VOA慢速英语：2014年手机游戏产业或高达11亿美元高点 2014-06-30

Mobile Games to Push Industry above 11 Billion by 2014

From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.

More and more people around the world are using wireless or mobile devices. In some countries, smartphones and other mobile devices serve as replacements for the traditional desktop computer. This increase in mobile device usage has also led to the growth of the mobile gaming industry. Experts say the industry will be worth more than $11 billion this year.

Early computers were too slow to process the amount of data needed for realistic pictures, sound and special effects. But processor soon became faster and less costly. Manufacturers saw there was money to be made, so they developed machines designed only for games. Now, smartphones and other mobile devices have created new ways to play games.

Large companies compete in an expanding gaming market. Gamers and game developers recently showed and tested their products at the Electronic Entertainment Exhibition in Logs Angeles, California. The event is called E3 for short. Gaming industry leaders like Xbox and PlayStation demonstrated new products at E3. Famous Americans like comedian Conan O'Brien attended the event.

App Annie based in San Francisco, California is a mobile gaming market research company. App Annie's Marcos Sanchez says companies that develop games for mobile devices are making huge profits.

"In fact, one company alone in some of top ten, games are actually pulling in over a billion in revenues. So gaming, from the mobile-app perspective, is a pretty serious thing and there's some pretty serious revenues associated with it," said Sanchez.

Yoshio Osaki is the top vice president of the International Development Group. The official says new companies are doing very well with all the different ways to provide people with games.

"The video games are not just about the console anymore. And you see a lot of cross-pollination and hybridization across Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, and Activation etc. But you also now have Wargaming and Riot Games 'League of Legends' or mobile company like King with 'Candy Crush' or Kabam or Supercell with 'Clash of Clans'," said Osaki.

Many of the gaming companies depend on loyal gamers for fresh ideas. And age is unimportant to some companies. Michael Sayman is a 17-year-old Facebook employee. He spoke recently with Voice of America's Spanish service about some of his Facebook responsibilities.

"I will be working on a system called Parse, which is part of Facebook and works with many applications, and they all connect together through what Facebook does and what the company within Facebook. Parse also does," Sayman said.

Parse software is designed to help others develop even more applications for mobile devices.

And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. For more technology stories, go to our website tingvoa.com. I'm Jonathan Evans.

词汇解析

wireless

难度：2星扩展词汇，属常用10000词

英汉解释

adj.无线的

n.无线电

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

Hardware is expensive in the wireless world.

在无线的世界中硬件相当昂贵。

用作名词 (n.)

I was then listening in on the wireless.

这时我正在听广播。

device

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.装置;设备;策略;设计

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The data logger device has been fitted to ship's engine room.

数字记录仪装置已安装在船只的机舱里。

Internet

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.因特网

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

Internet plays a very important role in modern life.

互联网在现代生活中发挥非常重要的作用。

You can obtain this information on the Internet.

你可以从因特网上获得这一信息。

outstanding

难度：1星畅通词汇，属常用20000词

英汉解释

adj.优秀的;突出的;未支付的;未完成的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

Given the chance, John might have become an outstanding painter.

如果有机会,约翰也许已成为一位杰出的画家了。

Two things are outstanding in the creation of the English system of canals.

在创建英国运河体系的过程中,有两件事是非常突出的。

research

难度：5星基本词汇，属常用1000词

英汉解释

n.研究;调查

v.研究;调查

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

Research indicates that men find it easier to give up smoking than women.

研究表明，男人比女人更容易戒烟。

用作动词 (v.)

They have been researching the effects of the drug on mice.

他们一直在研究老鼠对这种药物的反应。

software

难度：5星基本词汇，属常用1000词

英汉解释

n.软件

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

There are many sorts of software in my computer.

我的计算机里有很多软件。

Our English software is an interactive educational software.

我们的英语软件是一种交互式教育软件。