大家说英语 第457期:同事一起打游戏(2)

 Linda! What's wrong? 琳达！怎么了？

I'm so angry at Alex! 我很生阿莱克斯的气！

Oh. What did Alex do? 哦。阿莱克斯做了什么？

He's always playing that stupid smartphone game! 他一直在玩儿讨厌的手机游戏！

The game that Ben and Rob play, too? 是本和罗布也在玩儿的那个游戏吗？

Yes. Alex and I had planned to see a movie last night. But he stood me up! 是的。阿莱克斯和我本来计划做完去看电影的。但是他放了我的桌子！

Because he was playing the game? 因为他在玩儿游戏？

Yes! I'm so mad at him! 是啊！我很生他的气！

Ben, I think we need to play Clash¹ of Clans² less. 本，我想我们必须要少玩儿点儿《部落冲突》。

Oh... Why? 哦...为什么？

I just spoke³ to Linda and Taylor. They're upset with us. 我刚刚和琳达还有泰勒谈了谈。他们对咱们很不满。

Because we play Clash of Clans? 是因为我们玩儿《部落冲突》吗？

Well, because we play it too much. We really shouldn't be playing games at the office. 恩，因为我们玩儿得太过头了。我们确实不应该在办公室打游戏。

You're right, Rob. We need to be more responsible at work. 说得对，罗布。我们必须在工作上更负责任。

Alex, stop playing Clash of Clans for a minute. 阿莱克斯，先不要玩儿《部落冲突》了。

Um... 啊...

I bought some flowers for you. 我给你买了一些花。

Huh?...Why? 啊？为什么？

Give them to Linda. She's angry at you. 给琳达送过去。他在生你的气。

OK. I guess I've ignored her over the last few days. 好吧。我猜过去这些天我忽视她了。

Yes. We're playing Clash of Clans too much. Computer games can be relaxing, but they shouldn't take over our lives. 是的。我们玩儿《部落冲突》玩儿得太过头了。电脑游戏可以让人很轻松，但是不应该占据我们的生活。

1 clash   

vi.冲突，不协调，砰地相撞；n.冲突，不协调

参考例句：

• There is a clash between two classes at 2 p.m. on Thursday.星期四下午两点有两堂课是冲突的。
• The pot came down on the stone floor with a clash.锅“当”地一声掉到石地上。

2 clans   

宗族( clan的名词复数 )； 氏族； 庞大的家族； 宗派

参考例句：

• There are many clans in European countries. 欧洲国家有很多党派。
• The women were the great power among the clans [gentes], as everywhere else. 妇女在克兰〈氏族〉里，乃至一般在任何地方，都有很大的势力。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。