決勝時刻：十大冷知識：英語精讀講義

In 2011,

2011年，

a 46-year-old man from the UK

英國一名46歲的男子

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

正在打一場普通的《決勝時刻：黑色行動》比賽。

During the match,

在比賽期間，

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

他被一個13歲男孩反覆擊殺。

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

接著這個男孩開始辱罵並不斷挑釁他。

Finally,

最終，

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

他崩潰發飆了，並且不知怎麼查到了男孩的住址。

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

他去到男孩家，試圖掐死他。

Luckily,

幸運的是，

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

男孩的媽媽在家，設法把這個46歲的男子趕出了家門。

He was then later arrested.

隨後他被逮捕了。

You know what he did was obviously very wrong,

大家都知道他的做法顯然是大錯特錯的，

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

但你無法否認，我們都曾希望自己也能這麼做，

at least once,

至少一次，

at least once.

至少一次。

Steven Spielberg is,

史蒂芬·史匹柏，

aside from a great movie director, 文法

除了一位偉大的電影導演外，

also a very avid gamer.

也是個非常狂熱的玩家。

So much so that he is actually the re-

以至於他實際上就是——

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

今天眾多流行射擊遊戲誕生的原因。

In 1997,

1997年，

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

他萌生了一個製作設定在真實的二戰背景下電子遊戲的想法，

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

儘管當時大多數遊戲開發者認為這是個糟糕的主意，

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

且更願意去做偏奇幻風格的遊戲。

But Spielberg eventually had his way 慣用語

但史匹柏最終堅持了自己的想法，

and in 1999,

並在1999年，

Medal of Honor was released.

《榮譽勳章》發布了。

It was a major hit

它獲得了巨大成功，

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

並直接促成了Infinity Ward工作室的成立，

which in turn, 表達脈絡

進而，

as you all know,

正如大家所知，

released the first game under the title Call of Duty.

該工作室發布了第一部名為《決勝時刻》的遊戲。

The map Nuketown,

“核武鎮”（Nuketown）這張地圖，

originally from Call of Duty Black Ops,

最初出自《決勝時刻：黑色行動》，

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

其靈感來自於《印第安納瓊斯：水晶骷髏王國》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，印第安納發現自己身處沙漠中央一個所謂的假鎮上，

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

那是政府用來測試核彈威力的靶場。

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

作為有史以來第九暢銷的遊戲，

Call of Duty has some rather impressive statistics.

《決勝時刻》有著相當驚人的數據。

Over 100 million people

超過1億人

have played at least one of the games.

玩過至少一部該系列的遊戲。

That's more than the whole population of Germany.

這比德國的總人口還要多。

Over 32 quadrillion bullets have been fired.

玩家們累計射出了超過3.2億億發子彈。

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

自《現代戰爭2》以來，玩家共呼叫了310億次空投補給。

Over 5 billion cars have been destroyed,

超過50億輛汽車被摧毀，

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

這個數字是目前全球已註冊汽車數量的

that exist in the world today.

五倍之多。

Last but certainly not least, 表達脈絡

最後但同樣重要的是，

we have collectively spent over 25 billion hours

我們累計花在

playing Call of Duty.

玩《決勝時刻》上的時間超過了250億小時。

That roughly equals to 2.85 million years. 文法

這大約相當於285萬年。

We've spent more time playing Call of Duty 文法

我們玩《決勝時刻》的時間

than humanity has even existed.

比人類存在的歷史還要長。

Call of Duty Ghosts has,

《決勝時刻：魅影》

despite its new and amazing fish AI system, 文法

儘管擁有驚豔的全新魚類AI系統，

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

但與該系列之前的作品相比，銷量並不算太好。

In fact,

事實上，

sales are down over 19% compared to Black Ops 2

與《黑色行動2》相比，銷量下降了超過19%，

and over 36% when compared to Modern Warfare 3.

與《現代戰爭3》相比則下降了超過36%。

Nevertheless,

儘管如此，

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

它依然是2013年第二暢銷的遊戲，

only beaten by GTA V for the top spot. 用詞

僅次於位居榜首的《GTA V》。

A new Call of Duty game is released every year

每年都會發布一款新的《決勝時刻》遊戲，

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

帶有新增內容和前作的一點更新功能。

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

許多玩家認為，持續不斷地推出新遊戲讓開發者變得懶惰，

and the overall experience very repetitive.

