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1.7.13 12  Play for Millennials?Board Games  千禧一代盛行棋类游戏
12 Play for Millennials Board Games 千禧一代盛行棋类游戏

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仔细听

Toy industry experts say some people in the United States are turning off their electronic devices to play with classic toys like board games.This is especially true among the so-called millennial generation.People of this generation were born in the 1980s and 1990s.One coffee shop in Los Angeles is making profitable use of the increase in popularity of board games.

玩具产业的专家们表示,一些美国人正在舍弃电子设备,转而玩起了棋类这种经典游戏。这在所谓的千禧一代之中尤为突出。这代人出生于 1120世纪 80到 90年代之间。洛杉矶的一个咖啡馆正利用棋类游戏的流行趋势来赚取利益。听力破解播音员在第一句话时重读了短语board games,因此可知这段新闻主要谈论board games的相关话题;另外要注意英语中的连读问题,如shop in连读为[ʃɔp′in]。

词汇宝典:electronic 的意思是“电子的”,与其相关的短语有 electronic devices“电子设备”,electronic music“电子音乐”,electronic commerce“电子商务”等。

仔细听

GameHaus Café opened in November of 2013.The café is dedicated to board games.It has more than 750games available for its customers.The business does not feature wireless Internet connection.

Many customers like Roxanne Lee and her husband Agassi Lai think that is good.Ms.Lee praises the atmosphere of the café.

奥斯游戏咖啡屋于2013年11月开业。这间咖啡屋主要经营棋类游戏。这里有750余种为顾客准备的游戏。这家店并不以无线网络为特色。

许多顾客都认为这样做很好,比如罗克珊·李和她的老公阿加西·赖。李女士称赞咖啡馆的氛围说:

词汇宝典:atmosphere的意思是“气氛,大气”,与atmosphere相关的短语有pollution of the atmosphere“大气污染”,a party atmosphere“聚会的气氛”,working atmosphere“工作氛围”等。

仔细听

“I think it's very interesting for spending quality time together so that's why I like it.”Agassi Lai used to like playing video games.But everything changed when he discovered board games a few years ago.Agassi Lai likes to play a board game called“Escape the Curse of the Temple.”

“我觉得一起在这里度过休闲时光是很有趣的,这也是我喜欢这里的原因。”阿加西·赖过去经常打电子游戏。但是几年前当他发现了棋类游戏时一切都改变了。阿加西·赖喜欢玩一款叫作“神庙逃亡”的棋类游戏。

听力破解:要注意英语中的分词形式的-ing读音异化问题,由[iη]变为[in],如interesting读为[′intristin],spending读为[′spendin],以及下文的playing读为[′pleiin]等。

仔细听

“You keep rolling the dice and try to move to different places and try to escape the temple.”

Mr.Lai and almost all the customers playing board games at the café are millennials.Market research company Euromonitor International says the new interest by millennials in the games is expected to increase U.S.sales.But sales of video games are expected to grow more.

“你一直掷骰子,尽量挪到不同的地方,试着逃出神庙。”

赖先生和几乎所有在这个咖啡馆玩棋类游戏的顾客都是千禧一代。市场调研公司欧睿国际认为,千禧一代在游戏上的新兴趣有望增加这类游戏在美国的销售额。不过电子游戏的销售额预计将会增长更多。

听力破解:要注意英语中的吞音问题,如different places在一起出现时,[t]被吞掉。

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学着说一说

1.make use of利用

▶make use of表示“利用;使用”,如:

The book tells us how to make use of time.

这本书告诉我们如何利用时间。

▶make 后还可以加形容词,表示利用的程度,如make full use of可表示“充分利用”,make better use of则表示“更好地利用”,如:

We should make better use of our time.

我们应该更好地利用我们的时间。2.be dedicated to献身于;专心于

▶dedicate 表示“献身于;专心于”,如:

He is dedicated to his job.他对他的工作专心致志。

Uncle Tom dedicated his whole life to his students.

汤姆叔叔把他的一生献给了学生。

3.used to过去常常

▶used to do sth.表示“过去常常做某事”,常指过去的习惯性动作,但现在不做了,如:

I used to go to school by bike.我以前骑自行车去上学。

▶be used to doing sth.指“习惯于……”,如:

He is used to getting up early.他习惯早起。

▶be used to do 指“被用来做……”,如:

The key is used to open the door.钥匙是用来开门的。

▶be used for doing sth.指“可以被用来……”,如:

The book is used for reading.书是用来读的。

▶口语中常用到 use sth.up,表示“吃光,用尽”,如:

I'm too hungry,so I eat the food up.

我太饿了,所以我把食物全吃了。