Neon Can Beat Anyone! 里翁无敌！

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Neon is better than everyone at video games.

里翁玩电子游戏比谁玩得都好。

He has a game where you can race the fastest cars in the world. No one is faster than Neon. He has a game where you can play football. No one can tackle1 Neon.

他有一款游戏，在里面你可以在全世界开最快的赛车，没有人能快得过里翁。他有一个可以踢足球的游戏，没有人可以对付得了里翁。

He has a game where you can fight monsters2. The monsters run away when they see Neon coming. He has a game where you can catch3 fish. Neon catches fish bigger than the boat.

他有一款可以与怪物作战的游戏。当怪物们看到里翁时，它们就会逃走。他有一个钓鱼的游戏，里翁在游戏里面捕到的鱼比船还大。

Sometimes Neon plays his with Brother Greg. Neon always wins. They play a game where you fly planes to see whos a better pilot4. Neon flies circles around Greg. Neons so good that none of his friends want to play him. So， they go outside. Sometimes Neon wishes to go outside playing with his friends.

有时候，里翁会和格雷哥哥一起玩，里翁总是赢。他们会玩一个驾驶飞机的游戏，看看谁是更好的飞行员。里翁开着飞机围着格雷转圈。里翁技术太高了，以至于他的朋友都不想和他玩，所以他们出去玩了。有时，里翁真想和朋友们一起到外面玩。

On Monday， Neon gets a new video game. He plays it all day on Tuesday and sleeps with the remote5 in his hand. He beats it on Wednesday. He is so excited that he goes outside to tell his friends during their soccer game.

星期一，里翁得到了一款新的电子游戏。他星期二整天都在玩，手里拿着遥控器睡觉。他星期三就打通关了。他非常兴奋，于是跑出去告诉他的朋友们，他们正在进行足球比赛。

He is going to ask them， “Have you ever beaten a game in three days？” Hes sure they will say， “No.” And then he will tell them that he did something they have never done. “Wait， till the game is over，” they say.

他要问他们：“你们有没有在三天内通关过一个游戏？”他确定他们会说“没有”，然后他会告诉他们，他做成了没有人做成过的事情。但他们说：“等到比赛结束再说。”

So， he waits， waits， and waits. “Can I play？” he asks， and they say， “Yes.” Neon has never played soccer before， but he actually likes it. Hes not the best player on the field， but thats okay. After the game， he is very tired， but hes glad that he played with his friends.

因此他等了又等，等了又等。他問：“我可以玩吗？”他们答：“可以。”里翁以前从未踢过足球，但他很喜欢踢。他不是场上最好的球员，但是没关系。比赛结束后，他非常疲倦，但他为自己能和伙伴们一起踢球感到高兴。

“What did you want to ask us？” they say. “Can we play again tomorrow？” he asks. Now Neon is better at real soccer than he is at video game soccer.

“你想问我们什么？”他们说。“明天我们可以再踢一次吗？”他问。现在，里翁在真实的足球比赛中比在电子游戏足球方面更胜一筹。

（英语原文选自：gutenberg.org）

【Notes】

1. tackle  v. 应付;（足球、曲棍球等）抢球

2. monster  n. 怪物;巨人，巨兽

3. catch  v. 赶上;抓住

4. pilot  n. 飞行员

5. remote n. 远程;遥控器