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Unit 7 Gambling Addiction 1. Useful Expressions 1. 孤注一掷 go for broke 2. 嗜赌成瘾者 compulsive gamblers 3. 消除 wipe away 4. 失去尊严 lose one’s pride 5. 生存哲学 existential philosophy 6. 牌室的常客 card room regulars 7. 付出高昂的代价 pay a steep price 8. 主题公园 theme park 9. 不可救药的吸毒成瘾者 hard-core drug addicts 10. 在边缘摇摆 teeter on the verge 11. 虐待儿童 child abuse 12. 家庭暴力 domestic violence 13. 许多 a host of 14. 成为重大新闻 make headline 15. 无法理解 beyond one’s comprehension 16. 内心流血 bleed inside 17. 清醒起来 sober up 18. 为…而不顾一切 be desperate for 19. 保险单 insurance policy 20. 债台高筑 suffocating debts 21. 前途无量 promising future 22. 呆滞无神的双眼 expressionless eyes 23. 每况愈下的健康状况 failing health 24. 再玩几手 a few more hands Words and Expressions 1. go for broke: commit or expend all of ones available resources toward achievement of a goal; risk everything in one determined attempt at sth. *Why not go for broke and apply for Harvard University? 他决定孤注一掷把所有的钱全部投向股市。 (= He decided to go for broke and put all his money into the stock market.) 2. (L 6) delusion: n. a false belief or opinion * Jane is under the delusion that I’m going to give her a lot of money. 这位病人妄想自己是拿破仑。 (= The sick man is under the delusion that he is Napoleon.) CF: delusion illusion 这两个词都是名词，都有“错觉”的意思， 也都有这样的词组