每日背誦第四期38
Fortunately, legitimacy and success are not invariably linked. When The Hustler, a 1961 movie starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason, glamorized the shady underworld of pool sharks, business boomed. Coin-operated pool tables were born just in time to meet the rising demand. Initially found only in bars and bowling alleys, the new, smaller tables have taken center stage at packed pool halls from Boston to Beijing.
好在，合法與成功并沒有必然聯(lián)系。1961年由保羅·紐曼和賈奇·葛利森主演的電影《江湖浪子》，表現(xiàn)了身處陰暗 下層社會臺球高手們的魅力，臺球生意興隆起來。投幣式的 臺球桌也應(yīng)運(yùn)而生。這些新型小球 起初只在酒吧、保齡球館中能找到；現(xiàn)在，從波士頓到北京，在擠滿了人的臺球場所 里，它儼然成為了主流。
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于：臺球的沿革)
