使命召唤：十大冷知识：英语精读讲义

In 2011,

2011年，

a 46-year-old man from the UK

英国一名46岁的男子

was playing a regular match in Call of Duty Black Ops.

正在打一场普通的《使命召唤：黑色行动》比赛。

During the match,

在比赛期间，

he was repeatedly killed by a 13-year-old boy.

他被一个13岁男孩反复击杀。

The boy then proceeded to name-calling and just kept on agitating him. 短語動詞

接着这个男孩开始辱骂并不断挑衅他。

Finally,

最终，

he snapped and somehow managed to find where the boy lived. 講解

他崩溃发飙了，并且不知怎么查到了男孩的住址。

He went over to his house and tried to strangle him.

他去到男孩家，试图掐死他。

Luckily,

幸运的是，

the boy's mom was home and managed to get the 46-year-old out of the house.

男孩的妈妈在家，设法把这个46岁的男子赶出了家门。

He was then later arrested.

随后他被捕了。

You know what he did was obviously very wrong,

大家都知道他的做法显然是大错特错的，

but you just can't deny we've all wished we could do that 語法

但你无法否认，我们都曾希望自己也能这么干，

at least once,

至少一次，

at least once.

至少一次。

Steven Spielberg is,

史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格，

aside from a great movie director, 語法

除了是一位伟大的电影导演外，

also a very avid gamer.

也是个非常狂热的玩家。

So much so that he is actually the re-

以至于他实际上就是——

and we have a lot of the popular shooters that exist today.

今天众多流行射击游戏诞生的原因。

In 1997,

1997年，

he had an idea for a video game set in a realistic World War II setting,

他萌生了一个制作设定在真实的二战背景下电子游戏的想法，

even though most game developers at the time thought it would be a bad idea 語法

尽管当时大多数游戏开发者认为这是个糟糕的主意，

and would rather go with a more fantasy-based game. 講解

且更愿意去做偏奇幻风格的游戏。

But Spielberg eventually had his way 習語

但斯皮尔伯格最终坚持了自己的想法，

and in 1999,

并在1999年，

Medal of Honor was released.

《荣誉勋章》发布了。

It was a major hit

它获得了巨大成功，

and directly led to the formation of Infinity Ward, 短語搭配

并直接促成了Infinity Ward工作室的成立，

which in turn, 表達脈絡

进而，

as you all know,

正如大家所知，

released the first game under the title Call of Duty.

该工作室发布了第一部名为《使命召唤》的游戏。

The map Nuketown,

“核弹小镇”（Nuketown）这张地图，

originally from Call of Duty Black Ops,

最初出自《使命召唤：黑色行动》，

was inspired by a scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,

其灵感来自于《夺宝奇兵4：印第安纳琼斯和水晶头骨王国》中的一幕，

in which Indiana finds himself in the middle of the desert in a so-called fake town, 用詞

在那一幕中，印第安纳发现自己身处沙漠中央一个所谓的假镇上，

which the government used to test the effects of nuclear bombs.

那是政府用来测试核弹威力的靶场。

Being the ninth best-selling game of all time, 語法

作为有史以来第九畅销的游戏，

Call of Duty has some rather impressive statistics.

《使命召唤》有着相当惊人的数据。

Over 100 million people

超过1亿人

have played at least one of the games.

玩过至少一部该系列的游戏。

That's more than the whole population of Germany.

这比德国的总人口还要多。

Over 32 quadrillion bullets have been fired.

玩家们累计射出了超过3.2亿亿发子弹。

31 billion care packages have been called in since Modern Warfare 2.

自《现代战争2》以来，玩家共呼叫了310亿次空投补给。

Over 5 billion cars have been destroyed,

超过50亿辆汽车被摧毁，

which is five times more than the amount of currently registered cars 語法

这个数字是目前全球已注册汽车数量的

that exist in the world today.

五倍之多。

Last but certainly not least, 表達脈絡

最后但同样重要的是，

we have collectively spent over 25 billion hours

我们累计花在

playing Call of Duty.

玩《使命召唤》上的时间超过了250亿小时。

That roughly equals to 2.85 million years. 語法

这大约相当于285万年。

We've spent more time playing Call of Duty 語法

我们玩《使命召唤》的时间

than humanity has even existed.

比人类存在的历史还要长。

Call of Duty Ghosts has,

《使命召唤：幽灵》

despite its new and amazing fish AI system, 語法

尽管拥有惊艳的全新鱼类AI系统，

not been selling all that well when compared to previous titles in the series. 短語搭配

但与该系列之前的作品相比，销量并不算太好。

In fact,

事实上，

sales are down over 19% compared to Black Ops 2

与《黑色行动2》相比，销量下降了超过19%，

and over 36% when compared to Modern Warfare 3.

与《现代战争3》相比则下降了超过36%。

Nevertheless,

尽管如此，

it was still the second best-selling game in 2013,

它依然是2013年第二畅销的游戏，

only beaten by GTA V for the top spot. 用詞

仅次于位居榜首的《GTA V》。

A new Call of Duty game is released every year

每年都会发布一款新的《使命召唤》游戏，

with additional content and a few updated features from previous games.

带有新增内容和前作的一点更新功能。

Many players feel that this constant flow of games makes the developers lazy 語法

许多玩家认为，持续不断地推出新游戏让开发者变得懒惰，

and the overall experience very repetitive.

