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2003.03.12
Hello again! Today we talk about electricity at its most playful. Are you one of the loyal fans of these high-tech games? Or are you a parent who curses them and just wishes your child could learn to play with sticks and acorns like you used to?
VIDEO GAME / COMPUTER GAME ビデオゲーム、テレビゲーム/コンピュータゲーム
- A video game is an electronic game played by controlling images on a TV or other screen. Controls include buttons, joysticks (a vertical stick-like control), steering wheels, etc.
A computer game is a game played on a computer.
Be careful:
We do not use the expression "TV game" like the Japanese テレビゲーム to mean video game. - video game は、テレビやその他の画面に映し出される映像をコントロールしながら行うゲームです。コントロール装置は、ボタンやジョイスティック(棒状のコントローラー)、ハンドルなどです。
computer game は、コンピュータを使って行うゲームです。
注意:
英語のTV game という表現は、日本語の「テレビゲーム」の意味では使われません。
- Video game these days are so realistic, it's like watching a movie you can control.
- I'm worried about my son. All he does is play video games all day.
- A lot of computer games are based on successful action, fantasy, and science fiction movies.
- a: What do you use your computer for?
b: Mostly just to surf the Net and play computer games.
So, how many aliens have you killed today?