❸Software stops gamers

江西 罗焕慧

□语篇导读

你喜欢玩游戏吗？你有没有想过从游戏玩家变身为软件设计者呢？14岁的巴中少年董涵设计的“学生家长控制系统”,就是他玩游戏玩出来的!这个系统包括定时锁定、网页黑名单、程序黑名单、网页浏览历史、屏幕护眼等板块,可以帮助家长有效地控制孩子玩游戏的时间,防止孩子沉迷游戏!

You open a computer game and promise to play it for just a little while.But as time goes by,you can't stop.Has this ever happened to you?

Dong Han,14,developed a software program to stop people from becoming addicted (上瘾的)to computer games.He studies at the Second Middle School of Bazhong City in Sichuan Province.His software won second prize during a national computer production competition,which was organized by the Ministry of Education.

Dong's software can help parents control the time that their children spend using the computer.They can set a certain time for use.When users run out of time,the computer will automatically(自动地)lock up.Parents can set website black lists and check the browsing(浏览)history,too.

It took Dong only a week to make it.It was all about programming.

For the past two years,Dong has taught himself the skill of programming through reading books and watching videos.When he ran into problems,he asked for help on CSDN,a network of software developers in China.

“For Chinese,the biggest challenge is the language,”he said.“Most programming languages are in English.It's easier to remember some English keywords first.”He suggests that beginners start with Visual Basic and Python programming.

Dongknowshow tobalancestudyand games.

He has often heard parents complain (抱怨)about their children.That's how he got the idea for his award-winning software.

In the future,he aims to make the software into an APP.

◆词语积淀

1.production/prə'dʌkʃn/n.作品；成果；生产

2.network/'netwзːk/n.网点；网络

3.developer/dɪ'veləpə(r)/n.开发者；开发人员

4.keyword/kiːwзːd/n.关键字；密码

5.balance/'bæləns/vt.权衡；使平衡 n.平衡；匀称

6.become addicted to 对……上瘾；沉迷于……

7.run into遇到；遭遇；遇见

◆典句赏析

1.You open a computer game and promise to play it for just a little while.你打开一款电脑游戏并许诺只玩一小会儿。

promise to do sth.是一种固定搭配形式,属于“动词+不定式”句型结构,意为“承诺做某事”。

【即时尝试】请记住你已承诺每天锻炼身体。

2.When users run out of time,the computer will automatically(自动地)lock up.当使用者的时间耗尽时,电脑会自动锁定。

(1)run out of sth.意为“用光某物；耗尽某物”,介词of的后面可以接名词或代词等。

(2)lock up意思是“把……锁定；封锁……”,这类“动词+副词”构成的词组,后接代词时,该代词要放在这两个词的中间,其近义词组为shut up(关闭)。

【即时尝试】当你花光了钱,你会怎么办？

3.He has often heard parents complain(抱怨)about their children.他经常听到父母抱怨他们的孩子。

(1)hear sb.do sth.“感官动词hear+人+动词原形”,意为“听到某人做某事”。

(2)complain about sb./doing sth.意为“抱怨某人 /做某事”,complain是不及物动词,后接“about+名词”或者动名词短语。

【即时尝试】你经常抱怨作业太多吗？

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译文助读

你打开一款电脑游戏并许诺只玩一小会儿。但是随着时间的流逝,你却停不下来。这种事在你身上曾发生过吗？

董涵,14岁,开发了一款防止人们沉迷游戏的软件。他目前就读于四川省巴中市第二中学。他的软件获得了由教育部组织的全国电脑制作大赛的二等奖。

董涵的软件能帮助父母控制孩子使用电脑的时间。他们可以设定一定的使用时间。当使用者的时间耗尽,电脑会自动锁定。父母可以设置网站黑名单，也能检查网站浏览的历史记录。

这个软件董涵只用了一个星期就制作完毕,全都是用编程完成的。

在过去的两年里,董涵通过阅读书籍、观看视频自学了编程技术。当他遇到困难,他会求助于CSDN——中国的一个软件开发者网站。

董涵说：“对于中国人而言,编程最大的挑战是语言,大多数程序语言都是英文。因此先记住一些英文关键词会变得更容易。”他建议初学者可以从视觉化基础程式语言和爬虫编程开始。

董涵懂得如何平衡学业和游戏。

他经常听到有父母抱怨他们的孩子。这是他制作这项获奖软件的起初想法。

今后,他的目标是把这个软件开发成一款手机应用程序。