Lingoda Group Class Notes 63

Topic: E-sports
Related skill: Reading
Date: 21 December 2024
Teacher: Maria

What I've learned

Idioms

to give the game away

• Meaning: to reveal a secret or a plan, often unintentionally
• Example: I interrupted him before he gave the game away!

Vocabularies & Phrases

V&P	Definiation	Note
exception	someone or something that is not included in a rule, group, or list or that does not behave in the expected way	E-sports seem like an exception when it comes to comparing them to other sports.
awash with	充满，洋溢着：形容某物或某地充满了大量的某种事物或情感	The audience was awash with enthusiastic fans.
spectator	a person who watches an activity, especially a sports event, without taking part	There are spectators from all over the world.
to classify	to divide things or people into groups according to their type, or to say which group or type something or someone belongs to:	I don't classify e-sports alongside something like running.
exertion	the use of a lot of mental or physical effort	Most sports involve a great deal of exertion.
criterion	a standard by which you judge, decide about, or deal with something	One of the criterion of judging a sport is skill.
hit the big time	取得成功并广为人知：指经过努力取得巨大的成功并为众人所熟知	E-sports hit the big time in recent years.
bustling	adj. If a place is bustling, it is full of busy activity:	Growing up on a farm near a bustling city has given me a unique perspective on both urban and rural lifestyles.

Expressions

E-sports have been around since the 1990s, but it is only in recent years that they have hit the big time, with professional players training like athletes and some popular tournaments paying over $1 million in prize money!

• exception
• awash with
• spectator
• to classify
• exertion
• criterion
• to hit the big time

• South Korea was an exception in terms of the early popularity of e-sports.
• The towns and cities were awash with gaming cafes.

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