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Neon is better than everyone at video games.

里翁玩電子游戲比誰(shuí)玩得都好。

He has a game where you can race the fastest cars in the world. No one is faster than Neon. He has a game where you can play football. No one can tackle1 Neon.

他有一款游戲，在里面你可以在全世界開(kāi)最快的賽車，沒(méi)有人能快得過(guò)里翁。他有一個(gè)可以踢足球的游戲，沒(méi)有人可以對(duì)付得了里翁。

He has a game where you can fight monsters2. The monsters run away when they see Neon coming. He has a game where you can catch3 fish. Neon catches fish bigger than the boat.

他有一款可以與怪物作戰(zhàn)的游戲。當(dāng)怪物們看到里翁時(shí)，它們就會(huì)逃走。他有一個(gè)釣魚的游戲，里翁在游戲里面捕到的魚比船還大。

Sometimes Neon plays his with Brother Greg. Neon always wins. They play a game where you fly planes to see whos a better pilot4. Neon flies circles around Greg. Neons so good that none of his friends want to play him. So， they go outside. Sometimes Neon wishes to go outside playing with his friends.

有時(shí)候，里翁會(huì)和格雷哥哥一起玩，里翁總是贏。他們會(huì)玩一個(gè)駕駛飛機(jī)的游戲，看看誰(shuí)是更好的飛行員。里翁開(kāi)著飛機(jī)圍著格雷轉(zhuǎn)圈。里翁技術(shù)太高了，以至于他的朋友都不想和他玩，所以他們出去玩了。有時(shí)，里翁真想和朋友們一起到外面玩。

On Monday， Neon gets a new video game. He plays it all day on Tuesday and sleeps with the remote5 in his hand. He beats it on Wednesday. He is so excited that he goes outside to tell his friends during their soccer game.

星期一，里翁得到了一款新的電子游戲。他星期二整天都在玩，手里拿著遙控器睡覺(jué)。他星期三就打通關(guān)了。他非常興奮，于是跑出去告訴他的朋友們，他們正在進(jìn)行足球比賽。

He is going to ask them， “Have you ever beaten a game in three days？” Hes sure they will say， “No.” And then he will tell them that he did something they have never done. “Wait， till the game is over，” they say.

他要問(wèn)他們：“你們有沒(méi)有在三天內(nèi)通關(guān)過(guò)一個(gè)游戲？”他確定他們會(huì)說(shuō)“沒(méi)有”，然后他會(huì)告訴他們，他做成了沒(méi)有人做成過(guò)的事情。但他們說(shuō)：“等到比賽結(jié)束再說(shuō)?！?/p>

So， he waits， waits， and waits. “Can I play？” he asks， and they say， “Yes.” Neon has never played soccer before， but he actually likes it. Hes not the best player on the field， but thats okay. After the game， he is very tired， but hes glad that he played with his friends.

因此他等了又等，等了又等。他問(wèn)：“我可以玩嗎？”他們答：“可以。”里翁以前從未踢過(guò)足球，但他很喜歡踢。他不是場(chǎng)上最好的球員，但是沒(méi)關(guān)系。比賽結(jié)束后，他非常疲倦，但他為自己能和伙伴們一起踢球感到高興。

“What did you want to ask us？” they say. “Can we play again tomorrow？” he asks. Now Neon is better at real soccer than he is at video game soccer.

“你想問(wèn)我們什么？”他們說(shuō)。“明天我們可以再踢一次嗎？”他問(wèn)。現(xiàn)在，里翁在真實(shí)的足球比賽中比在電子游戲足球方面更勝一籌。

（英語(yǔ)原文選自：gutenberg.org）

【Notes】

1. tackle? v. 應(yīng)付;（足球、曲棍球等）搶球

2. monster? n. 怪物;巨人，巨獸

3. catch? v. 趕上;抓住

4. pilot? n. 飛行員

5. remote n. 遠(yuǎn)程;遙控器