CNN 2012-02-13

 Ambassador Rice ,the second youngest person to hold that position.She's the first African American woman to be America's representative to the United Nations so she did perfect in the theme of this year's Black history month,black woman in the American culture and history.As a Ambassador Rice represents United States to the international community at the United Nations so she presents America's views on the global issues that UN tackles,things like peace,climate change and the fight against poverty and disease.Rice holds several positions in former president Bill Clinton administration.She earns a undergraduate in Stanford and completed her master's degree and doctor at Oxford¹ University.We have a great way for you to test your knowledge of other significant people in advance of African American history so interactive² quiz designed especially for Black History Month.And it's in the spotlight³ section on our homepage at CNN student news not com.

 

Time for a shout out after credit.Which of these video game was released first?Was it Mario Brothers,Pong,Pac-Man or Donkey Kong?Another three seconds on the clock.Go.Pong was the first video game,came out in 1972,although the graphic⁴ might be seen  primitive by today's standards.That's your answer and that's your shout out extra credit.

 

 

Well,you have seen the rating on video games that say what age group games are suitable for.There's T for teen,E for everyone. Japan might need a new rating for one group of gamers,SC,senior citizens.Q showers how the elderly over running some arcades⁶ in Japan,and why the arcades owners couldn't be happy about it.

 

 

The hyper animated⁷ shot-them-up world,Japan's video game arcade⁵.Players have gone from preteen to retiree.When we look around we see a lot of people who are about your same age,why?Because it's fun here,says TOKA.He's 70 so many grey hair gamers gather here that this arcade has morphed into a unofficial senior center.

 

 

Of course,we did,he says pointing out games that meet you every other day,games are good prevent dementia.A clear trend spotted⁸ by the cooperation that owns this arcade,now pushing senior days,building more ping-ball,coin generative games and marketing⁹ easy to use point cards.

Are you purposely make this more analog¹⁰ to meet the needs of an old population?That' right,says sega's spokeswoman,in Japan,the trend is to use mobile phone to collect point,we are using paper because it's senior-friendly.

 

 

If you think getting senior people to play video games is a crazy idea,well,consider this,for every child in Japan, there are two elderly people in 50 years the number will grow,for every child,there will be four elderly people.It only makes economic sense.

 

 

Japan is aging faster than any other where on the planet,with the birth rate at the history lows. The arcade is just one example of once youth folks industry shifting to meet the population reality.No telling ,says the video game industry, but the future of this graying nation holds.Y,CNN Tokyo.

 

 

Before we go,things are looking up for a very small housing market.It's for two kangaroos in Australian zoo.It's looking up because these are tree kangaroos.They are most of their lives up off the ground. They just move to a new home in the facility.Forget hopping,these things are natural climbers.Right now,they are just male and female but the zoo keeper say,they hope a baby room could be on the way soon.So in another words,the couple could bring home a little fun to look,shall we?Hopefully,they are getting settled into their new home and nothing kanga ruin that experience.We will bounce back tomorrow.We are CNN Students News,hope see you then,byebye.

1 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

2 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

3 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

4 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

5 arcade   

n.拱廊；(一侧或两侧有商店的)通道

参考例句：

• At this time of the morning,the arcade was almost empty.在早晨的这个时候，拱廊街上几乎空无一人。
• In our shopping arcade,you can find different kinds of souvenir.在我们的拱廊市场，你可以发现许多的纪念品。

6 arcades   

n.商场( arcade的名词复数 )；拱形走道（两旁有商店或娱乐设施）；连拱廊；拱形建筑物

参考例句：

• Clothes are on sale in several shopping arcades these days. 近日一些服装店的服装正在大减价。 来自轻松英语会话---联想4000词(下)
• The Plaza Mayor, with its galleries and arcades, is particularly impressive. 市长大厦以其别具风格的走廊和拱廊给人留下十分深刻的印象。 来自互联网

7 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

8 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

9 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

10 analog   

n.类似物，模拟

参考例句：

• The analog signal contains high-frequency video information,which helps make up the picture.模拟信号包括有助于构成图像的高频视频信息。
• The analog computer measures continuously,without proceeding step by step.模拟计算机不是一步一步地进行，而是连续地进行量度。