香菸得獎勵
Owen is looking at the pictures from his last trip to Tokyo. Allen is talking to him.
歐文正在看他上次東京之旅的照片。艾倫在跟他說話。
Owen: I miss Japan so much! Too bad I can’t really travel to Japan this year.
歐文：我非常想念日本！我今年不能去日本旅行真是太糟糕了。
miss(v.)想念、錯過too bad真是糟糕
Allen: Wow! What’s this? An arcade game?
艾倫：哇！這是什麼？遊戲機台嗎？
arcade(n.)拱廊商店街、遊樂場、遊戲廰
Owen: Not exactly. It’s Pachinko, similar to the pinball game that we see in the night market.
歐文：不完全是。它是「柏青哥」，有點像我們夜市的彈球台。
similar to sth. 與…類似pinball game彈珠檯遊戲
Allen: Why are there only middle-aged men playing?
艾倫：為什麼只有中年男人在玩？
middle-aged man中年男子
Owen: Well, Pachinko was originally popular among children because the prizes for winning were candies. Then, cigarettes became one of the prizes.
歐文：它一開始時很受小朋友歡迎，因為獲勝的獎品是糖果，但後來香煙也成為了其中一項獎品。
originally(adv.)原本、最初prize(n.)獎品cigarette(n.)香菸
Allen: That naturally attracted more adults to play.
艾倫：那這自然會吸引成年人玩。
naturally(adv.)自然地attract(v.)吸引、attractive(adj.)adult(n.)成人
Owen: Yes. Since then, it has become a sort of gambling industry for adults.
歐文：是的。從那時起，它就已成為一種給成年人玩的的類賭博產業。
gambling industry賭博產業
Allen: Do people get hooked on playing Pachinko?
艾倫：會有人玩柏青哥玩到上癮嗎？
get or be hooked on sth.對…入迷
Owen: Yes. It has become one of the social issues in Japan since you can exchange prizes for money.
歐文：會啊，這已經成為日本的社會問題之一，因為其實可以用獎品兌換現金。
social issue社會議題exchange A for B拿A換B
Allen: That’s too bad, but the men in your pictures seemed to enjoy the games a lot.
艾倫：太糟糕了，不過照片中的大叔們似乎玩得很開心。
seem to RV似乎