原文载于FORTUNE杂志：http://www.fortune.com/2019/03/21/nintendo-switch-labo-vr/
Nintendo Sets Its Sights on Virtual Reality（一）
By LISA MARIE SEGARRA 9:00 PM EDT
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| In a big departure from competitors, Nintendo’s VR games feature a prompt that appears after a certain amount of time and suggests that users take a break. The prompts automatically come up. | 任天堂的VR游戏与竞争对手的一大不同之处在于，它会在一段时间后出现提示，并建议用户休息一下。提示会自动出现。 |
| The break reminders are partly a byproduct of the fact that children are the target users for Labo VR kits. Nintendo suggests that parents of children 6 and under block their use of VR. | 中断提醒在一定程度上是Labo VR工具包的目标用户是儿童这一事实的副产品。任天堂建议6岁及以下儿童的家长不要使用VR。 |
| In its video games, Nintendo often emphasizes communal playing, and with some of its biggest hits, like the Mario Party and Smash Brothers franchises, several people can play together in the same room. Switch is among the few consoles that come with two controllers rather than one. | 在任天堂的视频游戏中，它经常强调集体游戏，而一些最热门的游戏，如《马里奥派对》(Mario Party)和《粉碎兄弟》(Smash Brothers)系列，可以让几个人在同一个房间里一起玩。Switch是少数几个带有两个而不是一个控制器的控制台之一。 |
| Nintendo’s VR kit also includes Toy-Con garage, a feature from earlier releases that lets players create their own games or game levels. While those can’t be shared online, they can be played by others using the same console. | 任天堂的虚拟现实工具包还包括Toy-Con车库，这是早期版本的一个功能，可以让玩家创建自己的游戏或游戏关卡。虽然这些游戏不能在网上分享，但其他人可以在同一台游戏机上玩。 |
| “Nintendo Labo is inherently designed to encourage imagination and creativity in people of all ages by blending real-world and virtual experiences,” Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, said in a statement. “This new kit takes that concept a step further by layering in virtual reality to bring the Toy-Con creations to life and encourage family-friendly, pass-and-play experiences.” | 任天堂美国市场营销高级副总裁道格·鲍泽(Doug Bowser)在一份声明中说:“任天堂Labo的设计初衷是通过融合真实世界和虚拟体验，鼓励所有年龄段的人发挥想象力和创造力。”“这个新工具包将这一概念向前推进了一步，它将虚拟现实分层，将Toy-Con的创作带到生活中，并鼓励家庭友好、传递和玩耍的体验。” |
- departure
① (N-VAR) 离开;启程;动身;出发 Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
② (N-VAR) 辞职;离职;（从某组织的）脱离 The departure of a person from a job, or a member from an organization, is their act of leaving it or being forced to leave it.
③ (N-COUNT) 违背;背离 If someone does something different or unusual, you can refer to their action as a departure . - prompt
① (VERB) 促使；推动；引起 To prompt someone to do something means to make them decide to do it.
② (VERB) 鼓励，提示（说话者）；给（演员）提词 If you prompt someone when they stop speaking, you encourage or help them to continue. If you prompt an actor, you tell them what their next line is when they have forgotten what comes next.
③ (ADJ-GRADED) 迅速的；即刻的；立即的；及时的 A prompt action is done without any delay.
④ (ADJ-GRADED) 敏捷的；迅速的；及时的 If you are prompt to do something, you do it without delay or you are not late. - reminder
① (N-COUNT) 提示;使人回忆起某事的事物 Something that serves as a reminder of another thing makes you think about the other thing.
② (N-COUNT) 缴费单;催缴单;催缴通知 A reminder is a letter or note that is sent to tell you that you have not done something such as pay a bill or return library books. - byproduct
① (N-COUNT) 副产品 A by-product is something which is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
② (N-COUNT) 附带产生的结果 Something that is a by-product of an event or situation happens as a result of it, although it is usually not expected or planned. - block
① (N-COUNT) 大楼；大厦 A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
② (N-COUNT) 街区 A block in a town is an area of land with streets on all its sides.
③ (N-COUNT) （长方形）块，大块 A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
④ (VERB) 阻塞，堵塞（道路、管道等） To block a road, channel, or pipe means to put an object across it or in it so that nothing can pass through it or along it.
● When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream...
一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
⑤ (VERB) 挡住，遮住（视线） If something blocks your view, it prevents you from seeing something because it is between you and that thing.
⑥ (VERB) 堵住，阻挡，挡住（去路） If you block someone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place by standing in front of them.
⑦ (VERB) 阻挠；阻止；妨碍 If you block something that is being arranged, you prevent it from being done. - emphasize
(VERB) 强调;重视 To emphasize something means to indicate that it is particularly important or true, or to draw special attention to it. - communal
① (ADJ) 群体的;社区的;团体的 Communal means relating to particular groups in a country or society.
② (ADJ) 公共的;公用的 You use communal to describe something that is shared by a group of people. - franchise
① (N-COUNT) 特许经营权;专卖权;经销权 A franchise is an authority that is given by an organization to someone, allowing them to sell its goods or services or to take part in an activity which the organization controls.
② (VERB) 出售…的特许经营权 If a company franchises its business, it sells franchises to other companies, allowing them to sell its goods or services.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) (尤指选举议会的)选举权 Franchise is the right to vote in an election, especially one in which people elect a parliament. - garage
① (N-COUNT) 车库；停车房 A garage is a building in which you keep a car. A garage is often built next to or as part of a house.
② (N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES) 汽车修理厂（在英国兼营加油或汽车销售） A garage is a place where you can get your car repaired. In Britain, you can also buy fuel for your car, or buy cars. - inherently
(ADJ) 内在的;固有的;生来就有的 The inherent qualities of something are the necessary and natural parts of it. - blend
① (V-RECIP-ERG) （使）混合；调和；掺和 If you blend substances together or if they blend, you mix them together so that they become one substance.
② (N-COUNT) （有用或令人愉快的事物的）融合，混合，组合 A blend of things is a mixture or combination of them that is useful or pleasant.
③ (V-RECIP) （颜色、声音或风格）融合，交融，协调 When colours, sounds, or styles blend, they come together or are combined in a pleasing way.
④ (VERB) 结合，融合，综合（想法、政策和风格） If you blend ideas, policies, or styles, you use them together in order to achieve something. - concept
(N-COUNT) 概念;观念 A concept is an idea or abstract principle. - layer
① (N-COUNT) 层 A layer of a material or substance is a quantity or piece of it that covers a surface or that is between two other things.
② (N-COUNT) 层次；阶层；等级 If something such as a system or an idea has many layers, it has many different levels or parts.
③ (VERB) 分层放置 If you layer something, you arrange it in layers.