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Paintball Paradise 迷彩漆弹，狂打痛快

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As you creep along the ground, your comrades tread cautiously with you through the underbrush. Their eyes peer from behind their safety goggles for any sign of enemy movement, guns at the ready. Suddenly, there’s a flurry of activity. Shots are going off all around you. “I’m hit!” yells the man to your right. It’s an ambush!

你趴在地上匍匐前进时，你的同伴同样小心伴着你穿过矮树丛，他们的眼神透过护目镜搜寻敌军的一举一动，随时准备开枪射击。突然起了一阵骚动，四周一片枪响。你右边的同伴大叫：「我中弹了！」这是埋伏！

This is the exciting game of paintball, where players simulate what would take place on actual battlefield. But instead of firing real bullets at each other, they shoot round paint pellets with compressed-air guns. Paintball facilities have sprung up all over the world, even here in Taiwan. They can be as simple as an open field filled with some barrels, old rusted-out cars, or anything else that can provide cover. Or they can be out in the woods, simulating jungle combat.

这是刺激的漆弹游戏，参加的人模拟实际战场可能发生的情境，不过他们朝彼此射击的并非真的子弹，而是以空气枪射出的圆形漆弹。漆弹场在世界各地如雨后春笋般出现，连在台湾这里都看得到，它们可能只是简单的开放空间，随意放置一些桶子、老旧锈蚀的汽车，或任何可提供掩护的物品；也可能位于林间，以模拟丛林战的气氛。

The most common game of paintball is pretty simple. Just divide into two teams, and the last team with a man standing wins. If you get hit, you’re out. Other variations include capturing the flag, in which each team must steal a flag from the enemy base and get it safely back to home base. There are also scenario-based games, in which teams must rescue players trapped behind enemy lines, or any other military-based scenario.

最普遍的漆弹游戏相当简单，只要将人员分成两组，战到最后一人的那组就算赢。如果你中弹，就算出局。其他变化版还包括夺旗，这种玩法中，每队必须由敌军基地夺取旗帜，并将其安全送返自己的基地；还有一些情境游戏，参加队伍得救出受困敌营的同伴，或任何其他的军事情境。

It’s a sport that’s great for blowing off steam with some good friends. So head out and join crowds of weekend warriors who are discovering the joy of paintball!

这种运动非常适合一群好友共同宣泄情绪。快出发加入一群群的周末战士，一同发掘漆弹的乐趣吧！

−by Joe Henley

Vocabulary

单词发音

comrade [ˋkɑmræd] n. 同志; 同袍

tread [trɛd] v. 踩，踏

ambush [ˋæmbʊʃ] n. 埋伏；伏击

combat [ˋkɑmbæt] n. 战斗，格斗

warrior [ˋwɔrɪɚ] n. 战士，勇士

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单词发音

creep [krip] v. 爬行，匍匐而行

underbrush [ˋʌndɚ͵brʌʃ] n. 矮树丛

goggle [ˋgɑg!] n.（复）护目镜

flurry [ˋflɝɪ] n. 慌张；混乱

go off 发射 discharge, fire

paintball [ˋpent͵bɔl] n. 彩弹游戏

simulate [ˋsɪmjə͵let] v. 模仿，模拟

pellet [ˋpɛlɪt] n. 弹丸；子弹

facility [fəˋsɪlətɪ] n. 设备，设施

spring up 突然出现 to appear or develop suddenly

blow off steam 发泄精力 to do or say something that helps you get rid of strong feelings or energy