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Lucy and Jimmy Play Chess 决战西洋棋

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Lucy and Jimmy are sitting in the living room. 露西和吉米坐在客厅里。

 Lucy: What do you want to do today? There’s nothing on TV and I’m ___1___. 你今天想要做什么？电视上没什么好看的，而且我好无聊。

Jimmy: Hmm… you just gave me an idea. Why don’t we play a board game? 嗯…你给了我一个灵感，我们何不来玩桌上游戏呢？

Lucy: That’s a ___2___ idea. I haven’t played a tabletop game in ages. How about Monopoly? 真是个好主意，我已经很久没有玩桌上游戏了。玩大富翁如何？

Jimmy: That’s a good one but it takes ___3___ hours. Plus, it isn’t much fun with just two ___4___. 那个游戏还不错，但要花好几个小时。况且只有两个人并不好玩。

Lucy: You’ve got a point. Maybe we should play checkers ___5___. 你说到重点了，或许我们应该改玩西洋跳棋。

Jimmy: Nah, that game is way too ___6___. We’ll get bored with it quickly. 噢不，那游戏太简单了，我们很快就会觉得无聊的。

Lucy: Well, what did you have in mind? 嗯，那你有什么主意？

Jimmy: Let’s play some chess. 我们来玩西洋棋。

Lucy: Are you ___7___? Chess is a game for nerds. 你在开玩笑吗？西洋棋是书呆子玩的游戏。

Jimmy: No, it’s not. Chess is actually really cool. You just have to be ___8___ to play it. 不，不是的。西洋棋其实很酷，只是下棋时，需要机灵一点而已。

Lucy: In that case, I should defeat you very easily. Get ready to ___9___, jimmy. 这样说来，我应该很快就能赢你。准备输吧，吉米。

Jimmy: We’ll see about that. 我们得试了才知道。

Jimmy takes the chess set out of the cabinet. 吉米从橱柜里拿出整组西洋棋。

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Vocabulary

chess [tʃɛs] n. 西洋棋

Tom and his brother set up the black and white pieces of the chess game.

board game 棋盘游戏（指跳棋、国际象棋等）；硬纸板游戏（如大富翁等）

Kids would play board games in their free time before video games appeared.

in ages 过了很久的时间

Holly found it hard to play tennis because she hadn't practiced in ages.

in that case 既然那样

It might rain; in that case, we will watch a movie instead of going to the park.

cabinet [ˋkæbənɪt] n. 橱，柜

Laura opened her kitchen cabinet and pulled out a can of corn.

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tabletop game 桌上游戏

Monopoly [məˋnɑp!ɪ] 地产大亨纸盘游戏

checkers [ˋtʃɛkɚz] n. 西洋跳棋

have something in mind 有...想法; 想做某事

nerd [nɝd] n. 书呆子

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Jimmy finishes setting up the board. 吉米摆好棋盘。

Lucy: What are those smaller pieces called? 那些比较小的棋子叫什么？

Jimmy: Those are pawns. They move in straight lines, but they capture other pieces by moving diagonally. ___1___. 那些是士兵，他们直线移动，但可以斜对角移动吃掉其他棋子，像这样。

Jimmy takes Lucy’s pawn. 吉米吃了露西的士兵。

Lucy: Hey! 嘿！

Jimmy: Sorry about that. ___2___. 不好意思，该你了。

Lucy grabs her queen. 露西拿着她的皇后。

Jimmy: ___3___. That’s a powerful piece. Don’t becareless or I could take it. 注意了，那是一个很有威力的棋。不要轻忽，否则我会吃了它。

Lucy: I’m not falling for that. You’re scared I will use it to beat you. 我不会上当的，你是怕我会用它击败你。

Lucy moves her queen. Jimmy quickly captures it. 露西移动了她的皇后，吉米很快地吃了它。

Lucy: ___4___? 刚刚发生了什么事？

Jimmy: Knights jump in L-shaped patterns. So I used mine to eliminate your queen. 骑士走L型步，所以我用它消灭了你的皇后。

Lucy: That’s not nice. You should go easier on me. I’m still new to this game. 你很坏耶，你应该要稍微让我一点，我才刚学耶。

Jimmy: You said I would lose to you, but it seems you’re gonna lose to me. 你之前说我会输给你，但你似乎即将败给我啦。

Lucy moves. Jimmy slides his bishop out. 露西走了一步，吉米悄悄地移动他的主教。

Jimmy: Checkmate! Your king is trapped. ___5___! Hahaha! 将死！你的国王落入圈套了。不好意思，你输了！哈哈哈！

Lucy gets mad. 露西很生气。

Lucy : Forget this game! I’m going to do something ___6___－shopping! 这局就算了吧！我要去做比较简单且有趣的事－逛街！

Lucy storms out and goes to the mall. 露西冲出去并前往购物商场。

－by Jamie Blackler

单词发音

Vocabulary

straight [stret] adj. 直的

A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.

careless [ˋkɛrlɪs] adj. 粗心的

care n. 注意; 关心

The careless boy spilled his soup all over his new pants.

fall for【俚】受...的骗, 上...的当

Rick always falls for Lucy's tricks and feels foolish afterwards.

eliminate [ɪˋlɪmə͵net] v. 消除，消灭

The farmer worked hard to eliminate all the weeds on his land.

slide [slaɪd] v. 滑，滑动

It's fun to slide over ice on a frozen lake, but it can be dangerous.

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pawn [pɔn] n.（国际象棋中的）兵，卒

diagonally [daɪˋægənəlɪ] adv. 对角地

L-shaped [ʃept] adj. L形的

go easy on sb  宽容温和地对待（某人）

checkmate [ˋtʃɛkˋmet] n.【棋】将死