VOA常速英语:Strange Things Happen When People Play Pokemon Go(翻译)

They are easy to spot, seemingly everywhere.Just ask anyone holding mobile phone how many pokemon they’ve caught and the answer is something like this:“I got more than a hundred creatures now, and my favorite is Pikachu.”
它们很容易被发现，几乎是处处都有。只要去问问任何一个手持手机的人已经抓到多少只口袋精灵了，你会得到如下类似的回答：“我现在抓到一百多只了，我最喜欢的是皮卡丘。”

Pikachu was caught under this tree on the campus of the University of Southern California.It is one of the most popular pokemons.
此前，皮卡丘正是在南加利福尼亚大学校园的这颗树下被抓获的。还有一些口袋妖怪也同样拥有超高人气。

Players can catch, train and battle other creatures in this mobile game using augmented reality.The game uses a real world map and superimposes virtual cartoon images to the physical world.
利用增强现实技术，玩家们可以在手机上抓获、训练并与其他精灵战斗。这款游戏使用了真实世界地图，并将虚拟卡通形象叠加到真实环境中。

Players say there are unexpected benefits from playing the game.“You need to walk a lot, so it actually helps you to walk and explore the surroundings you maybe haven’t explored before.I actually plan to go to Santa Monica this weekend with my friend because I’ve heard that there are a lot of creatures like special creatures there.”
玩家表示玩这款游戏可以有意外收获。“你得步行很远，所以实际上它能帮助你健身，还能探索发现你以前从没去过的地方。实际上我计划这周末跟朋友一起去圣莫尼卡，因为我听说那边有很多特殊的小精灵。”

At Santa Monica Pier, VOA caught plenty of players catching Pokemons.“It’s cool.”“Glad I’m like he likes it, and you know we used to hang out and do this.”
在圣莫妮卡码头，VOA记者看到很多玩家都在玩抓口袋妖怪。“它很酷。”“很高兴他能喜欢这游戏，我们经常一起出去玩这个。”

“It allows you to meet new people, like I just met him today just about less than an hour ago.”
“它让你遇见新朋友，就比如我旁边这位我是今天差不多一个小时之前才认识的。”

“As much fun as it is for people to play this game and even take a picture with it and send the picture of pokemon to friends,for some people, there are some side effects to play this game and it’s making the news.
“人们玩的不亦乐乎，甚至会与其合影并把小精灵的照片发送给朋友看。但是对于某些人来说，这游戏也有负面影响，已有新闻报道了。”

Two players being robbed, the game has an unintended consequences.
两名玩家遭到抢劫，该游戏有着意料之外的结果。

“We love to embrace what’s next, but we don’t always think before we jump, and I think that part of the power of these digital capabilities, both virtual and augmented reality, are so compelling — or they can be so compelling in some cases — that they are addictive, and they do cause you to behave in ways that you wouldn’t normally do.”
“我们热衷于接受即将到来之事，但没有做到三思而后行，我认为这些电子设备，包括虚拟和增强现实技术的力量和魅力是如此的无法抗拒，或者说是在某种情况下变得这么令人不可抗拒，导致人们沉溺其中，也确实使你做出些非凡举动。”

Todd Richmond and his team have been researching virtual and augmented reality years before they were made public.
托德·里士满及其团队早在增强现实技术普及的数年前就开始了从事研究工作。

He says while still in its infancy, augmented reality will eventually touch every aspect of life.
他表示尽管技术目前尚不成熟，但未来终将深入到日常生活的各方各面。

“AR is about bringing digital things into your physical space, and it’s still your physical space, so that’s a transaction that is a lot easier I think for humans to process,but it’s also potentially a lot more dangerous because now you have the possibility of feeding ads to everyone everywhere.”
“AR将数码带进实际空间，且空间依旧是实际真实的，所以，我认为对人类来说这是一件更加容易操作的事务，但同时也存在潜在危险，因为现在的你很有可能在任何地点向任何人发布广告。”

Richmond says augmented reality can enrich life, but he warned: Any new technology can also be exploited.
里士满表示，增强现实技术虽能丰富我们的生活，但他依旧作出警告：任何新技术也可被蓄意利用。

Elizabeth Lee, VOA NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
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