时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:Take Away English


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 Perfect Dark Zero
Perfect Dark Zero looks set to be an Xbox 360 hit





With the release in the UK of the Microsoft Xbox 360, the first shot has been fired in the long-awaited war between ‘third generation’ games consoles.

Gamers all over the country queued overnight for their chance to snap up the much-coveted games console. Demand has been so great that virtually every Xbox 360 in the UK was sold within a matter of hours.


However, not only gamers have been eager to get their hands on the Xbox – thousands of consoles have gone on sale on the online auction 1 site eBay with prices averaging around £600, three times more expensive than the retail 2 price.


By releasing their console first, Microsoft hope to take an early lead in the race to dominate a global market worth $25 billion. Snapping at their heels are arch-rivals Sony and Nintendo.


Sony’s Play Station 3 is due to roll out in Japan in spring 2006, with the US and Europe following later in the year. According to its manufacturers, it will set a new standard in the power of gaming machines. Chris Keegan, Technical Director claims that if the PS3 had existed in 1998, it would have been the most powerful super-computer in the world.


Although the latest machines are many times more powerful in raw processing terms than their predecessors 3, the way in which the user interacts with the console via a joystick or controller has remained largely unchanged.


However, all that will change with the release in 2006 of the Nintendo Revolution. Nintendo’s new console will indeed be ‘revolutionary’ in that it introduces a new kind of wireless 4 controller.


Similar in appearance to a TV remote control, the Nintendo controller is waved in front of the TV screen causing corresponding actions on screen. The Nintendo demonstration 5 video shows the controller being used as a gun in a first–person shooter, a fishing rod and even as a conductor’s baton 6.


The battle of the consoles may have begun, but the war is far from over.







GLOSSARY 词汇表


 








games consoles
游戏机




much coveted
渴望已久, 垂涎欲滴




retail price
零售价




snapping at their heels
零售价




roll out
发行




raw processing
原始数据处理




controller
操纵键盘




waved
晃动,摆动




first-person shooter
第一人称视点射手




conductor's baton
乐队指挥的指挥棒






snap up
抢购




get their hands on
拥有




take an early lead
捷足先登




arch rivals
强有力的竞争对手




super-computer
超级计算机




joystick
操纵杆




wireless
无线的




corresponding actions
相应的反应




fishing rod
钓鱼杆








 




n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
n.前任( predecessor的名词复数 );前辈;(被取代的)原有事物;前身
  • The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗? 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.无线的;n.无线电
  • There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
  • Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
n.乐队用指挥杖
  • With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
  • The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒,乐队开始演奏起来。
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Abdel
acceleration of ripening
additional advance
anecdotically
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apical bud
arecaceaes
augelli
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bankruptcy administrator
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bilge logs
booster inoculation
bored shitless
boringly
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checking off symbol
CLMW
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cross rod
Curley
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declaratory judgments
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delivered free to destination
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emince
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Hose Connectors
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