英语听力精选进阶版 6194
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Back to War 回到战争时代
Thousands of UK gamers queued into the night for the launch of what may be the world’s most anticipated video game.
Video game retailers 1 opened at midnight to sell the first copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2, a game which is widely expected to shatter sales records.
The latest instalment in the Call of Duty franchise 3 was officially launched in the UK at a cinema in Leicester Square in the heart of London’s West End, a site usually reserved for the premiere of Hollywood blockbusters.
Actors dressed as soldiers patrolled the square while British celebrities 4 joined gamers to take part in multiplayer sessions of the game.
The game, which is tipped to sell more than a million copies in the UK in its first week of release, features astonishing graphics 5 and exciting gameplay as the player takes on a group of ultra-nationalist Russian terrorists.
Predictably, the game has provoked a certain amount of criticism as it is extremely violent and features a controversial scene in which civilians 6 are killed at an airport.
One British MP has attacked the game in the press, describing his "absolute shock" at the violence portrayed 7 in the game.
However, another MP has defended the game by setting up a group on a social-networking website which describes itself as "unashamedly pro-video games" and which aims to "discuss how UK video gamers can find their voice in newspapers and government".
More cynical 8 observers have said that the game’s developers deliberately 9 included the scene in which civilians are massacred in order to stir up controversy 10, knowing that this will generate a huge amount of free publicity 11.
Whatever people’s views on violence in computer games, the game is flying off the shelves around the UK and is expected to generate $400m (2,700m yuan) globally for its publishers.
Glossary 词汇表
gamers 游戏爱好者
anticipated 令人期待的
shatter sales records 打破了销售记录
franchise 一系列（游戏）
Hollywood blockbusters 好莱坞大片
patrolled 巡逻
multiplayer 多玩家
tipped 专家预计
graphics 画面
gameplay 游戏性
takes on 对峙，挑战
ultra-nationalist 极端民族主义者
criticism 批评
controversial 有争议的
MP 下院议员
social-networking website 社交网站
cynical 愤世嫉俗的
stir up 煽动
publicity 宣传
flying off the shelves 极其畅销
- High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
- Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。
- He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
- Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。
- Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
- The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
- You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
- Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
- The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
- He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。
- The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
- They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。