最近，一款消磨时间最佳选择的微信小游戏"跳一跳"火遍了朋友圈。If you haven't heard about Tiao yi tiao, you are so out：如果你还没有听说过跳一跳，那你就过时啦。

　　该游戏在微信平台发布，规则十分简单：玩家通过点击手机屏幕控制一枚棋子从一个方块跳到另一个方块。跳跃成功则得分，跳跃失败则游戏结束。而跳跃至方块中心点或一些特殊方块，会得到额外的加分奖励。游戏界面每周都会重新刷新玩家的分数排名。

　　我们一起来看一下外国媒体是怎么评论这款游戏的，顺便学习一下英语知识。

　　Chinese social media giant Tencent released a new feature in WeChat, its wildly popular messenger, allowing users to play games inside the app without first downloading them. It's part of Tencent's effort to turn WeChat into a mobile Swiss Army knife that will reduce the need for users to ever download another app in the first place.

　　中国的社交媒体巨头腾讯最近开放了一个微信新功能，极受欢迎。它让用户可以在微信内部玩游戏而不需要重新下载一个app。这是腾讯试图把微信变成手机界的瑞士军刀的努力。这能让用户减少对其它app的下载。

　　Release/launch/roll out: 推出

　　In the case of a smart phone that a certain company launched, one director wanted to target the business market.(剑桥12test5 section4)

　　Feature: 功能

　　feature在雅思听力考试中常考的意思是"特征，特点"，替换词为characteristic.在这里同学们可以掌握一词多义，掌握在不同场景下的含义。feature作为"功能"的意思，可以替换为function。

　　Wildly popular: 极受欢迎的

　　Turn WeChat into a mobile Swiss Army Knife: 把微信做得像一把万能的移动瑞士军刀

　　Tiao Yi Tiao, a simple but gripping game in which users simply press down on the screen to move a hopping black figure from one platform to another, collecting one point for each successful jump. High scores can be shared with friends on WeChat, of course.

　　跳一跳是个简单却又扣人心弦的游戏。用户只要简单的按下屏幕，让跳来跳去的小黑人从一个平台跳到另一个就可以了。每成功跳一次就能得到一分。分数可以再朋友圈分享。

　　Simple but gripping：简单却扣人心弦

　　Grip sb's attention= grab sb's attention

　　This often works well-creating an attention-grabbing TV commercial, for example, might boost sales figure.(剑桥12 test 5 section 4 )

　　Hopping black figure：跳来跳去的小黑人

　　This is a hop-on hop-off service and tickets are valid for 24 hours.(剑桥7 test2section2)。这是随时购买的服务，车票有效期是24小时。

　　Press down on the screen: 按屏幕

　　"微信团队开发这款游戏，就是希望提醒大家'停下来，放松一下'，和好友PK一把，给自己一个享受专注、享受乐趣的机会。"游戏开发方微信小游戏团队方面表示。然而，。不少玩家为了求一高分"整夜奋战"，一些电商网站甚至推出了付费"代刷"服务。

　　It's very addictive：很容易让人上瘾的游戏，根本停不下来

　　People are hooked/glued to their screens: 大家都盯着屏幕、一刻不停

　　I couldn't put the book down,I was so hooked.(剑桥10 test3section2)

　　When you get your score, you'll also see a leaderboard among your WeChat buddies who've played the game as well：当你得到你的分数时，你也会在你的微信好友中看到一个排行榜，他们也在玩这个游戏。

　　Leaderboard 排行榜