2019高考英语最新阅读作文新闻素材课件：职业电竞选手 (共8张ppt)

职业电竞选手其实是在吃青春饭 1 世界上一些顶级电子竞技选手每周工作时间长达80小时，大部分时间花在漫长累人的电子游戏训练上，最终付出了身体和精神上的双重代价。 Some of the world’s top esports players work as many as 80 hours a week, with much of the time spent on marathon video game sessions that end up taking a physical and mental toll（代价）. esports n. 电子竞技 marathon ['mærəθ(ə)n] adj. 马拉松式的；有耐力的 One high-profile gamer, Indy Halpern, says that he sometimes practices for eight hours a day, which often leads to lower-back and wrist pain. 知名电竞玩家印迪·哈尔佩恩表示，他有时每天练习8小时，这常导致下背部和手腕疼痛。 high-profile [hai'prəufail] adj. 高调的；备受瞩目的；知名度高的 wrist [rɪst] n. 手腕；腕关节 3 Halpern also outlined the mental risks: “You always have that pressure on your shoulders that you have to perform, ”he says. 哈尔佩恩还提到了心理上的风险，他说：“你一直承受着必须表现出色的压力。” outline ['aʊtlaɪn] vt. 概述；略述 4 Doug Gardner, a sports psychology consultant, recalled seeing “emaciated（瘦弱憔悴的）” players exhausted after relentless（不间断的） gameplay. 据体育心理学顾问道格·加德纳回忆，他曾看到“瘦弱的”队员在没完没了的比赛后精疲力竭的样子。 exhausted [ɪɡ'zɔːstɪd] adj. 疲惫的；耗尽的 5 Early retireme