VOA常速英语:Online Gamers Hone Skills in a Pandemic

A remote practice requires concentration and team work.
远程练习需要全神贯注和团队合作。
Esports is just as competitive and just as exhausting as any other sports.
电子竞技和其他运动一样有竞争力，也同样令人筋疲力尽。
Youre using your brain, youre communicating, youre having strategic plans
你在用你的大脑，和别人交流，制定战略计划
and its the same format as like baseball and stuff.
就像棒球之类的有同样的规划。
And its challenging like chess, says an eSports player who studies mathematics who says the skills are similar.
这就像国际象棋一样具有挑战性，一位数学专业的电子竞技运动员说，他们的技能是相似的。
You can discuss multiple ways to solve one to get what wasnt same answer and
你可以讨论解决一个问题的多种方法，得到不一样的答案
I feel like you can do the same thing in eSports.
我觉得你可以在电子竞技中做同样的事情。
ESports is a billion dollar industry with professional teams and competitions
电子竞技是一个十亿美元的产业，拥有专业的团队和竞赛。
that draw thousands of spectators who come to see the worlds top gamers.
这吸引了成千上万的观众前来观看世界顶级游戏玩家的比赛。
The computer-based sport also offers professional opportunities.
这种以电脑为基础的运动也提供了职业机会。
Event planning, logistics, purchasing the business side is a big side of it, accounting and finances
活动策划，物流，采购业务方面是它的一个大方面，会计和财务也是一大方面。
So we try to do an event where we try to integrate all those aspects into the whole eSports event.
所以我们试着做一个活动，我们尝试把所有这些方面整合到整个电子竞技活动中。
When not locked down at home, Pro players compete for trophies and prize money.
没有隔离在家的时候，这些职业球员为争夺奖杯和奖金进行比赛。
At the college level, some get involved for enjoyment.
在大学里，有些人为了享受而参与其中。
All right lets just go for it and as you know Im here making a lot more friends and its really fun just be on a team.
好吧，让我们开始吧，正如你所知，我在这里交了更多的朋友，成为一个团队真的很有趣。
This computer science student is developing job skills.
这位计算机科学专业的学生正在扩展工作技能。
And now I help with the social media marketing, I make a lot of the promotional graphics.
现在我协助参与社交媒体的营销，我制作了很多的宣传图形。
I help with administering a current website for the Association.
我帮助管理该协会目前的网站。
Some professional athletes are turning to eSports in their time and isolation.
一些职业运动员在他们所处的时间和与世隔绝的环境中转向电子竞技。
It offers virtual competition without boundaries and does the same for student players.
它提供没有边界的虚拟竞争，对学生玩家也是如此。
Essentially were able to compete with other people from across the world and get connected with other people
从本质上说，我们能够与来自世界各地的其他人竞争，并与其他人建立联系。
that we wouldnt typically be able to meet in person which is pretty neat if you ask me.
我们通常不会见面，如果你问我的话，我觉得这很好。
Professional teams are getting involved in online gaming as the line between sports and eSports starts to blur
随着体育和电子竞技之间的界限开始模糊，专业团队正在参与在线游戏，
and eSports comes into its own in a time of pandemic.
电子竞技也是在疫情期间非常流行。
Michael Sullivan VOA news Los Angeles
VOA记者Michael Sullivan洛杉矶报道