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BackｇrｏｕｎｄIｎｆormaｔion背景常识介绍

统计数字显示17岁以下的青少年中一半以上的人每周至少上网发送一封电子邮件或是一条即时信息。微软和索尼两家视频游戏机巨头最近双双推出了升级版的互联网游戏服务来争夺价值3００亿美元的市场。

Miｃｒｏsoｆｔbｒｉngs ｉnｓtａnt ｃhat to TＶscｒeeｎ,t ｈrough games

Miｃrｏsoft planned to annouｎce ｔodaｙｔhat it will maｋｅｉｔs Winｄows Live Messengeｒsｅrｖice avａilａble oｎｉtｓXbox 360gamｅconsoles,bｒingiｎg inｓtant mesｓaｇiｎg frｏｍtheｃomｐｕｔｅｒtoｔｈe teleｖiｓion．

The ｍovｅwas meaｎｔｔo hｅlp Micｒosoft stay ａheａd of Ｓony，its chief riｖal in the elecｔronic gaｍes bｕsiｎｅss,iｎｄeliｖｅring the richest ｏｎlinｅeｘpｅriencｅfor gaｍe plaｙers. It is also an elemenｔoｆＭicroｓoｆｔ＇ｓoveｒall strategy tｏcoｎｎect ｐeople ａｃross ＰＣｓ,tｅlｅvisｉonｓand mｏbｉle ｄeｖｉcｅs like cell-phｏnes.

Ｍore tｈaｎ2０0 millioｎpeｏple usｅWｉndows Ｌive Mesｓeｎgｅr to cｈａt wi ｔｈfriends,family membｅrs and coｌleagｕeｓ. Sepａraｔely，mｏre ｔｈan sｉx ｍillioｎXbox 3６0 owｎers are cｏｎｎectｅd tｏthe coｍpanｙ'ｓXｂoｘLｉｖe oｎｌine coｍmunity,ａｎｅｎhancement that lets ｐｅｏpｌe wiｔh bｒoａdbanｄInｔeｒneｔｃonnｅctions communicate wiｔｈｏｎｅanotｈeｒ.

Iｎtｈe seｃond week of May, thoｓe two wｏrlｄs wｉll bｅgiｎｔo ｃｏｎｖerg ｅ. Ｘbox Ｌive memｂerｓｗill be able ｔｏｌink thｅir "gamer－tａg",the oｎｌine idｅntity theｙuｓe witｈin thｅXbox cｏmｍunｉtｙ, to an exiｓtｉng ＷiｎdowｓLｉve Mｅｓsenｇer aｃcoｕｎｔ. Ｐlayers will then be aｂle to chat with their iｎｓtant－messaｇinｇcoｎtacｔｓusing ａvｉrtuaｌoｎ-screen keｙbｏard or a USB keｙboarｄpluｇｇｅdｉnto thｅgame maｃhｉnｅ.

Ｍiｃｒosoft eｘecｕtivｅs saｉｄｔhｅy hopedｔo ｏｆｆeｒvoicｅchat betｗe ｅn Xbox and LiｖｅＭｅssenger users later this year. "Ｗe feｅl thｉs is a hｕge step in driving social ｎｅｔwｏrｋｉnｇfurthｅr ｉntｏtｈeｆａmｉly rｏｏm by alｌoｗｉng Xbox ３６0userｓto IＭdiｒectlｙfrom ｔheｉr couch," ｓaid John Rodman, Micｒo ｓoｆt's ｇroup maｎager ｆｏr the Ｘbox 360, in a ｔelepｈone interｖｉeｗlaｓｔweek. ＂Noｗyｏｕdon'ｔhａve tｏmａnage two ｓeparａte groｕps ｏｆfrienｄs online."

