外国人最想和你聊的时事话题：网络游戏
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What is online game 什么是网络游戏
An online game is a game played over some forms of computer network. This almost always means the Internet or equivalent technology, but games have always used whatever technology was current: modems before the Internet, and hard wired terminals before modems. The expansion of online gaming has reflected the overall expansion of computer networks from small local networks to the Internet and the growth of Internet access itself. Online games can range from simple text based games to games incorporating complex graphics and virtual worlds populated by many players simultaneously. Many online games have associated online communities, making online games a form of social activity beyond single player games.
The rising popularity of Flash and Java lead to an Internet revolution where websites could utilize streaming video, audio, and a whole new set of user interactivity. When Microsoft began packaging Flash as a pre-installed component of IE, the Internet began to shift from a data/information spectrum to also offer on-demand entertainment. This revolution paved the way for sites to offer games to web surfers. Some online multiplayer games like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI and Lineage II charge a monthly fee to subscribe to their services, while games such as Guild Wars offer an alternative no monthly fee scheme. Many other sites relied on advertising revenues from on-site sponsors, while others, like RuneScape, or Tibia let people play for free while leaving the players the option of paying, unlocking new content for the members.
After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, many sites solely relying on advertising revenue dollars faced extreme adversity. Despite the decreasing profitability of online gaming websites, some sites have survived the fluctuating ad market by offsetting the advertising revenue loss by using the content as a cross-promotion tool for driving web visitors to other websites that the company owns.
The term online gaming in many circles is being strictly defined to describe games that do not involve wagering, although many still use the term online gaming synonymously with online gambling. This article focuses on online games that do not involve wagering, online gambling is discussed in a separate article.
网络游戏(online game)是区别与单机游戏(console game)而言的，是指玩家必须通过互联网(internet)连接来进行多人游戏。一般指由多名玩家通过计算机网络在虚拟的(virtual)环境下对人物角色(character)及场景(scene)按照一定的规则进行操作以达到娱乐和互动(interaction)目的的游戏产品集合。
而单机游戏模式多为人机对战。因为其不能连入互联网，所以玩家与玩家的互动性差了很多，但可以通过局域网(local area network)的连接进行有限的多人对战(skirmish)。
网络游戏目前的使用形式可以分为以下两种：浏览器(browser)形式和客户端(client)形式。
The online game, which began clandestine operations last summer, makes you a central character: You get phone calls in the middle of the night, clues faxed to your office, and random instant messages.
这种网络游戏去年夏季开始悄悄地风行，它使你成为核心人物：你半夜接到电话；线索被传真到你的办公室，还有杂乱的即时信息。
With a recent influx of $11.5million in venture capital from a partnership Alta Vista, Fong is positioning his company to be the gateway for the coming tidal wave of next generation of Internet-ready console players.
在合作伙伴Alata Vista注入了1150万美元的风险投资后，Fong把他的公司定位为下一代大有前途的网络游戏机玩家的门户网站。
Now many kids are addicted to playing net games.
现在许多孩子都沉溺于网络游戏。
What is the China's online game development approach?
我国网络游戏的发展对策是什么？
With the rapid development of the on line PC games and the lack of law related, the phenomenon that game players being aggrieved appears.
由于网络游戏的迅速发展以及相关法律的缺失，出现了许多侵害网络游戏玩家权益的问题。
Why do you think World of Warcraft has been such a success when compared to other MMOs?
相比其他的网络游戏，是什么使得魔兽世界如此地成功呢？
You always stay up late at night chatting and chatting, or wallow in the online games.
你总是一聊就聊到很晚，要不就是沉溺在网络游戏里面。
I wish my little brother would desist from playing network games all day, otherwise he would have to discontinue his studies.
但愿我的弟弟别再整天玩网络游戏了，否则，他将无法完成学业。
The university student has become the internet main soldier within clan, some students chase the precious network resources and their limited economic resources to the online game, and addict to them.
大学生已成为上网族中的主力军，一些学生把宝贵的网络资源和自己有限的经济资源用在网络游戏这项活动中，并且沉迷其中。
I am infatuated with online games.
我迷恋于网络游戏。
How can we play online games on computer?
如何操作在线网络游戏啊？
As the name implies, a network lies at the heart of Net gaming.
正如这个名字意味着，网络是网络游戏的心脏。
I like playing the game of JX Online World.
我喜欢玩剑侠世界网络游戏。
Wait for a minute. Let me quit network game.
等一会儿，让我退出网络游戏。
We come here every other day to play online games.
我们隔天就来玩网络游戏。
Ann: Nowadays, the kids are so fucking naughty. You want them to be here, but they want to be there.
安：现在，小孩子真是调皮，你想让他在这，他却非要在那。
Lily: Oh, it's very normal.
莉莉：哦，很正常啊。
Ann: Oh my god. The other day, I went to a family to be a tutor of a boy. But can you guess what happened?
安：哦，天啊。那天，我去一个家庭做家教。但是你猜怎么了？
Lily: What did it happen?
莉莉：发生什么了？
Ann: The kid just sat before the computer and played the happy farm. I asked him to be serious and he pretended to hear nothing.
安：那个孩子，就坐在电脑面前玩开心农场。我让他认真点，他却假装没听到。
Lily: Happy farm? What is it?
莉莉：开心农场？是什么啊？
Ann: You don't know? You are really out.
安：你不知道？你真是落伍了。
Lily: Tell me in detail.
莉莉：具体来说说。
Ann: It's a web game and needs the player to plant crops on the happy farm and other player can visit to your farm and steal your crops.
安：这是个网络游戏，玩家在开心农场种植作物，其他玩家可以到你的农场区偷你的作物。
Lily: Oh, I see. It's said that there are many people, no matter the old or the young, the kids or the adults, the men or the women, all playing this game.
莉莉：哦，我明白了，据说很多人，不管是老人还是年轻人，成年人还是小孩，男的还是女的，都在玩这个。
Ann: I regard playing online game as a waste of time for the students.
安：我觉得玩网络游戏对学生来说就是浪费时间。
Lily: We think in this way, but many people consider it as a good way of entertainment.
莉莉：我们这样认为，但很多人认为这是一种很好的消遣方式。
Ann: He not only plays the happy farm, but the World of Warcraft.
安：他不仅玩开心农场，还玩魔兽世界。
Lily: Many people who indulge in online game always close their ears to other people's advice.
莉莉：很多沉迷于网络游戏的人是听不进去别人的劝告的。
Ann: I really hope that he can understand the bad effects of online game.
安：真希望他能早点了解网络游戏的害处。
