4. Othello / Reversi 黑白棋
Othello,就是莎士比亚四大悲剧之一的“奥赛罗”那个词,是一个黑白棋品牌,但由于它在美国很受欢迎,大家也直接叫这种游戏Othello。
(1) Let's play Othello.
咱们玩儿黑白棋吧。
(2) By placing your chips on both sides of your opponent's chips, you change them to your color.
你通过夹住对方的棋子,把它们变成自己的颜色。
只有很薄的、代币状的棋子才能叫chip,如果你是用围棋棋子玩儿的黑白棋,需要使用stone,或棋子的统称piece。
(3) The person who has more chips at the end of the game wins.
在游戏结束时,棋子数量多的人获胜。
(4) I have this game on my phone. Let's play a round.
我手机上有这个游戏。咱们玩儿一局吧。
(5) I used to play it on a video game console when I was a kid.
我小的时候是在游戏机上玩儿的。
5. Five in a Row / Connect Five / Gobang 五子棋
(1) Let's play Five in a Row.
咱们玩儿五子棋吧。
(2) The same board and pieces used for Go can be used for Five in a Row.
咱们可以用围棋的棋盘和棋子来玩儿五子棋。
(3) The players take turns laying down pieces.
每个人轮流下。
(4) The first person to connect a row of five stones horizontally, vertically, or diagonally wins the game.
第一个把棋子横着、竖着或者斜着连成一行的人算赢。
如果你觉得horizontally, vertically, diagonally对孩子来说有点复杂,也可以用across, up and down, slanted表达横着、竖着、斜着。
6. Chess 国际象棋
(1) Let's play chess.
咱们玩儿国际象棋吧。
前面介绍的几个游戏名称第一个字母都需要大写,因为它们是品牌名或者一种特殊的游戏,而chess和后面要介绍的checkers(跳棋)都属于游戏大类,因此首字母不需要大写。
(2) Each player has 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns.
每个人有16个棋子:1个王、1个后、两个车、两个马、两个象和8个兵。
不能用chess这个词作棋子讲。
(3) Different types of pieces move differently.
不同种类的棋子走的方式不同。
(4) Pawns move ahead one space (or two if it is their first move). They can attack diagonally one space at a time.
兵只能往前走,第一步可以走一步或两步,以后每次只能走一步。兵斜着攻击一步之内的棋子。
(5) Bishops move in diagonal lines.
象斜着走。
注意:Bishop读作['biʃəp],不要读成['biʃɔp]。
(6) Rooks move in straight lines.
车直着走。
(7) Knights move in an L pattern and can jump over other pieces.
马走L型,而且可以跳过其他棋子(不会别马脚)。
(8) Queens move instraight or diagonal lines.
后直着或者斜着走。
(9) Kings also move in straight or diagonal lines but only one space at a time.
王也直着或者斜着走,但是每次只能走一格。
(10) You use your pieces to eliminate your opponent's. The objective is to checkmate the opponent's king.
你用你的棋子去吃对方的子。你的最终目的是“将死”对方的王。
7. Chinese chess / Xiang qi 中国象棋