ThousandsofpeoplebeganpouringintoPennsylvaniafromotherstates.Theywantedtobuylotterytickets(彩票).Theticketscostonly$0.9each.Butthatsmallspendingcouldbringthemarewardof$90million.Thatwasthesecondlargestlottery|小学英语问答-字典翻译问答网

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ThousandsofpeoplebeganpouringintoPennsylvaniafromotherstates.Theywantedtobuylotterytickets(彩票).Theticketscostonly$0.9each.Butthatsmallspendingcouldbringthemarewardof$90million.Thatwasthesecondlargestlottery

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Morethan87millionticketswereboughtforthePennsylvanialotterydrawing.Thosewhoboughtticketshadtochoosesevennumbersfrom1to80．Thechanceofwinningwasonein9.6million,butthatlittlechancecertainlydidn’taffectticketsales.Inthelastfewdaysbeforethedrawing,ticketsweresellingattheunbelievablerateof500persecond.

Expertssaymanypeoplebuylotteryticketsbecausetheyjustwanttohaveapieceoftheaction.Otherssaythelotteryisastockmarketforpoorpeople.Itallowsthemtodreamaboutwealththey’llprobablyneverhave.

Butmanypeoplebelievelotteriesarenobetterthanlegalized(合法化的)gambling.Somecriticsnotethatmostpeoplewhoplayarepoorandmaynotbeabletoaffordthetickets.Therearealsomanyaddictswhotakethegameseriously.Theymaypourtheirlifesavingsintolotterytickets.Someclubshavebeenformedtohelpthemkickthehabit.

Politicianslikelotteriesbecausetheyprovidemoneythatwouldotherwisehavetocomefromnewtaxes.Theprofitsfromlotteriesareusuallyusedtopayforeducationorprogramsforseniorcitizens.Butcriticssaythisarrangementjustallowsstatestolegalizevice(恶习),underthenameofsocialprogress.Nomatterwhetheryouregardstatelotteriesrightornot,youcannotrefusetoaccepttheirextremepopularitywithmanyAmericans.

牛建军回答：

　　成千上万的人从其他州涌入宾夕法尼亚,他们想买彩票.每张彩票仅价值0.9美元,但如此小的投入却会带给他们9千万美元的回报.这是史上第二多的积累奖金. 　　宾夕法尼亚抽奖处售出了8千7百万彩票,买彩票的人需要在1-80中选择7个数字,得奖的几率是1/9,600,000.但这样的小几率显然没有影响彩票的销售,在开奖前几天,彩票售出的速度达到了令人难以置信的500张每秒. 　　专家表示许多人买彩票只是为了沾点便宜,也有人说彩票是穷人的股市,能让他们对于可能永远得不到的财富抱点幻想. 　　但许多人相信彩票不过是合法化的赌博,一些评论家称大多数玩彩票的人穷得买不起机票（这个ticket我不确定是机票还是彩票……）,还有许多人对这个游戏太过当真而买上了瘾.他们可能会把毕生积蓄都搭在彩票上.一些俱乐部甚至组织起来帮助他们摆脱买彩票的习惯. 　　政治家喜欢彩票,因为彩票为他们提供金钱,否则钱只能来自新的税种.彩票的盈利通常用来为教育或老年人买单.但评论家称这种安排只是国家在社会进步的名义下,合法化这种恶习.无论你是否认同这种国家彩票,你都不能拒绝接受它在许多美国人中极度流行的事实. 　　——可能不是那么逐字对应的翻译,但是大意就是这样.

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