Coding Camp
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Nina, Jody, and Matt sat down to try out the game they had been working on all week.
尼娜,乔迪,和马特坐下来试玩 他们一直在玩的一整个星期。
The end of Coding Camp was just two days away.
编码营的结束只是两天后。
They all wanted their team to win this year’s computer game design contest.
他们都希望自己的团队能赢得今年的电脑游戏设计大赛.
When Jody hit “Start,” though, they saw that something was very wrong.
当乔迪击出“开始”, 他们发现有些事情很不对劲。
The screen filled with strange blocks of color.
屏幕充满了奇特的颜色
How could this happen?
怎么会这样?
Nina thought.
尼娜认为。
It’s my first year at camp!
这是我在营地的第一年!
I really want to do a good job!
我真的很想做个好工作!
Jody tried to get their game to run a few times, but nothing happened.
乔迪试图让他们的游戏运行几次,但什么也没发生.
They had to face the truth.
他们不得不面对真相。
The computer must have crashed while backing up their work.
电脑一定是在支持他们工作时坠毁的
Most of their files were unusable.
他们的档案大多无法使用。
The only things left were Nina’s computer drawings of some items from the first room.
仅剩尼娜的电脑图纸,
I’m glad I saved those on my laptop, Nina thought.
尼娜认为,
“We don’t have time to make a whole new game,” Jody said.
Jody说,
“We’re going to have to use what we have.”
“我们必须利用我们所拥有的一切。 “
“How are we going to make a game using a toaster, a toy unicorn, and a few houseplants?”
“我们如何使用烤面包机、玩具独角兽和几所房屋制造游戏? “
Nina wondered.
妮娜在想这个
They were going to need help.
他们需要帮助。
They ran to the camp office and asked their counselor, Tom, to help them.
他们跑到营地办公室,请他们的顾问汤姆帮助他们.
He had some great ideas.
他有一些伟大的想法。
Over the next few hours, Jody, Nina, and Matt worked on a new idea for their game.
在接下来的几个小时里,乔迪,尼娜和马特为他们的游戏努力了一个新的想法.
“What about an arcade game?”
“街机游戏怎么办? “
asked Nina.
问了妮娜
“That way, we could use the same background over and over.”
“这样,我们可以反复使用同样的背景。 “
“We’ll need a hero.
“我们需要一位英雄。
Maybe we could use the unicorn!”
也许我们可以用独角兽!”
said Jody.
说乔迪。
“Yeah!
“对!
The unicorn could fight her way through the house to escape to her forest home,” exclaimed Matt.
独角兽可以通过房子与她搏斗,
“The unicorn will need an enemy,” Matt said.
Matt说,“独角兽需要一个敌人。”
“How about the houseplants?”
“家用植物怎么样? “
Nina asked, laughing.
妮娜问起,笑了。
“Well,” said Jody, “what if the houseplants were attacking the unicorn?
Jody说:“如果家用植物在攻击独角兽呢?
She could spear them with her horn.”
她可以用她的角来刺穿他们. “
“Great!”
"伟大的!"
Matt said.
马特说。
They all burst out laughing.
他们都笑了出来。
“This looks good,” Tom said when they showed him their plan.
他们向他展示他们的计划时,
“That last level looks tough to beat, though.
“但最后的这一关似乎很难克服。
If players think the game is too hard, it won’t be fun for them to play.
如果玩家认为游戏难度太大,
What can you do to help your players out?”
你能做什么来帮助你的球员? “
“That’s how we can use the toaster!”
“这就是我们如何使用烤面包机!”
Jody exclaimed.
祖德赞叹.
“If the unicorn gets in trouble, the toaster can come in and burn up all the plants.”
“如果独角兽遇到麻烦,烤面包机可以进来烧掉所有植物。 “
“Great, but players only get one toaster per game,” said Nina.
Nina说,“好极了,但玩家每场比赛只得到一粒烤面包机。”
They divided up the work.
他们把工作分开了
Matt started on the story while Nina took charge of the design.
马特在尼娜负责设计时开始讲述故事.
Jody worked to get the programming done quickly.
乔迪努力迅速完成编程.
Nina had just enough time to add little touches to her drawings.
妮娜只有足够多的时间 给她的绘画增加一点触摸
She was especially proud of her houseplants.
她特别为家用植物而自豪.
She added frowns to their faces to make them look mean and funny at the same time.
她给她们脸上加了皱眉来让他们同时看起来又凶又滑稽.
“Those plants are great,” Jody said when Nina showed them to her.
Jody说,“这些植物很棒,”当Nina带给她看时。
“We’re almost out of time, and I could use some help.
「我们时间已近,
Do you think you could add the houseplants yourself?
你能自己加些家用植物吗?
I’ll show you how to do the animation.”
我会告诉你如何做动画。 “
They worked together for the rest of the day.
他们一起工作了一整天。
On the last day of camp, they showed their game to the whole group in the big hall.
在营地的最后一天,他们在大会堂向整个团体展示了他们的游戏.
As the unicorn fought through the rooms, the houseplants got bigger and meaner.
随着独角兽从房间打出后,家用植物越来越大更卑鄙.
Just when things looked scariest for the unicorn, Jody called up the toaster to save the day.
当独角兽看起来最可怕的时候,乔迪叫起烤面包机来拯救这一天.
The whole camp clapped and cheered.
整个营地被围住并欢呼.
Before the winners were announced, Tom came up to them.
在宣布获奖者之前,汤姆就上来了.
“Your game’s a lot of fun.
“你的游戏很有趣。
I really like how it looks and plays,” he said.
我真的很喜欢它的样子和演奏,"他说.
“Thanks,” the team said, all at the same time.
“感谢,”小组说,所有这一切都是同时进行的。
From the front of the room, a counselor said, “We are about to announce this year’s winning game!”
一位顾问在会议室的前面说,“我们即将宣布今年的比赛胜利!”
Nina, Jody, and Matt grinned at each other.
妮娜,乔迪和马特互相笑了
I never would have believed that I could do this, Nina thought.
我绝对不会相信我能做到这一点,尼娜想。
I can’t wait to come back next year.
我等不及明年再来。