时差N小时 聊电脑游戏

Mike: I almost forgot to renew my subscription¹ to World of Warcraft! If I hadn't mailed that monthly bill today, I'd have lost all my progress so far and I'm about to set a high score!

麦克：我几乎忘了续订魔兽世界！如果我没有在今天邮寄这个月的帐单，我以往的努力就白费了。我的得分很高了！

Amanda: How many hours per month do you spend playing that thing?

阿曼达：每个月你花多少小时打游戏？

Mike: 80-100, I guess. I get unlimited² play with my subscription. It's really addicting³.

麦克：我想大概有80-100个小时吧。订阅之后，我可以无限制的玩。它真的让人入迷。

Amanda: So that's why you never have time to do anything anymore. It's like you've disappeared off the face of the earth.

阿曼达：所以这就是你永远没有时间做别的事情的原因。你沉迷其中无法自拔了。

Mike: It's not that bad. I do get away from the computer sometimes. Don't you play any computer games?

麦克：没你说的那么严重。我有时会远离电脑。你不玩任何电脑游戏吗？

Amanda: Well, I play Tetris sometimes and also a strange little demo game where you have to push cubes around and match colors. If I'm really bored, I'll spend a few hours doing that.

阿曼达：哦，我有时也玩Tetris这样的游戏。还有一个奇怪的体验游戏，在游戏中你必须推动小格子和周围的颜色匹配。如果我真的很无聊了，我就花几个小时玩这个游戏。

Mike: Strange little demo game? You don't even know what it's called?

麦克：奇怪的体验游戏？你甚至不知道它叫什么名字？

Amanda: It came free with my computer. Let me think...um...it's like...you know...it's called something like...ah, I've got it! It's called Cubix! It's stupid and pointless but good for killing⁴ time.

阿曼达：它是我电脑上的免费游戏。让我想想......嗯......就像......你知道......它叫做......啊，我知道了！它叫做Cubix！这个游戏很愚蠢而且毫无意义，但很适合用来消磨时间。

Mike: My computer came with that game too. It is a good time waster, but give me World of Warcraft any day.

麦克：我的电脑也有那个游戏。确实很适合用来消磨时间，但我一天都离不了魔兽世界。

1 subscription   

n.预订，预订费，亲笔签名，调配法，下标（处方）

参考例句：

• We paid a subscription of 5 pounds yearly.我们按年度缴纳5英镑的订阅费。
• Subscription selling bloomed splendidly.订阅销售量激增。

2 unlimited   

adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。

3 addicting   

使沉溺（addict的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• I love salt and vinegar chips. They are very addicting. 我爱盐和醋芯片。他们非常上瘾。
• Leave it to Britney to sing a juicy and addicting song. 布兰妮呈现了一首很刺激也很让人上瘾的歌曲！

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。