时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:环球英语 Spotlight


英语课

  Voice 1

Thank you for joining us for today’s Spotlight 1. I’m Liz Waid.

Voice 2

And I’m Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.

Voice 1

Mr. White is trapped inside of a store that sells fine jewels. Police surround him. Mr. White takes out a large gun. He shoots two police officers. The bullets 2 hit the officers in the head and their heads fly off. Within minutes twenty-five [25] more people are dead.

Voice 2

This is a situation from a very popular video, or computer, game. As you have heard, it is very violent. Violence in video games is the cause of much debate around the world. Some people believe that children should not be able to play such violent games.

Voice 1

For example, in October 2006, a lawyer from the United States, went to court. His name is Mr. Thompson and he tries to change laws against violent video games. He wants to prevent stores from selling them. In court, Mr. Thompson charged that a new video game called “Bully 3” was too violent for children. He did not want stores to sell the game. But, the judge declared that it was not too violent. The judge will let stores sell the game. Who do you think was right?

Voice 2

Today’s Spotlight is on a new game called “Bully.” Should stores sell this game to children? Now you can join the debate!

Voice 1

The game “Bully” creates a story about a young boy named Jimmy. Jimmy has just started a new school. In the school there are many mean children. These children are “bullies 4.” The bullies torture 5 weaker students. The bullies use force and violence. They call other students mean names.

Voice 2

But, Jimmy is not a bully. In fact, Jimmy’s job is to beat the bullies. If you play the game “Bully” you play the character of Jimmy. It is your job to help Jimmy beat the school bullies.

Voice 1

There are no guns in the game. And there is no blood. But, there are other weapons that the characters may use. For example, during one part of the game Jimmy finds a wooden baseball bat. He uses this thick, long stick to beat some of the bullies.

Voice 2

The game can be very violent. But, that is not all. The game also uses very bad language, language that children should not use. The game shows sexual 6 material too. This material may not be good for children. Sex is not a game. And finally, the game shows bullies drinking alcohol 7 and smoking.

Voice 1

The question is, will children playing the game get the wrong idea? Will children playing the game think violence is correct behaviour? Will children think that sex before marriage is right? Will children playing “Bully” believe that it is okay for them to use alcohol or smoke?

Voice 2

The game “Bully” has a rating 8. It is rated “T” for Teen *. Only children above a particular age can buy the game. But, many people believe that games like “Bully” should not even exist.

Voice 1

Mr. Thompson is one of those people. He thinks that computer games, like “Bully,” are not good for children of any age. He thinks that stores should not sell violent games. Mr. Thompson even calls the game “Bully” a “Columbine Simulator.” What did he mean?

Voice 2

You may remember the event. It happened in Littleton, Colorado at Columbine High School. On April twenty [20], 1999, two teenage boys killed twelve students and one teacher in their school. Then the two boys killed themselves. The two boys were outsiders. They were not part of the popular groups in school. Many students in the school teased 9 the two boys. They called the boys names, laughed at their clothes, and were violent with the boys. These students bullied 10 the two boys. And, in the end, some of these bullies became targets. When the boys entered the school with their guns, they looked for the bullies. However, not all the children the boys killed were bullies. Many of the children were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Voice 1

No one knows why the boys acted the way they did. It is clear they were experiencing many problems. These problems were very complex. There are probably many reasons why the boys acted the way they did. And, it is sad that they did not receive the help they needed before deciding to kill.

Voice 2

But, some people believe the boys just wanted revenge 11. The boys wanted to make the bullies feel how they felt every day. So, they made a plan to kill the bullies in their school.

Voice 1

And other people blame violent video games. The two boys played many of these games. So, some people believe they were just acting 12 like the games. However, no one really understands why the boys killed other people.

Voice 2

Mr. Thompson sees a link between the events at Columbine and the game “Bully.” The two boys at Columbine faced bullies every day. And, in the end, they used violence in their school against bullies. In the game “Bully,” Jimmy faces bullies every day too. And he uses violence against the bullies. That is why Thompson calls the game “Bully” a “Columbine Simulator.” He believes the game re-creates the events at Columbine High School. And he believes that the game could lead other children to behave in this same way.

Voice 1

But, the judge did not agree with Thompson’s charge against the “Bully” game. Instead, he agreed with the creators of the game. The creators said that the game was not too violent. They said that stores would not sell the game to young children. Only older teenage children could buy the game. And, the creators believe, that these children would be old enough to deal with the violence. Older children would know that this kind of violence is wrong. So, the judge will let stores sell the game.