也讓整體體驗變得非常重複。

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

有些人甚至說，這些遊戲當DLC賣反而更好，

as they're so similar.

因為它們太相似了。

With the release of Call of Duty Ghosts,

隨著《決勝時刻：魅影》的發布，

this was proven even further

這一點被進一步證實，

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

因為玩家注意到，遊戲裡的第一個任務

and the last mission from Modern Warfare 2.

與《現代戰爭2》裡的最後一個任務極其相似。

In fact,

事實上，

they weren't just similar, 表達脈絡

它們不僅僅是相似，

they were exactly the same.

它們完全一模一樣。

The only difference being the change of characters 文法

唯一的區別只是更換了角色，

and some of the surroundings.

以及部分周圍環境。

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《決勝時刻》，或者《決勝時刻經典版》，

as it's often called, 片語搭配

正如人們常叫的那樣，

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

是該系列中唯一一款沒有霰彈槍的遊戲。

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

柯爾特M1911幾乎出現在了《決勝時刻》系列的每一部作品中，

excluding Finest Hour,

除了《決戰時刻》、

Black Ops Declassified,

《黑色行動：解密》

and Ghosts,

以及《魅影》，

making it the most featured weapon in the franchise. 文法

這使其成為該系列中登場次數最多的武器。

The latest installment,

最新的一部作品

Ghosts,

即《魅影》，

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

是自《決勝時刻經典版》以來，第一款在主機平台上加入探頭功能的作品。

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

這也是玩家第一次可以選擇扮演女兵

in multiplayer.

在多人模式中進行遊玩。

Just like any other popular game series,

就像其他任何大受歡迎的遊戲系列一樣，

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

最終成品裡有許多內容被刪減了。

For example,

例如，

in Modern Warfare 2,

在《現代戰爭2》中，

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

原本應該有一個完全發生在國際太空站（ISS）太空中的關卡。

In World at War Zombies mode,

在《戰爭世界》的喪屍模式中，

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

原計畫有一個名為Ammo-matic的技能飲料機

that would replenish the player's ammo. 用詞

能夠補充玩家的彈藥。

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

喪屍地圖“月球”原定是發生在巴黎的。

In Modern Warfare 2,

在《現代戰爭2》中，

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

原本計畫將一列火車作為互動元素，

in at least one multiplayer map.

至少放在一張多人地圖中。

In Modern Warfare 3,

在《現代戰爭3》中，

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

有三個原計畫的連殺獎勵從最終版遊戲中被刪除了，

called Harrier Airstrike,

分別叫做“鷂式空襲”、

Emergency Airdrop,

“緊急空投”、

and Dragonfly Drone.

以及“蜻蜓無人機”。

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

也有人推測，一種作為技能存在的遙控哨戒機槍

would be available online

曾計畫在連線模式中可用，

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

因為在遊戲檔案中能找到相關的圖片。

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

由Treyarch開發的所有遊戲中的喪屍模式，

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

實際上都是受了一款名為《The Last Stand》的Flash遊戲啟發。

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

它與《決勝時刻》喪屍模式有很多相似之處，

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

兩者的目標都是盡可能久地生存下去，

by repairing barricades and acquiring better weapons

透過修復路障和獲取更好的武器，

while endless hordes of zombies attacks. 文法

同時抵禦無盡的喪屍群攻擊。

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《決勝時刻》遊戲其實已經發布了。

However,

然而，

it's quite possible you've not heard 講解

你很有可能沒聽說過它，

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

因為它只在中國發行。

The game is called Call of Duty Online

這款遊戲名為《決勝時刻Online》，

and is entirely free to play. 用詞

並且是完全免費遊玩的。

The game is a merge between the Modern Warfare series

該遊戲是《現代戰爭》系列

and the Black Ops series

和《黑色行動》系列的結合版，

with the maps,

包含了兩個系列中的地圖、

weapons,

武器

and characters from both.

和角色。

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

它還引入了一個名為“死寂模式”的翻新喪屍模式。

Nope,

不，

not that one,

不是那個遊戲，

in which you instead fight against robot or cyborg zombies.

在這個模式下，你將對抗機器人或半機械喪屍。

Currently,

目前，

it's only available in China,

它僅在中國提供，

but there are talks about releasing the game 片語搭配

但有傳聞稱，這款遊戲

in other parts of the world in the near future.

將在不久的將來在世界其他地區發布。