Micｒoｓoft aｎｄSony aｒe battliｎg tｏdｏminateｔhe high end ｏｆtｈｅc ｏｎsole gａminｇｍａｒｋｅt. （Ninｔeｎdo, by coｎｔrast,ｉs ａppeａling larｇely to ｆａmiｌieｓand more bｕdgeｔ-cｏnscious ｐlａｙｅrs.）In yearｓpast,gａｍe co ｎsｏles ｓtood ouｔｆrｏmｏｎe anotｈeｒmｏｓtlｙby ｔｈeiｒgameｏfferｉnｇs. Ｂut nｏw it aｐpeａrｓｔｈat top game pubｌishｅrs like EｌectroniｃArｔｓw ｉｌｌｒeleａse most oｆtheir biggｅsｔgａｍes foｒｂｏthｔhe Ｘbox 360 and Ｓony's PｌaｙStatiｏｎ3．

As a resｕlt,Mｉｃｒｏsofｔａnd Sony are aｔtemptinｇｔo diffｅrｅntｉａtｅtheiｒｇame macｈineｓwitｈotheｒfeatｕreｓ, like filｍpｌayback cａｐabiliti ｅs and onlｉｎe sｅrvｉces.

Ｍicroｓoft hasｂｅｅn aｈead of Sony in online consolｅgａｍｅ-plaｙｉｎg, bｕt ｌa

ｓt moｎtｈSonyａｎｎounｃed that it was developｉｎｇａnew Ｉnｔerｎet serｖice called ＰlａｙSｔaｔioｎHｏｍｅtｈat coｕｌｄｓurpaｓs sｏｍｅelｅments of Xbｏx Live.The instant-messagiｎg featurｅapｐeaｒｓtｏｂe one part of Miｃros ｏｆt'ｓresponｓｅ.

核心词汇

avaｉlａbｌe a.可以得到的，可以用的

ｃonsole v. 安慰，慰藉n. 操纵台,控制台

insｔant a. 立即的,即时的,iｎstａnt ｎoｏdles方便面；

ｍｏve n. 行动,举措

be mｅant ｔo ｄo=ｂｅintendｅd to旨在

stａｙaheａd of领先于

rｉval 对手

ｏnｌineｃommunity在线社区

convｅrgeｖ.聚合，合并，联合

viｒtual a. 虚拟的,实际的

link…to…把…链接到…

enhａncｅｍｅntｎ．增进,增加

ａｃcｏunt n. ①账(目，户);②叙述，说明;③价值，地位;v.(fｏr）①说明，解释；②占;

③（taｋe inｔo~)考虑;顾及

(71）Acｔｕally, it isn’t, beｃａuse it assumes thａt there is ａn agreed accouｎｔ（ｎ.

②)ofｈuｍaｎrights, whiｃh iｓsomethｉnｇtｈe world does ｎｏt havｅ.［1９９7年翻译]

事实并非如此,因为这种问法是以人们对人的权利有共识为基础的,而这种共同认识并不存在。

Is it true thaｔthｅAmｅrican intｅlｌecｔｕal ｉs rｅjｅｃted and conｓidered oｆｎｏａccoｕnｔ(n. ③) in his soｃiety? [２006年翻译]

是否美国的知识分子在社会中真的被排斥并被认为毫不重要?

Kitcher is a ｐhilｏsopher, and ｔhis mａy acｃoｕnt (v. ①）, in part,foｒtｈe clarity and ｅffectiｖeｎess ｏｆhｉｓargumｅｎts.［1９9６年阅读５]

肯切尔是位哲学家,这也许能部分说明他的理论为何明确而有说服力。

Muｌtiｎａｔionaｌｃorpoｒatｉｏｎs acｃouｎted (ｖ. ②) forｌｅｓs than20% of ｉｎteｒｎａtioｎａｌtｒade iｎ1982.Todaｙthｅｆiｇｕre is moｒe thaｎ２5％aｎd grｏwing rａpｉdlｙ.[2001年阅读4］

跨国公司在1９8２年只占国际贸易不到２0％的份额。而现在，这个数字上升到25%,并且还在迅速上升。

Dｒ. Ｍyers aｎｄDｒ.Worｍarguｅthat their ｗｏrk gives a correct baseｌｉｎe，whicｈfｕture manａgemeｎt eｆforts must tａｋe inｔo accｏｕnt（v. ③)．［2006年阅读3］

Mｙers博士和Wｏrm博士认为他们的研究给出了正确的基准线，今后的管理工作必须要把这一基准线考虑在内。

budgetｎ.预算；v．做预算

"Wｅｋnoｗｔhａt," tｈe mｅn from tｈｅｂuｄgｅt （n.)ｏffｉceｈａｖe sａｉd,