日本司机玩《精灵宝可梦Go》撞死行人

 　　TOKYO — In the first reported death in Japan linked to the Pokémon Go craze, a man who was playing the popular smartphone game while driving struck two pedestrians¹, killing² one, the police said on Thursday.

　　东京——当地警方周四表示，一名在驾驶车辆时玩《精灵宝可梦Go》智能手机游戏的男子，撞倒了两名行人，致使其中一人死亡，这是《精灵宝可梦Go》掀起热潮以来，日本首次报道的与=该游戏有关的死亡事故。

　　Nintendo and Niantic, the companies behind the game, expressed condolences to the families of the victims.

　　推出这款游戏的任天堂(Nintendo)和尼安蒂克(Niantic)公司向遇难者家属表示了哀悼。

　　Pokémon Go uses what is known as augmented³ reality technology, which puts images of digital monsters in real-world environments for players to hunt with a flick⁴ of their fingers.

　　《精灵宝可梦Go》使用被称为增强现实的技术，把数码怪物的图像放在现实环境中，玩家可在手机屏幕上用轻拂手指来捕获精灵。

　　Distracted Pokémon Go players around the world have been involved in numerous mishaps⁵, including less serious car crashes and falls.

　　在世界各地，被《精灵宝可梦Go》分心的玩家们已经出了不少小事故，包括轻微车祸和跌倒。

　　In the United States, several people were reported to have been attacked or robbed while playing the game, though the connection between the violence and the fact that the victims were using Pokémon Go at the time has not always been clear.

　　据报道，美国已经有几个人在玩游戏时被袭或遭抢，虽然暴力行为与受害者在事发时玩《精灵宝可梦Go》一事之间的联系并不总是很清楚。

　　The death in Japan occurred Tuesday evening in rural Tokushima Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku in the south of the country.

　　日本的这次死亡事故于周二晚发生在德岛县郊区，该县位于日本南部的四国岛。

　　The police in Tokushima said they had arrested the driver, Keiji Go’o, a 39-year-old farmer who they said was behind the wheel of a small cargo⁶ van when he struck the two pedestrians — Sachiko Nakanishi, 72, and Kayoko Ikawa, 60 — at an intersection⁷.

　　德岛县警方说，他们已经将司机逮捕，他是39岁的农民吾大敬二(Keiji Go'o)，警方说，他开着小货运车在一个交叉路口撞倒了两名行人：72岁的中西幸子(Sachiko Nakanishi)和60岁的伊川佳代子(Kayoko Ikawa)。

　　Ms. Nakanishi died of a broken neck, the police said; the extent of Ms. Ikawa’s injuries was not disclosed. Mr. Go’o remained in custody⁸ on Thursday, but the police said he had admitted being distracted by the game when the accident occurred.

　　警方说，中西幸子因颈部受伤而死亡；警方没有透露伊川佳代子的受伤程度。周四，吾大敬二仍在拘留中，警方表示，他已承认事故发生时，自己因玩游戏而分了心。

　　Photographs and video taken by the Japanese news media showed what they said was the van driven by Mr. Go’o, with a smashed windshield.

　　日本新闻媒体拍摄的照片和视频，显示了一辆面包车，该辆被指为吾大敬二所有，车的挡风玻璃被撞碎。

　　Niantic, a spinoff of Google that is responsible for the design of Pokémon Go, has added in-game warnings against playing while driving or in other potentially dangerous situations, and a spokesman said the company prioritized safety.

　　从谷歌(Google)分立出来的尼安蒂克是《精灵宝可梦Go》的设计者，公司在游戏中增添了对驾车玩游戏、或其他潜在危险的警告，公司一位发言人表示，公司把安全放在首要地位。

　　Nintendo, which is based in Japan and owns part of the company that manages the Pokémon franchise⁹, said it was working to “create an environment where people can play the game safely.”

　　总部在日本的任天堂，拥有一家管理精灵宝可梦专营权公司的部分股权，任天堂说，它在致力于“创造一个让大家可以安全地玩游戏的环境”。

　　More than 10 million people in Japan downloaded the game on the day it debuted¹⁰ here last month, after a similarly huge reception in the United States and elsewhere.

　　这款游戏上个月在这里首次推出后，日本已有逾1000万人下载了软件，那之前，该游戏在美国和其他地区也同样备受欢迎。

　　Distraction¹¹ on the roads is not the only potential danger; some train stations have begun broadcasting warnings against playing while walking along crowded platforms.

　　在路上分心不是这个游戏的唯一潜在危险；有的火车站已经开始播放警告，提醒人们不要在拥挤的站台上边走边玩。

1 pedestrians   

n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 Augmented   

adj.增音的 动词augment的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• 'scientists won't be replaced," he claims, "but they will be augmented." 他宣称：“科学家不会被取代；相反，他们会被拓展。” 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
• The impact of the report was augmented by its timing. 由于发表的时间选得好，这篇报导的影响更大了。

4 flick   

n.快速的轻打，轻打声，弹开；v.轻弹，轻轻拂去，忽然摇动

参考例句：

• He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
• By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下，将马头上的苍蝇驱走。

5 mishaps   

n.轻微的事故，小的意外( mishap的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a series of mishaps 一连串的倒霉事
• In spite of one or two minor mishaps everything was going swimmingly. 尽管遇到了一两件小小的不幸，一切都进行得很顺利。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

7 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

8 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

9 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

10 debuted   

初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
• The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

11 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。