktəd]    adj.上瘾了的；入了迷的