只有富裕的人才养得起这些狗而且他们赌斗狗。

Only wealthy people can keep these dog and they gamble on the dog fights.

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他们就这样继续争论下去，直到 B 大哥说他愿意下两万英镑的赌注，赌这个人靠这一百万反正能活三十天，而且还不会进监狱。

They went on disputing till Brother B said he would bet twenty thousand pounds that the man would live thirty days, anyway, on that million, and keep out of jail, too.

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他们来这儿就是赌的，就是把自己押上去。

They are here to put it on the line.

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For example, if you ask people how much they would be willing to bet on a coin toss, they will typically bet more if they can toss the coin or they will bet more if the coin hasn't been tossed yet.

比如说,如果你问人们,他们愿意出多少钱去赌掷硬币,如果他们可以掷硬币,或在硬币还没被掷出前,他们会下更大的注

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And so if they were not a compulsive gambler,

所以，即使他们不是嗜赌成癖的赌徒，

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