【英语趣味课堂】电子游戏-Video Games

I can't remember what this toy was called but I had this very interesting, basically¹ it was, like a robot car you could program in how forward you wanted it to go and then, when it would stop and after it would stopped, if it was going to make a right turn or a left turn, and you could also make it go backwards² or in diagonal, and it was very fun. You could set it up in your house or outside and try to program in directions so that it would follow a path, so you could try to make it go from the living room and take a left into the kitchen and stop just before it ran into your mom, and back up before she kicked it and yelled⁴ at you, or make it turn around in circles. I think it also had some sounds you could make, but it's very interesting to think back that, that kind of technology existed, you know, in the late 80's, early 1980's, too. Of course, everybody's favorite when I was a kid anyway, even today, are video games, not only home video games but the arcade⁵ style games. I was a, I was a good kid but I can remember of the few times that I got in trouble with my dad was because I ended up at a arcade, and I was playing video games for so long and I didn't call home and ended up coming home very late and that was very upsetting to my parents and they were worried about me. Also, it seemed like the kids in school that were most popular were the kids who had video games at their houses. I didn't have a video game at my house so I always had to find friends and go over to their house to play.

学习内容：

diagonal

 

You could also make it go backwards or in diagonal.

 

A 'diagonal' is the direction a line takes when it goes from one corner to another. If you have a line going right to left and a line going top to bottom a diagonal line would connect the ends of these two lines to form a triangle.

 

Notice the following:

 

The footpath⁶ follows a diagonal across the field.

The shirt has lots of diagonal lines. 

yell³

 

Stop just before it ran into your mom, and back up before she kicked it and yelled at you.

 

When you 'yell' it means⁷ that you shout at the top of your voice. 

 

Notice the following:

 

Please do not yell at me. 

I can hear you, you don't have to yell. 

arcade style

 

Not only home video games but the arcade style games.

 

An 'arcade style' game is a computer game that you find in a public arcade, which is a place to go and play video games. Arcade style games are played on a big machine and you play standing⁸ up. Pac-Man is an example of a traditional arcade style game.

 

Notice the following:

 

I like to play arcade style games. 

Those arcade style games are collectors items⁹ now. 

get in trouble

 

I got in trouble with my dad because I ended up at an arcade.

 

When you 'get in trouble' it means that you have done something that you shouldn't have done and that you will be shouted at or be punished.

 

Notice the following:

 

I do not want to get in trouble.

If you take those without asking you will get in trouble. 

go over to

 

I always had to find friends and go over to their house to play.

 

'To go over to' means to go to to another place. 

 

Notice the following: 1. I would love to go over to your house for dinner. 

2. Would you go over to Spain for your holiday?

 

 

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

3 yell   

vi./n.号叫，叫喊

参考例句：

• This gave them a chance to yell.这给了他们大声喊叫的机会。
• When his schoolmate made the last goal,the boy gave out with an untrammeled yell.那个男孩在他的同学踢进最后一球时不禁纵声欢呼。

4 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 arcade   

n.拱廊；(一侧或两侧有商店的)通道

参考例句：

• At this time of the morning,the arcade was almost empty.在早晨的这个时候，拱廊街上几乎空无一人。
• In our shopping arcade,you can find different kinds of souvenir.在我们的拱廊市场，你可以发现许多的纪念品。

6 footpath   

n.小路，人行道

参考例句：

• Owners who allow their dogs to foul the footpath will be fined.主人若放任狗弄脏人行道将受处罚。
• They rambled on the footpath in the woods.他俩漫步在林间蹊径上。

7 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

8 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

9 items   

n.物料项目 （任何一种自制或采购的零部件或组装件，如最终产品、部件、子部件、零件或原材料）；条( item的名词复数 )；一项；一则；一件商品（或物品）

参考例句：

• Bulky items will be collected separately. 大件物品将分开收集。
• Customers with ten items or less can use the express lane. 购买十件商品以内的顾客可使用快速购物通道。