【正文】 a player can direct the movements of some of the objects on the screen. 玩游戲的人移動操縱桿或者按動控制盒的電鈕就可以指揮屏幕上的一些物體的行動。The puter directs the movements of other objects. 電腦則指揮其它物體的行動。 To win, you must defeat the puter before it defeats you. 要想取勝，你必須在電腦打敗你之前擊敗它。Many of the most popular home video games reproduce the action in sports.許多非常流利的家庭電子游戲是模仿體育運動中的動作。There are electronic versions of football, boxing, and karate, for example.例如，有電子顯示的橄欖球，拳擊和空手道。Some games are automobile races. 有些游戲是汽車賽。You must drive your car very fast, but keep it on the road.你得把小汽車開得飛快，不又能讓它偏離路線。Some games are fights between airplanes. 一些游戲是飛機之間的空戰(zhàn)。安裝游戲：Home video games are played on a television receiver connected to a control box.玩家庭電子游戲需要在電視機上接一個控制盒。The control box contains a single puter. 控制盒里裝有一個普通的電腦。Different puter programs contain the electronic information for different games.不同的電腦程序含有不同的游戲資料。When you put a program into the control box, a picture of the game appears on the television screen. 把一個游戲卡放入控制盒，游戲的畫面就出在電視機的屏幕上顯示出來。 When it does, electronic music es from the television speaker.當它們移動時電子音樂便從電視機的揚聲器里傳出來。電子游戲的歷史故事： The first video game was invented about 25 years ago. 第一個游戲大約是在25年前發(fā)明的。An American puter expert in California, Moah Bushnell, designed the game.。He called it Computer Space. 他稱這個游戲叫計算機空間。Mr. Bushnell used a puter to create a television picture of two spaceships.布什內爾先生用電腦創(chuàng)作了兩個宇宙飛船的電視圖像。Players pushed a button on a control box to make the　 spaceships move and fire their weapons.玩游戲的人按動控制盒的電鈕，指揮宇宙飛船的行動并發(fā)射炮彈。Mister Bushnell liked the game so much he invented another ,Pong.布什內爾先生很喜歡這種游戲，他又發(fā)明了另一種游戲乓。It was similar to the game of tabletennis, or PingPong, as Americans call it.它類似乒乓球比賽或者像美國人叫的乒乓。游戲和社會：The political landscape was changing as quickly as a fastmoving puter game.政壇風云變幻之迅速如同瞬息萬變的電腦游戲。The sound of video games can be heard in private homes and public game centers all across America. 在美國各地的私人住宅和公共游戲中心都能聽到電子游戲機的聲音。 ★美容化妝Cosmetology現(xiàn)代人已經漸漸拋開女為悅己者容的舊觀念。談到為什么要美容，也許大多數人都會這樣說： I39。d like to freshened up a little. 我想讓自己煥然一新。一群女友聚在一起總免不了談談自己的問題肌膚：My plexion is on the oily side. 我的皮膚較油。What can I do about my wrinkles？我該怎么樣才能對付我臉上的皺紋？I want to buy some cleansing cream. 我想買潔面乳液。聽聽朋友們的建議：I suggest you use cleansing gel. 我提議你用潔面水晶。It cleans thoroughly without striping your natural protective oil.它能徹底清潔你的皮膚，又不會去保護表皮的天然的油分。The gentle formula keeps skin soft and healthy. 配方溫和，能保持皮膚柔軟及健康。We have a facial mask, moisturizing lotion, eyecream and tonic.包括面膜、水分乳霜、眼霜及爽膚水。You can try the moisturizing lotion and cleaning gel first. 你可以先試試水份乳霜及潔面水晶。 可問題是自己的肌膚很敏感呢！My skin freaks out no matter what skincare product I use. 不論我用什么護膚品，我的皮膚都會受不了。看看周圍朋友的美容經：She never goes out without making herself up first. 她每次出門都要化妝。Mick is such a beach bum. All he wants to do is get a tan. 邁克經常去海灘，他一心想把皮膚曬黑。