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Thank you for joining us for today’s Spotlight. I’m Liz Waid. And I’m Joshua Leo.
感谢您收听今天的重点报道节目。我是莉兹·怀德。我是约书亚·利奥。
Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
本节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
Mr. White is trapped inside of a store that sells fine jewels.
怀特先生被困在了一家出售精美珠宝的商店里。
Police surround him.
警察包围了他。
Mr. White takes out a large gun.
怀特先生拿出一把大枪。
He shoots two police officers.
他开枪打死了两名警察。
The bullets hit the officers in the head and their heads fly off.
子弹击中了警察的头部，他们的头被打飞了出去。
Within minutes 25 more people are dead.
几分钟内又有25人死亡。
This is a situation from a very popular video, or computer, game.
这是一个非常流行的电子游戏，也叫电脑游戏中的场景。
As you have heard, it is very violent.
正如你所听到的，这非常暴力。
Violence in video games is the cause of much debate around the world.
电子游戏中的暴力行为在世界各地引起了许多争论。
Some people believe that children should not be able to play such violent games.
一些人认为，孩子们不应该玩这样暴力的游戏。
For example, in October 2006, a lawyer from the United States, went to court.
例如，2006年10月，一名来自美国的律师上法院起诉。
His name is Mr. Thompson and he tries to change laws against violent video games.
他叫作汤普森，他试图修改有关暴力电子游戏的法律。
He wants to prevent stores from selling them.
他希望阻止商店出售这些产品。
In court, Mr. Thompson charged that a new video game called “Bully” was too violent for children.
在法庭上，汤普森指责一款名为《恶霸》的新电子游戏对儿童来说太暴力了。
He did not want stores to sell the game.
他不希望商店出售这款游戏。
But, the judge declared that it was not too violent.
但是，法官称这款游戏并不是太暴力。
The judge will let stores sell the game.
法官将允许商店销售这款游戏。
Who do you think was right?
你认为谁是对的？
Today’s Spotlight is on a new game called “Bully.”
今天的重点报道节目将讲述一款名为《恶霸》的新游戏。
Should stores sell this game to children?
商店应该把这款游戏卖给儿童吗？
Now you can join the debate!
现在你可以加入辩论了！
The game “Bully” creates a story about a young boy named Jimmy.
《恶霸》讲述了一个名叫吉米的小男孩的故事。
Jimmy has just started a new school.
吉米刚上了一所新学校。
In the school there are many mean children.
学校里有许多刻薄的孩子。
These children are “bullies.”
这些孩子是“恶霸”。
The bullies torture weaker students.
这些恶霸会欺负弱小的学生。
The bullies use force and violence.
他们会使用武力和暴力。
They call other students mean names.
他们还给其他学生起外号。
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