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游戏是一项运动吗?来学习电游相关的英语表达
[ti:www.pronounceword.com] [ar:] [by:www.pronounceword.com] [00:11.30]Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Neil. 大家好,欢迎来到六分钟英语。我是尼尔。 [00:15.29]Hello. I'm Catherine. 大家好。我是凯瑟琳。 [00:16.78]And if I say to you, Catherine, fortnight, what do you think of? 如果我跟你说,fortnight,你会想到什么? [00:20.98]Well, that's easy, Neil. A fortnight is a period of two weeks. 好的,那很简单,尼尔。一个"fortnight"就是两周的时间。 [00:24.83]Well, fortnight, spelt f-o-r-t-n-i-g-h-t, is indeed a period of two weeks. 好吧,拼写为f-o-r-t-n-i-g-h-t的"fortnight",确实是两周的时间段。 [00:33.10]But Fortnite, spelt F-o-r-t-n-i-t-e, is an online computer game that has become incredibly popular in a very short period of time. 但是拼写为F-o-r-t-n-i-t-e的"Fortnite",是在非常短的时间内变得非常流行的一款电脑网游。 [00:44.53]As well as popular, it's also very competitive.在流行的同时,它也非常有竞争性。 [00:48.18]And you're soon going to be able to make big money playing it. 而且玩这个游戏,你能很快挣大钱。 [00:51.85]And you can even hire people to be your Fortnite coach. 并且你可以雇人当你《堡垒之夜》的指导。 [00:56.30]Well, before we hear a little more about this topic, it's time for our quiz. 好的,在我们听到更多主题内容之前,是我们测试问题的时间。 [01:00.82]These days we play computer games on our phones, we can hold them in our hands. 现在我们在手机上玩电脑游戏,我们可以把它们拿在手里。 [01:06.20]In1950 Bertie the Brain was the name of one of the very first computer games. 在1950年Bertie the Brain是第一款电脑游戏的名字。 [01:11.60]It played a simple game of noughts and crosses, also called tic-tac-toe. 它是简单画圈打叉游戏,也被叫做井字游戏。 [01:15.86]But how tall was this computer? Was it...a) one metre tall; b) about four metres tall or c) about ten metres tall? 但是这个电脑有多高? 是a) 1米高; b) 大约4米高 还是 c) 大约10米高 ? [01:26.80]Well, if it was the 1950s, computers were huge, so I'm going to go for ten metres. 好吧,如果那是在20世纪50年代,电脑是巨大的,所以我会说是10米。 [01:34.38]OK. Well, we'll find out if you're right at the end of the programme. 好的。好吧,我们将会在节目最后揭晓你是否正确。 [01:37.81]eSports or computer games competitions are now a thing. 电子竞技或者电脑游戏比赛现在是一种潮流。 [01:41.93]In some markets they are huge and they are even discussing including them in the Olympic Games. 在一些市场,它们影响巨大并且甚至有讨论说将它们加入奥运比赛中。 [01:47.65]Kyle Jackson is a 13-year-old gamer who's been asked to join a team. 凯尔?杰克逊是一个13岁的玩家,他受邀加入一支队伍。 [01:52.57]How long does he say he's been playing video games? 他说他玩电子游戏多长时间? [01:55.84]I've played video games all my life, basically. 基本上我一辈子都在玩电子游戏。 [01:58.86]I started playing competitively when I was around nine or ten. 我开始竞争性地玩是在我大约九、十岁的时候。 [02:02.57]I got into like Halo, Call of Duty, games like that. 我喜欢过《光环》、《使命召唤》那类的游戏。 [02:06.91]And I just...I realised that I could probably like go to a pro (professional) level, if I keep playing at the level I am. 我只是……意识到如果以按我现在的水平来玩,我或许可以是职业玩家级别。 [02:14.10]He said that he's been playing computer games all his life. 他说他一辈子都在玩电脑游戏。 [02:18.63]Now that might be a little exaggeration.But he's probably been playing them ever since he can remember. 现在来看那或许有一点夸大。但是他或许从他记事起就一直玩电脑游戏。 [02:25.18]When he was nine or ten he started playing competitively, which means he started playing in competitions against other people. 在他九岁或者十岁的时候就开始竞争性地玩,那指的是他开始和别人打比赛。 [02:32.83]He talks about a number of games that he got into. 他谈到了许多他感兴趣过的游戏。 [02:36.41]This is a good expression. 这是一个不错的表达。 [02:37.77]If you are into something, you are very interested in it. 如果你into sth,你就是对它非常感兴趣。 [02:41.19]And "to get into something" describes the process of becoming interested in that thing. 而且"to get into something"描述的是对某事变得感兴趣的过程。 [02:46.51]In Kyle's case, it was computer games and he got so good that he's thinking about playing at a professional level. 在凯尔的例子里,感兴趣的是电脑游戏,而且他变得如此擅长以至于他在考虑以职业玩家级别玩。 [02:54.32]Doing something as a professional means that it's more than a hobby or pastime. 作为一个专业人员做某事指的是不仅仅是爱好或者是消遣。 [02:59.58]It's something someone pays you to do, because you are really good at it. 它是别人付钱让你做的事,因为你十分擅长。 [03:04.90]George Yao is a former gaming champion who is now Director of Media of Team Secret. 乔治?姚是前竞技冠军,现在是秘密战队的指导。 [03:10.85]Team Secret are like a regular sports team. 秘密战队就像一支普通的体育队。 [03:13.66]They have a group of players who play matches and competitions against other teams. 他们有一群队员,队员们会和其他队伍比赛竞争。 [03:18.70]Except these are not regular sports. 它又不是一支普通队伍。 [03:20.68]These are eSports and they are big business. 它们是电子竞技,是大买卖。 [03:23.80]Here's George Yao. 这里是乔治?姚谈到的。 [03:25.27]It's becoming a multi-billion-dollar industry: just games, production of games, publishing of games and the eSports scene. 它成为几十亿美元的产业:有游戏,游戏制作,游戏发布以及电竞圈。 [03:33.32]So it's not just one thing, now it's a whole industry. 所以它不仅仅是一种事物,现在它是整个产业。 [03:37.11]So George Yao says that online gaming is becoming a multi-billion-dollar industry. 所以乔治?姚说网游变成几十亿美元的产业。 [03:43.83]We usually think of industry as factories and manufacturing. 我们通常认为产业是工厂和制造业。 [03:48.32]But it can also apply to other areas as well that involve a lot of different elements that come together to make a business. 但是它同样可以应用于涉及其它领域,那些领域涉及许多不同成分,它们组合在一起形成的业务。 [03:56.19]Different elements that he mentions as part of this industry, are creating games, publishing games and the eSports scene. 他提到的不同成分是这个产业的一部分,它们造就了游戏的制作,发布以及电竞圈。 [04:03.66]The word "scene" here refers to the world of eSports: the events, the competitions and the players. 在这里"scene"这个词指的是电子竞技的世界:游戏活动,竞技以及玩家。 [04:09.56]And many people want to be part of that scene. 而且许多人想要成为那个圈子的一部分。 [04:12.23]Right, now, let's get the answer to our quiz question about the size of that 1950s computer game. 好的,现在,让我们揭晓关于20世纪50年代电脑游戏大小的测试问题的答案。 [04:18.92]Was it...a) one metre tall; b) four metres tall or c) ten metres tall? What did you say, Catherine? 是a) 1米; b) 4米 或者 c) 10米 ?你说是什么,凯瑟琳? [04:25.45]I went for ten metres, Neil. 我说是10米,尼尔。 [04:26.79]Well, unfortunately it was four metres. 好吧,很不幸它是4米。 [04:29.86]Still quite big though, imagine you couldn't get those in your pocket, could you? 尽管那样仍十分巨大。想象一下你不可以把它放进你的口袋里,不是吗? [04:33.92]I'd rather not! But I would like to review today's vocabulary. 我情愿不放。但是我想要回顾一下今天的词汇。 [04:37.49]We started off with the word for a period of two weeks - a fortnight. 我们从两周时间段的单词开始――a fortnight。 [04:42.42]But with a different spelling, Fortnite is also a very popular video game. 但是不同的拼写方式,Fortnite同样是一款非常流行的电子游戏。 [04:47.62]Multi-player video game competitions, which people pay to go and watch, are known as eSports. 多玩家电子游戏比赛是人们花钱参加以及观看,它以电子竞技出名。 [04:53.68]Playing against other people is playing competitively. 和别人打比赛就是竞争性地玩。 [04:57.62]Do you like to play multi-player video games, Catherine? 你喜欢玩多玩家的电子游戏吗,凯瑟琳? [05:01.40]I've never really got into them even though I've tried one or two. 即使我尝试过一两个游戏,我也从来没有对它们感兴趣过。 [05:04.26]And that was one of our other expressions, to get into something - to become really interested in something. 而且那是我们其它表达中的一个,to get into somethingDD对某事真的感兴趣。 [05:11.49]Same here, I enjoy playing a little bit, but I could never be a professional. 我也一样,我有点喜欢玩,但是我永远不会成为职业玩家。 [05:15.74]I couldn't get paid to do it as a job. 不会有人花钱让我把那当做一份工作。 [05:17.53]Of course not, you're already a professional broadcaster, Neil. 当然不会,你早已经是一个职业广播员,尼尔。 [05:20.97]An area of business that is made up of different parts can be described as an industry. 一个由不同成分组成的领域内的生意可以形容为产业。 [05:26.78]The video game industry is a multi-billion-dollar business. 电子游戏产业是一个几十亿美元的生意。 [05:31.42]And we also talk about, for example, the fashion industry and the movie industry. 而且我们同样会谈到,例如,时尚产业和电影产业。 [05:37.30]And finally there was the word scene. 最后是"scene"这个单词。 [05:39.93]This noun is used to describe the world of a particular activity. 这个名词用来描述特定活动的世界。 [05:44.15]So the eSport scene, for example, is the world of eSports. 所以例如电子竞技圈就是电子竞技的世界。 [05:49.41]The games, the teams, the competitions, the audiences. It's all part of the scene. 游戏,队伍,竞赛,观众是这个圈子里的所有部分。 [05:55.81]Well, that's all from the 6 Minute English scene today. 好的,以上是今天六分钟英语圈的内容。 [05:59.14]Do join us again, but if you can't wait, you can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, and of course on our website bbclearningenglish.com. 一定要再次加入我们,但是如果你等不及的话,你可以在Facebook,Twitter,Instagram和YouTube上查找我们的内容,当然还有我们的网站bbclearningenglish.com。 [06:08.72]Thanks for joining us and goodbye. 感谢你的参与,再见。 [06:10.38]Goodbye! 再见!