英语博客：DSI to cook.
时间：2019-02-17 作者：英语课 分类：英语博客 A cup of English
It is very fashionable here for kids to have portable 1 computer devices. My boys have Psps and Dsis. Their peers 2 all have them, and, therefore, they expect at some stage to get them. The advertising 3 on television doesn't help, as far as being a parent is concerned. The exciting new games that they see advertised make kids want to have the latest thing to play. There is quite a difference between the two devices, so I am told. The Psp has longer games with better graphics 4. The Dsi, on the other hand, has more variety and shorter games. Cass, for example, can record his voice, take pictures, and then distort 5 both, and add them to a fighting sequence. He can create his own hilarious 6 computer game. The other day, I heard a lot of loud laughter coming from his bedroom. When I investigated, my boys showed me their crazy, newly invented game that had both of them karate 7 kicking, and throwing special power balls at eachother that were made of cropped photos of objects from their bedroom. Hudson, on the other hand, spends time every day trying to go up the various levels of his long games. He has to defeat more monsters, gain more points and weapons, until he can finish. We even have some of their friends calling them to see what level they are at, and if they have any pointers or advice as to how to defeat certain creatures. At the moment, Cass is in the kitchen, making a 'French macaroni and cheese' by following a cooking program on his Dsi. It gives the recipe, the equipment needed, step by step instructions, and extra video information on different foods and cooking methods. The dish is in the oven, and the Dsi is ticking away, timing 8 its cooking. I was a little scared of my son taking the kitchen over. I imagined a complete disaster taking place, but actually he has tidied and cleaned everything! How unusual! That must be one of the instructions from his Dsi.
Grammar notes.
Related vocabulary: portable, to crop, graphics, a pointer.
1. I'm so glad that I have a portable computer, a lap top. I have access to all kinds of information whenever I need it.
2. The wedding photos had too much background, so I cropped them. Now, they mainly show the people.
3. That game needs better graphics; the figures are fuzzy and very simplistic.
4. Could you give me some pointers as to how to grow disease-free roses?
- I have a portable typewriter.我有一个便携式打字机。
- There is a pretty portable pair of steps in one corner of the room.屋角放着一架小巧玲珑的折梯。
- She enjoys the respect of her peers. 她受到同侪的尊敬。
- She peers into my eyes. 她盯着我的眼睛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
- The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
- 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。
- How dare he distort the facts so brazenly!他怎么敢如此肆无忌惮地歪曲事实！
- This caused the sound to distort.这导致了声音的失真。
- The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.在他们又拿来更多的酒之后，派对变得更加热闹起来。
- We stop laughing because the show was so hilarious.我们笑个不停，因为那个节目太搞笑了。
- Alice's boyfriend knew a little karate.艾丽斯的男朋友懂一点儿空手道。
- The black belt is the highest level in karate.黑腰带级是空手道的最高级别。