1.2 Words about eSports资料文件与下载

   Read aloud the words and sentences.

1.      celebrity：n.  a famous person 名人；名流

      In 1944, at the age of 30, Hersey suddenly became a celebrity. 
      1944年，30岁的赫西突然成了一位名人。

2.       release: v. to make sth. available to the public 公开；公布；发布

Police have released no further details about the accident. 

关于这次事故，警方没有透露更多的细节。

3.       pool: n. a pool of people, money, or things is a quantity or number of them that is available for an organization or group to use. 一拨人; 一笔钱; 一笔物资

Intel recently sponsored a European eSport tournament with a $15,000 prize pool. 

因特尔最近就为一项欧洲电竞赛事提供了15000美元赞助作为资金。

4.       arena: n. an area of activity that concerns the public, especially one where there is a lot of opposition between different groups or countries 斗争场所；竞争舞台；活动场所

The meaning of life lies in the struggle, because the world is itself an arena. 

生命的意义在于拼搏，因为世界本身就是一个竞技场。

5.       sustain: to make sth. continue for some time without becoming less 使保持；使稳定持续

To produce and sustain this growth, they must expend vast amounts of energy.

为了制造和维持这种增长，人们必须要消耗巨大的能量。

6.       genre: n. a particular type or style of literature, art, film or music that you can recognize because of its special features （文学、艺术、电影或音乐的）体裁，类型

Games can be grouped and filtered by platform, genre, or year.

游戏可以通过平台、体裁、年限等来分组和过滤。

7.       prestigious: respected and admired as very important or of very high quality 有威望的；声誉高的

I would like to further my study in this field at your prestigious university.

我想在这一领域进一步在你我的名牌大学学习。

8.       mainstream: n. a prevailing current or direction of activity or influence 主流

His radical views place him outside the mainstream of American politics. 

他的激进观点使他脱离了美国政治的主流。

Fill in the blanks with the words in the following box.

1.        He has            an album of love songs.

2.  Al-Harbi has disappeared, too, at least in terms of coverage by the            media.

3. Winning a prize as huge and           as the Nobel could influences you in a number of different ways.

4. The Olympic Games offers a(n)           for the athletes from around the world to realize glory and dreams. 

5. You can write about whatever topic you like, in any         , in any style. 

6. James Miekka, the mathematician who dreamed it up, has become an overnight          . 

7. The national economy looks set to          its growth into next year.

8. This means that the          of educated students around the world has gotten even bigger.

ANSWER KEY   

1.      He has released an album of love songs.

他已经发行了一个情歌专辑。

2.      Al-Harbi has disappeared, too, at least in terms of coverage by the mainstream media.

Al-Harbi也消失了，至少从主流媒体的报道来看是这样。

3.      Winning a prize as huge and prestigious as the Nobel could influences you in a number of different ways.

获得诺贝尔奖这样一个巨大的、享有声望的奖项，可能会在很多不同的方面对你产生影响。

4.      The Olympic Games offers an arena for the athletes from around the world to realize glory and dreams. 

奥运会为来自世界各地的运动员提供了一个实现光荣和梦想的舞台。

5.      You can write about whatever topic you like, in any genre, in any style. 

你可以写任何你喜欢的主题，任何体裁，任何风格。

6.      James Miekka, the mathematician who dreamed it up, has become an overnight celebrity. 

数学家詹姆斯·米耶卡(James Miekka)想出了这个办法，一夜之间成了名人。

7.      The national economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year.

国民经济似乎将持续增长到明年。。

8.      This means that the pool of educated students around the world has gotten even bigger.

这意味着世界各地受过教育的学生的数量变得更加庞大。