美麗的眼睛焦點在卷曲的睫毛：Please curl my eyelashes. 請幫我卷曲睫毛。關于香水和化妝品的香味，學問也很大：The smell is too strong. 這個味道太濃。I39。m very sensitive to 。We39。ve also got a fragrancefree one, specially for sensitive skin. I39。m sure you39。ll like it.我們有一款無香味的，是專為敏感皮膚而高，相信你一定會喜歡。This line of products is fragrancefree. 這系列的產品都是無香味的。整容雖然效果明顯，可是得冒一定風險：The old actress has had three face lifts. 那個老演員已經做過三次拉皮術了。Gary should have a nose job. His nose is huge. 加里應做鼻子整形手術。他的鼻子太大。 ★人 生　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　關于目標：Some people have goals in life. 有些人有人生目標。For these people it is important to achieve their goals. 對這些人來說，達到他們的目標是很重要的。My goal in life is to make people happy. 我的人生目標是讓別人快樂。What39。s your goal in life? 你的人生目標是什么？My goal in life is to be rich. 我的目標就是要有錢。I just want to be happy. 我只想要快樂。I think being happy is more important than having all the money in the world.我認為快樂要比擁有世上所有的錢來得重要。生活的遺憾：For the sake of seeking money, fame and fortune, we have lost our innocence.在對金錢名利的追逐中，我們失去了我們的純真。Born without it, dead without it. 生不帶來，死不帶去。抓緊時間：Time is precious. 時間是很寶貴的。Once time has gone by, it will never return. 時間一旦消逝，就永不再回來了。You can never turn the clock back. 你永遠也無法讓時光倒流。Time flies. 光陰似箭。Time and tide wait for no man. 歲月不等人。We should make the best use of our time. 我們應該好好善用時間。Seize the day. 抓緊時間。 ★戀愛的季節(jié)我愛上了他：I am crazy about Joe. 我發(fā)狂地愛著喬。 I got a kick out of dating her. 我對和她約會著了迷。I have my heart set on him. 我一心牽系著他。 I have fallen in love with him. 我愛上了他。 He is a heart throb. 他令人心動。 My heart beat speeds up at the sight of him. 一見到他我就心跳加速。 We are as close as two peas in a pod. 我們如漆似膠。 They go steady. 他們的戀愛關系確定了。 I knew him a long time before I fell in love. 我愛上他之前已認識他很久了。他愛上了我：Looks like he39。s kinda grown attached to me. 看起來他有點喜歡我了。He courted me for 3 years. 他追求了我三年。 He 39。s really keen on me. 他確實鐘情于我。He39。s deeply attached to me. 他被我深深打動。He makes eyes at me. 他對我暗送秋波。 He lost his heart to me. 他愛上我。He 39。s very fond of me. 他很喜歡我。I39。ll take just a few minutes of his time. 我只要占用他幾分鐘的時間。I39。d prefer to explain that to him directly. 我想我最好直接對他本人講。 ■英語口袋 ★打招呼　　　　　　中國人見了面都習慣說: 吃過飯沒有?, 以此來打招呼。美國人一向擔心發(fā)生事情，所以見了面會怎么打招呼呢？What39。s up? 有什么事？What39。s happening? 發(fā)生什么事？What39。s going on? 發(fā)生什么事？和朋友打招呼，再可以說：How39。s it going? 情況如何？ How39。s everything? 情況如何？How39。s everything going with you? 你一切情況如何？見面打招呼，要會說What39。s up? What39。s happening? 等，而且，一口氣要說三句以上，才算是英文高手。 ★你準備好了嗎？和同事一起出發(fā)，別人問你： Are you ready? 你好了嗎？如果你準備好了，你可以說：I am ready. 我好了。I am ready whenever you are . 你好的時候，我就好了。 如果你還沒有好，你可以說：I need a minute. 我還得一會兒?！　　　　　　 need a few minutes. 我還要幾分鐘。 Wait a moment.(再等一會兒。)★我們很像　　　　　　與你的朋友交流時，可以說這些話，會讓你們的感情更進一步，這就是我們很像。 You and I are similar. 你和我很像。 We have a lot in mon. 我們有很多共同點。 We are a lot alike. 我們很相似。 再繼續(xù)說：We have the same characteristics. 我們有同樣的個性。 Birds of a feather flock 。 We go together