福克斯新闻 Britain Battles In App Purchases Targeting Kids

You might know how easy it is to run up massive smartphone bills on games and apps, but do your kids? Britain is trying to find a way to help parents avoid the costly¹ gaming trend.

FOX News Radio’s Simon Own reports from London:

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Earlier this year, British parents Greg and Sharon Kitchen got a shock when they found out their five year-old managed to spend two and a half thousand dollars playing a game on their iPad, all down to easily purchased in-game extras. British authorities are trying to avoid a repeat.

Elithorn: “They don’t always understand that in-game currency is real money and firms shouldn’t be exploiting childhood innocence².”

Cavendish Elithorn with Britain’s Office for Fair Trading, which is threatening app developers with legal action if they don’t ease up on tactics which could be considered unfair; like suggesting a game character would be disappointed if the player didn’t spend money.

In London, Simon Owen, FOX News Radio.

1 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

2 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。