Virtual¹⁾ Detective²⁾

 

Even the best computer games don’t literally put you into the action．That’s what sets Majestic apart．The online game，which began clandestine³⁾ operations last summer，makes you a central character：You get phone calls in the middle of the night，clues faxed to your office，and random instant mess ages．Your job，as virtual detective，is to unravel⁴⁾ the sinister⁵⁾ conspiracy⁶⁾ before it consumes all your time and gets you fired．

 

虚 拟 侦 探

 

甚至最出色的电脑游戏也没有让你真正进入战斗角色。而Majestic的独到之处正在于此。这种网络游戏去年夏季开始稍稍地风行，它使你成为核心人物：你半夜接到电话；线索被传真到你的办公室，还有杂乱的即时信息。你作为虚拟侦探的任务就是侦破险恶的阴谋，但要赶在它耗尽你的所有时间和被迫出局之前。

 

NOTE 注释：

 

virtual [5vE:tjuEl, -tFuEl] adj. 虚拟的

detective [di5tektiv] n. 侦探

clandestine [klAn5destin] adj. 秘密的

unravel [Qn5rAvEl] v. 拆开

sinister [5sinistE] adj. 险恶的

conspiracy [kEn5spirEsi] n. 阴谋