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几年前我看到了一项统计数据

I saw this statistic years ago

美国最贫穷的10%的人

that the poorest of 10% of Americans

购买了全美80%的彩票

buy like 80 percent of the lottery tickets in America

这些人几乎不能养活自己

and these are people who can

最贫穷的10%的人

lowest 10%

他们简直是在挣扎着

They're literally struggling

让自己有地方住

to put a roof over the head

养活自己

and feed themselves

他们竭尽所有去买刮刮乐

Hand over fist buying scratcher tickets

当你听到这句话的本能反应是

and the knee jerk reaction when you hear that is

白痴你们在干什么

morons what are you doing you idiot and maybe that is the right reaction

但是

But

我开始思考

I start thinking about it and it was like

如果你困在一个低收入的工作

If you are stuck in a low income job

你觉得没有出路

and you feel like there's no way out

你觉得你工作没有机会升职

You feel like you don't have the opportunity to work your way up the ladder

成为一个企业家

become an entrepreneur

你觉得你被困在这个位置

You feel like you're stuck in this position

买彩票可能是生活中

buying a lottery ticket

唯一给你一点希望的东西了

Thing in life that

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