万花筒 2011-11-30&12-02 妻子网上卖丈夫

 November eighth's midnight release.

 

Joseph Baddley was a gamer who got his hands on one of the 7-million sold copies of Modern Warfare¹ 3.

 

"So he could stand in a huge long line to pick up this game, drive home and begin playing and I didn't see him for like three days straight."

 

Joseph was recently discharged from the military after a back injury in Afghanistan. And he is now glued to a virtual² combat³ and he admits it's not normal.

 

"No, but most of my friends are in the military, this is how we stay connected."

 

One day, his wife Alyze and her mother-in-law were shopping on Craigslist when a light went off.

 

"And I made a remark to my mother-in-law and said oh I'm going to sell him on Craigslist if he doesn't stop playing his video game. And she said, 'Oh, just do it.' So, I did!" 

 

They didn’t expect much.

 

"Free. On Craigslist. To a good home."

 

But email started pouring in.

 

I've had a couple personal ads for men saying, oh I'm house broker,you know I'm trained, I'll trade him places." 

 

"Some lady thought it was serious and tried to give us marital⁴ counseling⁵."

 

One woman offered to trade for a bag of Skittles.

 

Joseph played throughout our entire interview even during 

 

"sum up."

 

Tense.

 

"Quite Sure."

 

Moments and although she did put ad out there. Alyze said she is happy to have here hobby home and says game on. 

 

"Because I think he deserves his gaming after everything he’s done. I love him, I just it was, it was just a joke."

1 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

2 virtual   

adj.实质上的，事实上的，实际上的

参考例句：

• This reply is a virtual acceptance of our offer.这一回答实质上是接受了我们的建议。
• At that time the East India Company was the virtual ruler of Bengal.那时东印度公司是孟加拉的实际统治者。

3 combat   

n.战斗，斗争，格斗；vt.与...斗争，与...战斗

参考例句：

• The police are now using computers to help combat crime.警方现在使用电脑打击犯罪活动。
• A reporter interviewed the combat hero.记者访问了这位战斗英雄。

4 marital   

adj.婚姻的，夫妻的

参考例句：

• Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
• I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。

5 counseling   

n.咨询服务

参考例句：

• A multimillionaire media magnate has shocked his employees with his candor by telling them all that he's putting his business affairs on hold to enter an alcoholism-counseling program. 一位身份数百万的媒体大亨，坦诚地告诉他全体员工他将暂时搁置他的事业以便参加戒酒班，令员工大为惊愕。
• She will need medical help and counseling to overcome the tragedy. 她将需要医疗帮助和心理咨询来平复这场悲剧。