Voice 2

So, who is right? Did the judge make the right decision? Many people do not believe that video games make children act in a particular way. These people believe that children can make their own good decisions. They say children do not link the violence in games to their own lives.

Voice 1

But, other people believe that violent games cause increasing violence among children. For example, a seventeen [17] year old boy killed Ms. Hewitt’s fourteen [14] year old son. Ms. Hewitt described her feelings to the BBC. She believes the killer 13 acted like a character in his favourite video game, with violence. The court did not agree. But, Ms. Hewitt stands by her ideas. She said

Voice 3

“Adults should be treated as adults and children as children ... Parents need to know what they might be buying for their children. We need to look carefully at how to improve game content and warnings...”

Voice 2

Incidents of violence are increasing all over the world. Why? Could violent games be a cause? What could be some other causes for increased violence? These are questions we all must ask. What do you think?

 



n.公众注意的中心,聚光灯,探照灯,视听,注意,醒目
  • This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
  • The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
n.弹药;军火
  • The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets. 在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。
  • The bullets and cannon-balls were flying in all directions. 子弹和炮弹到处乱飞。
n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮
  • A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
  • The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
n.折磨;v.折磨,使痛苦;使苦恼,使为难
  • No torture would make him speak.任何严刑拷打都不能使他开口。
  • Through those long years of imprisonment and torture,he remained faithful and unyielding.在那些遭受囚禁和酷刑的漫长岁月里,他始终坚贞不屈。
adj.性的,两性的,性别的
  • He was a person of gross sexual appetites.他是个性欲旺盛的人。
  • It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.拒绝向年轻人提供性方面的建议是对社会不负责任。
n.酒精,乙醇;含酒精的饮料
  • The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
  • The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。
n.级别,等级,额定值,责骂,收视率
  • It is a ship with a rating of 500,000 tons.这是一艘五十万吨级的船。
  • The opinion polls gave the president a high rating.民意测验显示人民对总统的支持率很高。
v.取笑,戏弄( tease的过去式和过去分词 );梳理(羊毛等)
  • He took a screwdriver and teased out the remaining screws. 他拿出螺丝刀把其余的螺丝卸了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I felt annoyance at being teased. 我恼恨别人取笑我。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.被欺负了v.恐吓,威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )
  • My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
  • The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.报...之仇,为...报仇 ;n.报仇,复仇
  • She poisoned his mind with ideas of hate and revenge.她用复仇的思想来毒害他的心灵。
  • There was anger in his eyes and revenge in his heart.他两眼闪现怒火,一心只想复仇。
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
学英语单词
a pair of colours
adjoining sheets
amnemonic aphasia
anisothermal diagram
annular crucible
arundells
astun
australis surora
balance oscillator
blanket washing machine
branchiostegal ray
brevipetala
capelongo (folgares)
Cassia nodosa
clathrinid
clithon oualaniensis
cnc milling machine
cocoa tree
colloquial speech
component test facility
compression vacuum gauge
conioscinella opacifrons
controlled mine
dense element
diagnostic work
down-draw process
draf
eat well
error of the second type
ewes produce twins
family carabidaes
FMCG
fonge
for-sure
fructus xanthoxyli
glassy tuff
government-organized
guarantor employment status
hand pressure condensation
have the ability to do sth
heave a ship apeak
high-frequency induction coil
high-voltage pulser
hollinshead
horn gap switch
Hugh Capet
hull structure similar model
inherent nature of commodity
injury of elbow fascia
inspection charge
intensicon
Jenner,Sir William
joint snakes
kepi
litharch sere
Lossburg
Machanao, Mt.
melero
message entropy
mountain blacksnake
New Age Movement
orchiotomy
paper and board
patrocinations
pelvis aequabililer justo minor
pentadecylene dicarboxylic acid
periodic file
phenyl-dihydroquinazoline tannate
pius i
popcorn balls
potentiometric wheel
ppkis
preference-field index number
protein glycation
radar rainfall integrator
reencourages
refudiated
relation of market supply and demand
responsibilized
run across sth
russell-simmons
sabelline
sara crewe
scarlet toxin
shit-stirrers
siphon recording barometer
sir jack hobbss
siskind
sour odour
spool flange
stuprum
subsectional
Talidine
tempilaq
tissue roentgen
tocandiras
tongguansan
truncatella amaniensis
urnsful
warrioress
wave selector
weald-clay