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Vocabulary: technology 詞匯：科技
Fashion and music are constantly looking back to the past. But would you be interested in retro video games? If so, you are part of a growing trend.
Vintage video games are making their way back into living rooms. There is already a large market for 1970s and 80s games consoles. Despite their limited graphics and sounds, original machines by Atari, Nintendo and Sega command high prices. This year, a charity in the UK is hoping to cash-in on this with the re-release of the hugely popular 1980s home computer, the ZX Spectrum. The new version has 1,000 games pre-loaded - a big change to the old machine that loaded games from a cassette tape. That process took several minutes and would often go wrong.
In the United States, large numbers of gamers wanting a taste of 80s action are visiting beer and arcade game centres where they can drink and relive the games of their childhood. "Our most popular games are the classics like Ms Pac Man and Donkey Kong and also the multiplayer games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Simpsons, NBA Jam and X-Men," says Paul Kermizian, owner of one successful chain of arcades.
Pinball goes even further back in time, but it's also enjoying a revival. New technology means contemporary machines have more features, but the gameplay has not changed. Pinball machine maker Gary Stern says people like playing because it's physical - more like a sport than a video game. Because of this, it's becoming popular with people in their 20s as well as older players.
So, is it just nostalgia, or are older games more fun? Either way, with a new generation of fans, it looks like retro gaming is here to stay.
測驗
閱讀短文并回答問題。
1. What two things are limited on old games consoles?
2. Which old computer system is being re-released in the UK?
3. What can gamers in the US do while playing old arcade games?
4. What two types of games are most popular in the arcades?
5. Why do young people like pinball?
詞匯表
retro 懷舊的，復古的
growing trend 上漲的趨勢
vintage 老式的
games console 游戲機
graphics 圖像
to cash-in 兌現(xiàn)
to re-release 再發(fā)行
pre-loaded 預先裝載的
cassette tape 錄音磁帶
gamer 游戲玩家
arcade game 電子游戲
classic （名詞）經(jīng)典的游戲
multiplayer 多玩家的
pinball 彈球游戲
revival 復興，再流行
contemporary 現(xiàn)代的
gameplay 游戲玩法
nostalgia 對往事的懷念，懷舊
答案
1. What two things are limited on old games consoles? Graphics and sounds.
2. Which old computer system is being re-released in the UK? The ZX Spectrum.
3. What can gamers in the US do while playing old arcade games? Drink beer.
4. What two types of games are most popular in the arcades? Classics and multi-player games.
5. Why do young people like pinball? It's physical, like a sport.
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Vocabulary: technology 詞匯：科技
Fashion and music are constantly looking back to the past. But would you be interested in retro video games? If so, you are part of a growing trend.
Vintage video games are making their way back into living rooms. There is already a large market for 1970s and 80s games consoles. Despite their limited graphics and sounds, original machines by Atari, Nintendo and Sega command high prices. This year, a charity in the UK is hoping to cash-in on this with the re-release of the hugely popular 1980s home computer, the ZX Spectrum. The new version has 1,000 games pre-loaded - a big change to the old machine that loaded games from a cassette tape. That process took several minutes and would often go wrong.
In the United States, large numbers of gamers wanting a taste of 80s action are visiting beer and arcade game centres where they can drink and relive the games of their childhood. "Our most popular games are the classics like Ms Pac Man and Donkey Kong and also the multiplayer games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Simpsons, NBA Jam and X-Men," says Paul Kermizian, owner of one successful chain of arcades.
Pinball goes even further back in time, but it's also enjoying a revival. New technology means contemporary machines have more features, but the gameplay has not changed. Pinball machine maker Gary Stern says people like playing because it's physical - more like a sport than a video game. Because of this, it's becoming popular with people in their 20s as well as older players.
So, is it just nostalgia, or are older games more fun? Either way, with a new generation of fans, it looks like retro gaming is here to stay.
測驗
閱讀短文并回答問題。
1. What two things are limited on old games consoles?
2. Which old computer system is being re-released in the UK?
3. What can gamers in the US do while playing old arcade games?
4. What two types of games are most popular in the arcades?
5. Why do young people like pinball?
詞匯表
retro 懷舊的，復古的
growing trend 上漲的趨勢
vintage 老式的
games console 游戲機
graphics 圖像
to cash-in 兌現(xiàn)
to re-release 再發(fā)行
pre-loaded 預先裝載的
cassette tape 錄音磁帶
gamer 游戲玩家
arcade game 電子游戲
classic （名詞）經(jīng)典的游戲
multiplayer 多玩家的
pinball 彈球游戲
revival 復興，再流行
contemporary 現(xiàn)代的
gameplay 游戲玩法
nostalgia 對往事的懷念，懷舊
答案
1. What two things are limited on old games consoles? Graphics and sounds.
2. Which old computer system is being re-released in the UK? The ZX Spectrum.
3. What can gamers in the US do while playing old arcade games? Drink beer.
4. What two types of games are most popular in the arcades? Classics and multi-player games.
5. Why do young people like pinball? It's physical, like a sport.