Upper-Intermediate - Chinese Gamer Culture (D1951)

A: 唉,怎么掉线了!你们有网络吗?
ài, zěnme diàoxiàn le! nǐmen yǒu wǎngluò ma?
Huh? Why was my connection lost? Do you guys have internet?
B: 我聊天好像没问题。
wǒ liáotiān hǎoxiàng méiwèntí.
My chat isn't having any problems.
A: 咱们宿舍楼这破网要用到什么时候啊!
zánmen sùshèlóu zhè pò wǎng yào yòng dào shénme shíhou a!
How much longer are we going to have to put up with our dorm's crappy internet?
B: 你那么猴急干嘛?
nǐ nàme hóují gànmá?
What are you so anxious about?
A: 我在下《暗黑3》客户端,怎么能不急。
wǒ zài xià《 An4hēisān》 kèhùduān, zěnme néng bù jí.
I'm downloading the Diablo 3 client. How could I not be anxious?
B: 哦,最近网上经常看到相关消息,正式发售了?
ò, zuìjìn wǎngshàng jīngcháng kàndào xiāngguān xiāoxi, zhèngshì fāshòu le?
Ah. I've seen a lot news related to that game online recently. Has it officially gone on sale?
A: 嗯,哥等这个游戏已经10年了。暴雪也真是的,竟然让我们这些死忠等了10年。
ng4, gē děng zhè ge yóuxì yǐjīng shí nián le. Bàoxuě yě zhēnshìde, jìngrán ràng wǒmen zhèxiē sǐzhōng děng le yī líng nián.
Yeah. I've been waiting for this game for 10 years. Obviously Blizzard, to no one's surprise, would make its die-hard fans wait for 10 years.
B: 你还真是个游戏控啊。唉,我最近买了个吉他控制器,什么时候来我家玩《吉他英雄》。
nǐ hái zhēn shì ge yóuxìkòng ā. ái, wǒ zuìjìn mǎi le gè jíta kòngzhìqì, shénme shíhou lái wǒjiā wán《 Jíta yīngxióng》.
You truly are a gamer. Oh, I bought some guitar controllers recently. You should come to my house and play Guitar Hero whenever you've got time.
A: 你用的是什么游戏主机?
nǐ yòng de shì shénme yóuxì zhǔjī?
Which console do you use?
B: 360.
Sānliùlíng.
360.
A: 我家里有PS3,还有《战神3》和《神秘海域3》。
wǒ jiālǐ yǒu PS sān, háiyǒu《 Zhànshén sān》 hé《 Shénmìhǎiyù sān》.
I have a PS3 at my house. I also have God of War 3 and Uncharted 3.
B: 欧了,下周我家,下下周你家。
ōule, xiàzhōu wǒjiā, xiàxiàzhōu nǐ jiā.
OK, it's set. Next week at my house, then your house the week after.
C: 我也去,我也去。
wǒ yě qù, wǒ yě qù.
I'm going too. I'm going too.
B: 你耳朵真灵啊,一边听英语一边听我们说话。
nǐ ěrduo zhēn líng a, yībiān tīng yīngyǔ yībiān tīng wǒmen shuōhuà.
You've got great hearing. You're listening to your English and our conversation at the same time.
C: 没,我在看《超级战舰》,刚下载好。唉,你的PS3破解了吗?
méi, wǒ zài kàn《 Chāojízhànjiàn》, gāng xiàzǎi hǎo. ài, nǐ de PS sān pòjiě le ma?
Nope, I'm watching Battleship; it just finished downloading. Hey, is your PS3 cracked?
A: 当然,不破解怎么用盗版碟啊。
dāngrán, bù pòjiě zěnme yòng dàobǎn dié a.
Of course. If it wasn't cracked, how could I use pirated discs?
C: 我前段时间也入了个PS3,一直想破解,但没什么经验,不敢弄。
wǒ qiánduànshíjiān yě rù le gè PS sān, yīzhí xiǎng pòjiě, dàn méi shénme jīngyàn, bùgǎn nòng.
I also bought a PS3 a little while ago. I've been wanting to get it cracked but I don't have any experience so I don't dare do it.
A: 怕什么,网上下个自制系统,改天我去帮你装。
pà shénme, wǎngshàng xià ge zìzhì xìtǒng, gǎitiān wǒ qù bāng nǐ zhuāng.
What are you afraid of? There's self-made systems online that you can use. I'll help you install it some time.
D: 唉,哥几个,最近我女朋友答应来我家玩,什么游戏既可以打发时间,又能增进“友谊”的?我对游戏机什么的不懂啊。
ài, gējǐ ge, zuìjìn wǒ nǚpéngyou dāying lái wǒjiā wán, shénme yóuxì jì kěyǐ dǎfā shíjiān, yòu néng zēngjìn" yǒuyì” de? wǒ duì yóuxìjī shénme de bù dǒng a.
Hey, guys, my girlfriend agreed to come over to my place recently to hang out. What video games are good for passing the time and also good for developing our "friendship?" I don't know anything about video game consoles and stuff.
ABC: Wii!
Wii!
Wii!

Key Vocabulary

掉线 diàoxiàn to lose internet connection
lousy
猴急 hóují very impatient
暗黑3 An4hēisān Diablo 3
客户端 kèhùduān client
发售 fāshòu to go on sale
暴雪 bàoxuě blizzard
死忠 sǐzhōng die-hard fan
游戏控 yóuxìkòng gamer
控制器 kòngzhìqì controller
吉他英雄 Jíta yīngxióng Guitar Hero
主机 zhǔjī console
360 sānliùlíng Xbox 360
战神3 Zhànshén sān God of War 3
神秘海域3 Shénmìhǎiyù sān Uncharted 3
欧了 ōule ‘it‘s set‘
超级战舰 Chāojízhànjiàn Battleship
破解 pòjiě to crack, to hack
盗版碟 dàobǎn dié pirated disc
to purchase
自制 zìzhì self-made
打发 dǎfā to while away
增进 zēngjìn to develop

Supplementary Vocabulary

断网 duànwǎng offline
忠诚 zhōngchéng loyal
上传 shàngchuán to upload
在线游戏 zàixiànyóuxì online video games
蕾丝控 léisīkòng ‘a fan of lace‘
破坏 pòhuài to destroy
手柄 shǒubǐng controller

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