纯正地道美语(外教讲解)159：电脑游戏迷
时间：2019-01-20 作者：英语课 分类：纯正地道美语
A: Mark. Where have you been? I’ve been calling you all morning.
B: I’ve been playing computer games.
A: What? So you blew me off yesterday and today over a stupid video game? What game is so important that you have no time for me anymore? What are you playing?
B: It’s called Counter Strike. It’s a first person shooter game. It’s awesome 1. It’s a multi player game where you can go online and compete against players from all over the world.
A: You’ve been wasting your time on this? I can’t believe it! It doesn’t even look fun or challenging!
B: My laptop is on my bed. If you think it’s so easy then get on line and try to beat me.
A: Fine!
B:Damm it! How are you killing 2 me with a single shot? It’s not fair! I don’t want to play anymore! Let’s go get something to eat.
A: Can you bring me something? I am totally hooked 3 on this game!
blow someone off 不理某人或不去见某人
waste vt. 浪费；糟蹋
Don't waste the flour; there isn't much.
不要浪费面粉，没有多少了。
challenging adj. 有挑战性的
Because the job was not challenging enough.
因为那份工作挑战性不够
beat vt. 打赢某人; 胜过某人
Our team was easily beaten. 我队被对方轻易打败了.
hooked a. 着迷的
I am much hooked on Elvis Presley's song.
我对猫王的歌曲非常着迷。
A:马克，你去哪儿了？一个上午我都在找你。
B:我一直在玩电脑游戏。
A:什么？你昨天不搭理我，今天去玩什么愚蠢的游戏？什么游戏对你如此重要以至于你都没有时间来见我？你玩什么呢？
B:叫《反恐》，是第一角度射击游戏。它真是太棒了。它是互动游戏，通过联网你可以和全世界的玩家对战。
A:你一直将时间浪费在这游戏上面？我都不敢相信，那个游戏看起来并没有意思或具有挑战性。
B:我的笔记本就在床上。如果你认为这个游戏很容易，那就和我连线打败我。
A:好吧。
B:见鬼。你怎么一枪都把我打死了？太不公平了。我不想再玩了。我们去买点吃的吧。
A:你能给我带点东西吗？我对这个游戏着迷了。
- The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
- That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。