1·Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.
原本头脑清醒的国民突然马上变成了不顾一切的赌徒，将他们的生活建立在一张纸上。
2·According to the scientific team, only one of these four categories of gamblers actually shows signs of a significant pathology.
根据科学小组得知，事实上在这四种赌徒里只有一种显示出明显的病理学的迹象。
3·But the real catastrophe, as I argued last week, is the risk taken on by the gamblers working legally inside the machine.
但就像我上周辩称的那样，真正的灾难在于体系内部那些合法经营的赌徒所冒的风险。
4·The gamblers and risk-takers turned south on the California Trail over the Sierra Nevada, ready to strike it big or not at all.
而赌徒和冒险家却在岔路口拐向南方走上了加州小道，翻越内华达山脉，准备好要么发大财要么一无所有。
5·Many gamblers impoverish themselves here, and it is no coincidence that numerous pawn brokers have set up shop in the streets around the Hotel Lisboa.
很多赌徒在这里变得一文不名，而众多的典当经纪人在里斯本旅馆附近的大街上建立起自己的商店。