About this episode
The episode discusses a journalist's firsthand experience with America's sports-betting culture and its implications.
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Sucker: My year as a degenerate gambler 正文： One Thursday night in September, I excused myself from the family dinner table, locked my bedroom door, and downloaded DraftKings. I am not a gambler by nature — I'm a Mormon father of four. But I'm also a journalist for The Atlantic, and my editors wanted me to experience America's sports-betting boom firsthand. They staked me $10,000 to gamble over the NFL season,covering all losses and splitting winnings 50-50. I even asked my bishop. After a long pause, he said,"I don't think you're doing anything wrong." Then: "Be careful." 知识点：excuse from /ɪkˈskjuːz maɪˈself frʌm/ to politely leave a place or situation（借口离开；礼貌地告辞） • During the long and tedious meeting, I had to excuse myself from the conference room to take an urgent phone call from my child's school. 在漫长而乏味的会议中，我不得不借口离开会议室，去接孩子学校打来的紧急电话。 • Seeing that the argument was going nowhere, she excused herself from the dinner table and went upstairs to her room. 眼看争论毫无结果，她礼貌地离开了餐桌，上楼回到自己的房间。 获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！ 【节目介绍】  …
People in this episode
Host: 早安英文
Topics covered
- gambling
- sports-betting
- journalism
- personal experience
- American culture
Keywords
- gambling
- sports-betting
- The Atlantic
- Mormon
- journalism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Atlantic
Books & works: Sucker: My year as a degenerate gambler
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