《炉石传说》即将迎来猛犸年 拉格纳罗斯等将被移除

 　　If you play Blizzard¹'s massive card game Hearthstone, and millions do, you probably have two of the most iconic cards Sylvanas Windrunner and Ragnaros the Firelord knocking around at least a couple of your decks. Well, not for much longer.

　　如果你和上百万的玩家们一样，都在玩暴雪的卡牌游戏力作《炉石传说》，你或许会有两张极具标志性的卡牌--希尔瓦娜斯·风行者和炎魔之王拉格纳罗斯，它们会出现在你的至少两副套牌中。不过，好景不长了。

　　They're part of a collection of six cards that Blizzard is removing from the Standard game as part of its latest reshuffle. The Year Of The Mammoth² is coming in Hearthstone, and it's bringing a heap of changes.

　　暴雪将会在最新一次的退环境中将六张卡牌移出标准模式，这两张牌便位列其中。《炉石传说》即将迎来猛犸年，随之而来的是一大堆的改动。

　　Along with Sylvanas Windrunner and Ragnaros the Firelord, Azure³ Drake, Ice Lance, Conceal⁴ and Power Overwhelming are all out too.

　　不止是希尔瓦娜斯·风行者和炎魔之王拉格纳罗斯，碧蓝幼龙、冰枪术、隐藏和力量的代价都将被移出。

　　《炉石传说》即将迎来猛犸年 拉格纳罗斯等将被移除

　　Players can still use the cards in Hearthstone's Wild mode, but most hardcore players focus on Standard. Blizzard explains why it's made these changes.

　　虽然玩家们仍然可以在《炉石传说》的狂野模式中使用这些卡牌，但是大多数的硬核玩家都专注于标准模式。暴雪对他们做出这些改动的原因作了解释。

　　In order to keep Hearthstone exciting and accessible as more cards are added, Standard allows players to use the most recently released cards, as well as a core of Basic and Classic cards, it says.

　　暴雪方面表示：“随着越来越多的卡牌加入《炉石传说》，为了保持游戏的刺激程度和易上手程度，标准模式允许玩家使用绝大部分新近发布的卡牌，以及核心的基础与经典卡牌。”

　　Our overall intention with Standard is to keep the game feeling fresh for all of our players, and to allow newer players to jump into Hearthstone quickly, without collecting lots of cards to build a competitive deck. Standard also gives our developers more freedom when designing new cards for the future.

　　“我们对标准模式的总体意向便是让所有玩家保持对游戏的新鲜感，允许新入手的玩家快速地进入炉石的环境，让他们在构竞争力强的套牌时无须收集海量的卡牌。标准模式也为我们的开发者设计未来的新卡牌时提供了更多的自由空间。”

　　Another bit of news from Hearthstone HQ is that there will be three expansions this year, bringing a bunch of new cards.

　　此外，《炉石传说》总部还传来一则新消息，今年将会有三个扩展包，为我们带来一大堆的新卡牌。

　　RIP Ragnaros. You'll live on in our hearts. And Wild mode.

　　安息吧，拉格纳罗斯。你将在我们的心中，以及狂野模式中永存。

1 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

2 mammoth   

n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的

参考例句：

• You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
• Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。

3 azure   

adj.天蓝色的，蔚蓝色的

参考例句：

• His eyes are azure.他的眼睛是天蓝色的。
• The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.清朗蔚蓝的天空中阳光明媚。

4 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
• He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。