【英语趣味课堂】玩电子游戏的影响-The Effects of Playing Video Games

Kat: You know I was reading the other day that maybe video games might not be so bad for children. What do you think about that?

Matt: I think it depends on what you're talking about is so bad for children, I think if you're talking about supposedly educational video games such as Sesame Street video games etc, I don't think that those help children in any way whatsoever¹. Sports games, I don't think that those are going to help kids learn how to play sports either. Violent video games, I think that's kind of a fine line, is it going to make children more violent or less violent?

 

Kat: What the article was actually about was that video games, especially violent video games, actually decrease crime instead of increasing it.

 

Matt: How come? That doesn't seem to make much sense?

 

Kat: At first I thought it didn't make a lot of sense either but it was saying that children that play a lot of video games stay inside and they get some of their aggressions out actually playing these games.

 

Matt: Do you think that the reason the crime goes down is because they get their aggression² out or do you think it's because they're just staying indoors³ more often? Or did the article say either way or another?

 

Kat: Actually the actual article was saying that kids stay inside more, so they don't really have time to commit crimes.

 

Matt: In that sense then it doesn't matter if it's educational, it doesn't actually matter if they are playing violent video games or not I would think. It would just be any type of video game keeps them inside.

 

Kat: That's true.

 

Matt: I don't know. I think that I was always growing up playing video games and my mom would always try to kick me out of the house to go outside and play and sure it's good that video games keep kids from doing violent things on the streets but I don't think that video games should be the center of their life and keep them indoors all the time.

 

Kat: What do you think should be the maximum amount of hours that kids should be allowed to play?

 

Matt: More than an hour or two a day, I think the part the study doesn't look at is the long term effects that makes kids stay indoors all day and they become less social, so because they're less social they're going to end up having more pent up frustration⁴ in the long term when they become thirty and forty and they are not able to connect with other people.

 

Kat: I think that's a good point. Children should definitely⁵ not play more than one or two hours a day and they should not neglect⁶ their friends for it.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

make sense

 

That doesn't seem to make much sense?

 

When something doesn't make sense, that means we are confused or don't understand. Notice the following:

 

The lesson didn't make much sense at first, but then I got it.

His reasoning doesn't make much sense.

get aggression out

 

They get some of their aggressions out actually playing these games.

 

Here, aggressions talk about our desire to compete and win. Notice the following:

 

I get some of my aggressions out at the gym.

He gets his aggressions out in Taekwondo class.

the center of their life

 

I don't think that video games should be the center of their life.

 

The center of your life is what's most important to you. Notice the following:

 

My family is the center of my life.

Right now, school work is the center of his life.

long term effects

 

The study doesn't look at the long term effects.

 

Long term effects are the result of an action or occurrence⁷ over a long period of time. Notice the following:

 

The long term effects of radiation exposure⁸ are difficult to predict.

We can only guess what the long term effects will be.

pent up

 

They're going to end up having more pent up frustration.

 

Something that is pent up wants to get out. We often use this term to describe negative emotions and feelings we keep inside. Notice the following:

 

He had a lot of pent up anger.

Pent up negative emotions can also affect our physical well being.

 

1 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

2 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

3 indoors   

adv.(在)室内，(在)户内

参考例句：

• Because of the coldness of the weather we stayed indoors.我们因天气寒冷呆在家里。
• It is very cold outside,you'd better come indoors across the board.外面很冷，你们所有人最好都进屋。

4 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

5 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

6 neglect   

vt.忽视，忽略；疏忽，玩忽；n.疏忽，玩忽

参考例句：

• Don't neglect to lock the door when you leave.你离开时别忘了锁门。
• Today's housing problems are the product of years of neglect.今天的住房困难是多年来忽视的结果。

7 occurrence   

n.发生，出现，事件，发生的事件

参考例句：

• Two things account for its occurrence.发生这件事的原因有两个。
• For a military commander，winning or losing a battle is a common occurrence.胜败乃兵家常事。

8 exposure   

n.暴露，面临；揭露，揭发；曝光

参考例句：

• After only a short exposure to sunlight he began to turn red.他在阳光下只晒了一会儿，皮肤就开始变红了。
• I threatened them with public exposure.我扬言要公开揭发他们。