Online Class Notes (Ally)

read 2 news articles about the gaming industry. Record your reading and prepare to talk about them next class.

Vocabulary

lift: for policies/restrictions = cancel/end
ie. The lockdown will be lifted when we reach a “zero-case”.

molest: 对（儿童）性骚扰；攻击；伤害 / touch inappropriately

touch: (n) addition/detail
ie. The new sound effect is a nice touch.

exposed to: 接触

One page double-spaced/single-spaced

wordplay: 文字梗

Grammar

I haven’t seen him – 看见

I haven’t met him – 见到 – engage with him maybe

watch – longer time
ie. I’m watching you. 我在看着你.

接触：
– for 接触concepts:
ie. When I was first exposed to games, I played them on the PC.
– for 接触somebody:
ie. I got in touch with the professor last night.
– access
ie. When I first accessed (v) games/gained access(n) to games, I played on them on the PC.

the near community get worse
the nearby community/the community next to ours is getting worse/got worse

although we don’t meet with each other
although we don’t are not in contact with each other

found I don’t know
I don’t know whether he’s the founder.
I don’t know about that.
I don’t know about founding, but he is in charge of the school.

when I first touched game, I played the computers
When I first began/started to play games, I played them on the computers.
When I was first exposed to games （new things）, I played them on the PC.

when I was at university, I have a friend. He bring his monitor.
when I was in the university, I had a friend. He brought his monitor.
Because in means situation and at means locations. I made the friend when I studied in the university and everything happened in the past.
I had a friend from university who brought his monitor…

the consoles are forbidden in China
the consoles were forbidden in China
We couldn’t buy the consoles in China.
Consoles are not available/are not sold in China.

Because in the past the consoles were forbidden but now they aren’t.

when we touched games, it enters the computer generation
when we started to play games/are exposed to games, we entered the computer generation/the computer generation began.
I think it is a common phenomenon.

I downloaded the pirated games until the steam was coming.
I had been downloading the pirated games until Steam appeared. (until + action)
I’ve always downloaded pirated games before we had steam. (before + situation)
because downloading lasts a long time in the past.

“how long is it (the hwk)?” “-maybe one night“
for one night / about an hour
talk about the duration.

“500 words, one page, just a paragraph, a whole essay…”

“how long does it take you to do the hwk?”
“how long does the hwk take?”