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标题：Sucker: My year as a degenerate gambler
正文： One Thursday night in September, I excused myself from the family dinner table, locked my bedroom door, and downloaded DraftKings. I am not a gambler by nature — I'm a Mormon father of four. But I'm also a journalist for The Atlantic, and my editors wanted me to experience America's sports-betting boom firsthand. They staked me $10,000 to gamble over the NFL season,covering all losses and splitting winnings 50-50. I even asked my bishop. After a long pause, he said,"I don't think you're doing anything wrong." Then: "Be careful."
知识点：excuse from /ɪkˈskjuːz maɪˈself frʌm/
to politely leave a place or situation（借口离开；礼貌地告辞）
• During the long and tedious meeting, I had to excuse myself from the conference room to take an urgent phone call from my child's school. 在漫长而乏味的会议中，我不得不借口离开会议室，去接孩子学校打来的紧急电话。
• Seeing that the argument was going nowhere, she excused herself from the dinner table and went upstairs to her room. 眼看争论毫无结果，她礼貌地离开了餐桌，上楼回到自己的房间。
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