，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  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。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。