夏说英语新闻晨读 第461期:超级玛丽的原型

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Mario Segale, the man after whom video game hero Super Mario was named, has died aged¹ 84. Mr Segale was a successful Italian-American property developer from the US state of Washington. In the 1980s, he leased a warehouse² to Nintendo of America who decided³ to name the star of their new video game after him. Mr Segale joked to the Seattle Times in 1993 that he was "still waiting for my royalty⁴ cheques".

name after: 以……命名
property developer: 房开商
individual property: 个人财产
personal property: 个人财产
real estate property: 房产
lease: vt. 出租 n. 租约
rentvt. 出租
letvt. 出租
sublet⁵: n. 转租得房屋 vt. 转租
warehouse: n. 仓库
royalty: n. 版税
copyright: n. 版权
cheque: n. 支票 (美式拼写 check)

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 royalty   

n.皇家，皇族

参考例句：

• She claims to be descended from royalty.她声称她是皇室后裔。
• I waited on tables，and even catered to royalty at the Royal Albert Hall.我做过服务生， 甚至在皇家阿伯特大厅侍奉过皇室的人。

5 sublet   

v.转租；分租

参考例句：

• I have sublet a flat to my friend for the summer.夏天我把一套公寓转租给一个朋友。
• There is a clause in the contract forbidding tenants to sublet.合同中有一条款禁止承租人转租房屋。