老虎機(jī)響個(gè)不停，卡牌在綠呢臺(tái)面上滑動(dòng)，籌碼堆放在百家樂賭桌上，房間里的人平均年齡達(dá)80歲。如今，日本正興起一種新型老年人陪護(hù)場所——類似拉斯維加斯賭場主題的日間陪護(hù)所。

Casino-themed daycare may become a pillar of Japanese economic revival plans by occupying some of the 10m Japanese aged over 80 and so freeing up workers who might otherwise have left the shrinking labour force to look after frail relatives — as do some 100,000 workers each year.
賭場主題的日間陪護(hù)所可能會(huì)成為支撐起日本經(jīng)濟(jì)重振計(jì)劃的一個(gè)支柱：讓日本約1000萬80歲以上的老人有事可做，解放原本需要退出勞動(dòng)力大軍以照顧體弱親人的勞動(dòng)者。目前，日本的勞動(dòng)人口正在萎縮，每年有約10萬人因上述原因離職照顧老人。

As Japan's demographic crisis has deepened, the number of daycare facilities has doubled since 2010 to about 40,000. But the majority offer activities that "are too childish, patronising even. These are adults and they want serious activities."
隨著日本的人口危機(jī)加深，自2010年以來，日本日間陪護(hù)所的數(shù)量已經(jīng)翻了一番，至約4萬家。但其中大多數(shù)陪護(hù)所提供的活動(dòng)“太幼稚，甚至好像大人對(duì)小孩。這些人是成年人，他們想要真正的活動(dòng)。”

The casino-themed daycare centres succeed in attracting more elderly men, who are less willing than women to attend regular daycare centres.
這些賭場主題的陪護(hù)中心成功地吸引了更多老年男性。比起女性，他們更不愿意去普通的日間陪護(hù)中心。

But not everyone shares the enthusiasm of them. Some local governments, which heavily subsidise daycare, are reluctant to encourage gambling. The city of Kobe has banned casino daycare as a malign social influence, and the wider prefecture of Hyogo may follow.
但并非所有人都像他們那樣熱衷于此。一些對(duì)日間陪護(hù)所提供高額補(bǔ)貼的地方政府不鼓勵(lì)賭博。神戶市已禁止賭場式日間陪護(hù)所，認(rèn)為這會(huì)帶來不良的社會(huì)影響，禁令還可能推廣至神戶市所屬的整個(gè)兵庫縣。

（中國日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 丁一）