I'd been widowed for 26 years, but my life was too full bringing up my two children and working in a betting shop to bother with men.

我已经守寡26年了，这些年来，对两个孩子的抚养以及在彩票俱乐部里的工作已经塞满了我全部的生活。

A seemingly endless line stretched past the casino's sparsely populated poker lounge, sports betting room, Pink Taco restaurant and rock memorabilia shop.

这条似乎看不到尽头的队伍蜿蜒经过赌场中赌客稀少的扑克休息室、体育博彩室、粉红塔可餐厅以及滚石纪念品商店。

Better Place is setting up shop here just as the embattled Detroit auto makers are betting their futures on hybrid and battery-powered vehicles, which will arrive as soon as next year.

良好的位置上建立商家如同相关的底特律的汽车制造商们一般，在为他们最早明年投入市场的混合动力与电池动力的汽车的前景而奋斗。