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Some politicians want to deter locals from visiting casinos by imposing an entry tax.
一些政治家们想通过征收入场税来阻止当地居民进入赌场。

Pachinko's seedy reputation is one reason.
其中之一就是因为柏青哥是出了名的乌烟瘴气。
Seedy
1. 肮脏的; 声名狼藉的
Frank ran errands for a seedy local villain.
弗兰克为当地一个声名狼藉的恶棍跑腿。
2. 破旧的：褴褛的和破旧的；不整洁的：
“He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin”(Mark Twain)
“他满身污渍、衣衫褴褛浑身散发出杜松子酒的气味”(马克•吐温)

Though the industry has shrunk by about 40% from its peak 20 years ago, there are still about 11,000 pachinko parlours—and thousands of addicts.
尽管柏青哥的发展和20年前的顶峰时期相比，下降了40%，但现在依然有一万多片柏青哥游戏厅以及数以千计的上瘾者。

Shrink
1. 缩水 缩小
People were short in those days – or else those military uniforms all shrank in the wash!
那个年代人们很矮–要么就是那些军装在洗涤时全都缩水了！
2. 避开
One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him.
我试着和这个孩子说话时，他避开了我。
3. 精神病医生
Parlour parlor 大厅
But will the parlor game be as fun to watch if prices begin falling?

Public hostility recently forced the mayor of Yokohama, one of three proposed sites for the resorts, to begin back-pedalling on her support.
横滨是三个计划将建设赌场区的城市之一，但是由于公众的强烈抵制，市长为了自己的支持率不得不做出让步。

Hostility 反对 （our hostility to something you do not approve of is your opposition to it）
There is hostility among traditionalists to this method of teaching history.
传统主义者中有人反对这种教授历史的方法。
back-pedal
1. 改变立场
Allen back-pedalled, saying that he had had no intention of offending them.
爱伦改变了立场，表示他没有冒犯他们的意思。
2. 背弃
The cabinet may backpedal on these commitments.

内阁可能会背弃这些承诺。

Investors fear outbreaks of nimbyism elsewhere, too. In a recent survey 75% of Japanese said they would not like a casino to be built near their homes.
投资方也害怕各地兴起邻避主义。最近的一项调查显示75%的受访者不愿意政府在自己家附近建赌场。

Nimbyism
邻避主义：the practice of objecting to something that will affect one or take place in one‘s locality
Outbreak
突然爆发：
“an outbreak of strikes, violent agitation, and arrests”(Samuel Chew)
“罢工、骚乱和逮捕行动的突然爆发”(塞缪尔•楚)

Officials in Osaka have come up with a way around this problem: they want to build a resort on an artificial island in Osaka Bay.
大阪官员们就这个问题想到了一个方法，就是在大阪湾附近的人工岛上建赌场区。

come up with 提出
Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own.
有几位成员提出了自己的建议。
Come up
1. 将发生
We do have elections coming up.
我们的确有选举即将举行。
2. 被提及; 被讨论
The subject came up at work.
这一话题在工作时被提及。

Well-heeled tourists, mainly from China, are expected to be the main punters, says Susumu Hamamura, a Komeito politician.
日本公明党政治家千叶进步表示，大部分来自中国的富豪游客将成为赌场区的顾客。

Well-heeled
穿着考究的=>>富有的
a well-heeled businessman
有钱的生意人
Punter
赌客

The average gambling budget was $500 (down sharply from 2005, when the average punter bet $600).
赌博的平均预算为500美金（从2005年开始急剧下降，平均赌博600美金）
About 20m people visited Japan last year. The government wants to double this by 2020, along with the roughly ￥3.5trn that tourists spend annually.
去年，来日本游玩的游客数量约有两千万。政府希望到2020年，这个数字能够翻一番，同时游客在日本的开销能够达到每年3.5万亿日元。

along with
连同…一起；与…一道；随同…一起 ~~ and
Along with her good career sense, Dowd started off with a healthy sense of adventure.

Even if the casinos get off the ground, Japan faces stiff regional competition from Macau, Malaysia and Singapore. What will give the country an edge, predicts Mr.Yonekawa, is Japanese culture.
就算日本的赌场业能够发展起来，也要同澳门、马来西亚、新加坡等地进行激烈的竞争。千叶进步表示，能够让日本博彩业胜出一筹的将是日本的文化。
get off the ground（使）取得进展
Putnam's surprising answer is that we cannot coherently think that we are brains in vats, and so skepticism ofthat kind can never really get off ground.
普特南给出的惊人的答案是，我们不可能前后一致地认为自己是“缸中之脑”，因而对此的怀疑永远不能取得进展。

Stiff
1. 绘较硬的不容易弯曲或变形
“stiff in opinions” (John Dryden).
“立场坚定” （约翰•德赖登）。
2,极度的
Even if he bores you stiff, it is good manners not to let him know it.
即使他把你烦透了，出于礼貌你也不能让他看出来。

The proposed sites for another mooted resort, in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, are onsen (hot spring) retreats, he points out. “Japanese cuisine and hospitality will win many customers.”
他指出，还有一个悬而未决的待开发地区是日本最北部的岛屿--北海道的温泉聚集区，日本的美食和服务将会吸引不少顾客。

Moot
1. 有争议的; 悬而未决的
How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.
他还能这样做多久是一个未知数。
2. 无实际意义的
For Layton, the question was moot right now.
对莱顿而言，这个问题目前是没有实际意义的。
Hospitality殷勤好客
Every visitor to Georgia is overwhelmed by the kindness, charm, and hospitality of the people.
来到佐治亚州的每一个人都为当地人的善良、魅力和好客感动不已。
onsen日式温泉
Cuisine烹调风格

Mr.Hamamura agrees. He voted for the casino bill despite opposition from his own party boss because he believes it will be good for Japan.
千叶进步是同意建设赌场的。尽管与自己所在政党的意见相左，他还是支持自己认为有益日本发展的产业。

Bill
1. 议案 (a bill is a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on)
This is the toughest crime bill that Congress has passed in a decade.
这是十年来国会通过的最强硬的有关犯罪的议案。
2. 把…宣传为
They bill it as California's most exciting museum.
他们把这宣传为加利福尼亚最令人激动的博物馆。

“Over 140 countries have legal casinos; why should we be left out?” he asks.
他问道：“世界上有超过140个国家有赌场，为什么我们不能有？”
Even he accepts, however, that most Japanese are “emotionally” against casinos and will need to be convinced.
即便是他本人也承认，大部分日本人还是从情感上抵触赌场。

Leave out 忽视；不考虑
You've made a mistake--you've left out the letter e.
你出了一个错，忽略了字母e。
leave alone 不打扰；不干涉；不管；不理

So, in this article I am going to concentrate on the business-level, technology-agnostic analysis classes, and leave alone almost all technology issues until we discuss design.
因此，在这一步，我将会侧重于业务方面的，与技术无关的分析类。 在讨论设计的时候再讨论涉及技术的部分。

He plans to win them over, he says, by explaining one of the overlooked benefits of the resorts: they will give foreigners something to do at night.
千叶进步打算说服这些民众，他本人表示，我要告诉他们赌博区存在被忽略的好处之一就是能够让外国人在晚上有事可做。

Win over 赢得…的支持; 使…与自己的观点一致
He has won over a significant number of the left-wing deputies.
他已赢得相当一部分左翼代表的支持。
Win out 胜出
Still, caution with a largely unproven commodity will win out over recklessness almost every time.
依然，每次对于未检验的商品小心总好过于粗心大意
Win through 成功地渡过或克服(困难、难关等)；摆脱困难
to win through all the difficulties 战胜重重困难