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So, what do a top hat, Park Place -- or perhaps you know it better as Mayfair --
一頂大禮帽、公園廣場，或者你比較常聽說的梅費爾區，

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and two dice have in common? More than a billion people can tell you: Monopoly.
和兩顆骰子有何共同之處？會有超過十億的人告訴你：他們都是大富翁遊戲中的一部份。

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The iconic Parker Brothers board game is 75 years old this day.
這個具有代表性的帕克兄弟棋盤遊戲現在已經七十五歲了。

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Now, it was first released in the U.S. at the height of the Great Depression and based on landmarks in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
這個遊戲是在大蕭條最嚴重的時候在美國問世，遊戲中的地標是以紐澤西州的亞特蘭大市的地標為藍本。

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Now more than 275 million games have been sold in more than a hundred countries since, and dozens of versions --
自此之後，大富翁遊戲已經在一百多個國家中賣掉二億七千五百萬多組，多年來市面上看過的版本就有幾十種，

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you can see people playing all around the world -- have been available over the years. You can even get one in chocolate.
你可以看到全世界都有人在玩這套遊戲。你甚至可以買一套巧克力做的大富翁遊戲。

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And guess what; perhaps not surprisingly you can get one for the iPhone.
你猜怎麼著？或許不意外的是，你可以找到 iPhone的版本。

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Well, it's hard to beat that kind of popularity, obviously,
很顯然的，這種受歡迎的程度很難打敗，

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and we asked the people who actually make all that paper money and those little plastic houses why Monopoly has been just so successful.
我們問了那些真的在製作那些紙幣和那些小塑膠房子的人，為何大富翁遊戲會如此成功。

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Fellow journalist Bob Crowley visited the factory in Long Meadow, Massachusetts.
本台記者鮑伯‧克羅利造訪了位於麻薩諸塞州長草原市的大富翁工廠。

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Monopoly is the quintessential board game. It's sold in 111 countries and in 43 languages.
大富翁遊戲是棋盤遊戲的典範。它一共賣到一百一十一個國家，被翻譯成四十三種語言。

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It's the best game to play. This is where Monopoly is manufactured.
大富翁是最好玩的遊戲。這裡是製作大富翁遊戲的地方。

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This is the Hasbro Games facility. It's the largest games and puzzle producer in the world.
這是孩之寶遊戲公司的工廠。它是全球最大的遊戲及拼圖製造商。

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We produce up to two million Monopoly games a year.
我們每年生產達兩萬組的大富翁遊戲。

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My job is to make plastic parts for our games and toys.
我的工作是製作大富翁遊戲中的塑膠零件和玩具。

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I'm sure everyone plays Monopoly. It's something that's just never gonna go away.
我相信大家都玩大富翁。這種東西永遠都不會褪流行。

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I've been here 25 years. I work in the Monopoly line. All Monopolies are different.
我在這裡工作二十五年了。我在大富翁的生產線上工作。

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This is only 30 pieces in each pack. I think it teaches you part of life, you know? You make the right decisions in life,
所有的大富翁遊戲都不一樣。這只是每盒裡的三十張紙幣。你知道嗎？我認為這遊戲會教你一部份的人生道理。

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if you make your investments, how to save money, how to buy property. It's been part of history.
你是否在人生中做了正確決定，如果你做了投資，如何存錢，如何購買不動產。這都成了歷史的一部份。

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They're more fun with the family. You get to talk with the family. Video games, you just sit there and do this all day.
跟家人玩比較好玩。你可以藉此和家人說話。玩電玩遊戲的話，你就只是坐在那兒玩一整天。

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This is the final assembly line. This is where [it] all it comes together.
這裡是生產線終端。這裡是整套遊戲成形的地方，神奇魔力就在此產生。

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This is where the magic happens. It's just a way to bring the families together.
這就是一種凝聚家人的方式。它會教你數字，教你關於競爭和關係。

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It teaches about numbers. It teaches you about competition. It teaches you about relationships.
現在的人生太忙亂了，以一種我們不習慣的步調在前進。

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Life is just too hectic now. It moves at a pace that we're not used to. This slows it down a little bit -- perfect family game.
但是大富翁遊戲會讓人生步調放慢一點，是一種完美的家庭遊戲。