也让整体体验变得非常重复。

Some even say that the games would function better as DLCs,

有些人甚至说，这些游戏当DLC卖反而更好，

as they're so similar.

因为它们太相似了。

With the release of Call of Duty Ghosts,

随着《使命召唤：幽灵》的发布，

this was proven even further

这一点被进一步证实，

as players noticed strong similarities between the first mission in the game

因为玩家注意到，游戏里的第一个任务

and the last mission from Modern Warfare 2.

与《现代战争2》里的最后一个任务极其相似。

In fact,

事实上，

they weren't just similar, 表達脈絡

它们不仅仅是相似，

they were exactly the same.

它们完全一模一样。

The only difference being the change of characters 語法

唯一的区别只是更换了角色，

and some of the surroundings.

以及部分周围环境。

Take a look for yourself.

大家自己看看吧。

The first Call of Duty or Call of Duty Classic,

第一代《使命召唤》，或者《使命召唤经典版》，

as it's often called, 短語搭配

正如人们常叫的那样，

is the only game in the series to not feature a shotgun. 語法

是该系列中唯一一款没有霰弹枪的游戏。

The Colt M1911 is featured in almost every installment of the Call of Duty series,

柯尔特M1911几乎出现在了《使命召唤》系列的每一部作品中，

excluding Finest Hour,

除了《决战时刻》、

Black Ops Declassified,

《黑色行动：解密》

and Ghosts,

以及《幽灵》，

making it the most featured weapon in the franchise. 語法

这使其成为该系列中登场次数最多的武器。

The latest installment,

最新的一部作品

Ghosts,

即《幽灵》，

is the first since Call of Duty Classic to feature leaning on consoles.

是自《使命召唤经典版》以来，第一款在主机平台上加入探头功能的作品。

It's also the first time players have the option to play as a female soldier 短語搭配

这也是玩家第一次可以选择扮演女兵

in multiplayer.

在多人模式中进行游玩。

Just like any other popular game series,

就像其他任何大受欢迎的游戏系列一样，

there's a lot of content that needs to be cut out of the final products. 短語動詞

最终成品里有许多内容被删减了。

For example,

例如，

in Modern Warfare 2,

在《现代战争2》中，

there was supposed to be a full level taking place in space on the ISS. 講解

原本应该有一个完全发生在国际空间站（ISS）太空中的关卡。

In World at War Zombies mode,

在《世界战争》的丧尸模式中，

there was a planned Perk-a-Cola machine titled Ammo-matic

原计划有一个名为Ammo-matic的技能饮料机

that would replenish the player's ammo. 用詞

能够补充玩家的弹药。

The zombie map Moon was originally supposed to take place in Paris.

丧尸地图“月球”原定是发生在巴黎的。

In Modern Warfare 2,

在《现代战争2》中，

a train was planned to be used as an interactive element 語法

原本计划将一列火车作为互动元素，

in at least one multiplayer map.

至少放在一张多人地图中。

In Modern Warfare 3,

在《现代战争3》中，

there were three planned killstreaks that were removed from the final version of the game

有三个原计划的连杀奖励从最终版游戏中被删除了，

called Harrier Airstrike,

分别叫做“鹞式空袭”、

Emergency Airdrop,

“紧急空投”、

and Dragonfly Drone.

以及“蜻蜓无人机”。

It's also speculated that a remote sentry in the form of a perk 講解

也有人推测，一种作为技能存在的遥控哨戒机枪

would be available online

曾计划在联机模式中可用，

as this image can be found in the game files. 表達脈絡

因为在游戏文件中能找到相关的图片。

The zombie mode in all of the games developed by Treyarch 語法

由Treyarch开发的所有游戏中的丧尸模式，

was actually inspired by a flash game titled The Last Stand.

实际上都是受了一款名为《The Last Stand》的Flash游戏启发。

It bears many similarities to Call of Duty zombie mode, 短語搭配

它与《使命召唤》丧尸模式有很多相似之处，

where the objective is to survive as long as possible 短語搭配

两者的目标都是尽可能久地生存下去，

by repairing barricades and acquiring better weapons

通过修复路障和获取更好的武器，

while endless hordes of zombies attacks. 語法

同时抵御无尽的丧尸群攻击。

On January the 14th,

在1月14日，

2014,

2014年，

a completely new Call of Duty game was actually released.

一款全新的《使命召唤》游戏其实已经发布了。

However,

然而，

it's quite possible you've not heard 講解

你很有可能没听说过它，

of it as it's only been released in China.

因为它只在中国发行。

The game is called Call of Duty Online

这款游戏名为《使命召唤Online》，

and is entirely free to play. 用詞

并且是完全免费游玩的。

The game is a merge between the Modern Warfare series

该游戏是《现代战争》系列

and the Black Ops series

和《黑色行动》系列的结合版，

with the maps,

包含了两个系列中的地图、

weapons,

武器

and characters from both.

和角色。

It also features a revamped Zombies mode titled Dead Rising. 文化背景

它还引入了一个名为“死寂模式”的翻新丧尸模式。

Nope,

不，

not that one,

不是那个游戏，

in which you instead fight against robot or cyborg zombies.

在这个模式下，你将对抗机器人或半机械丧尸。

Currently,

目前，

it's only available in China,

它仅在中国提供，

but there are talks about releasing the game 短語搭配

但有传闻称，这款游戏

in other parts of the world in the near future.

将在不久的将来在世界其他地区发布。