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電影迷集合! 尋找彩蛋時間到 Hunting for Easter Eggs

Hunting for Easter Eggs
#文意選填 #電影戲劇 #娛樂·新奇
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  • 作者 Ivy Liu
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電影迷集合! 尋找彩蛋時間到 Hunting for Easter Eggs
在現代流行文化中,對電影、電視劇、甚至是電玩遊戲 的粉絲來說,尋找彩蛋已經成為一項受歡迎的活動。
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    In modern pop culture, hunting for Easter eggs has become a popular activity for fans of movies, TV shows, and even video games. Unlike their colorful, oval-shaped counterpart associated with the spring holiday, these Easter eggs are not __1__ to Easter at all. Instead, they are references, clues, or inside jokes cleverly placed by creators as a playful nod to their fans. Though these sorts of Easter eggs are not new, the term used in reference to __2__ messages only came into use around 1980 with the video game Adventure.

    During the development of Adventure at Atari, the company was experiencing significant changes that created tensions between management and game developers. In an unusual move, Atari decided to __3__ the names of programmers from video game credits to prevent competitors from poaching their workers. Programmer Warren Robinett, who created Adventure and was frustrated by this __4__, secretly inserted the text “Created by Warren Robinett” into a part of the game that was nearly inaccessible. However, it wasn’t until the game had been __5__ and Robinett left the company that Atari discovered what he had done after a player found the message. Interestingly, Steve Wright, director of software development (at the company, __6__ game developers to include similar messages in future games, calling them “Easter eggs.”

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Words in Use
oval
[ˋov!]
a. 卵形的,橢圓形的
n. 橢圓
counterpart
[ˋkaʊntɚ͵pɑrt]
n. 相對應的人 / 事 / 物
poach
[potʃ]
vt. 挖角
franchise
[ˋfræn͵tʃaɪz]
n. 特許經營權 ; 投票權
vt. 給予特許經營權
reference
[ˋrɛfərəns]
vt. 參考;言及,提到
playful
[ˋplefəl]
a. 愛玩的,貪玩的
tension
[ˋtɛnʃən]
n. 緊張
credit
[ˋkrɛdɪt]
n. 信譽(不可數);學分(可數)、點數
vt. 將功勞歸因於……(常用被動)
competitor
[kəmˋpɛtətɚ]
n. 競爭者,參賽者
frustrated
[ˋfrʌstretɪd]
a. 感到灰心的,感到沮喪的
insert
[ɪnˋsɝt]
.vt. 插入
n. 插入物(尤指插在書報雜誌內的廣告頁,可數)
inaccessible
[͵ɪnækˋsɛsəb!]
a. 難以進入/接近的
announcement
[əˋnaʊnsmənt]
n. 公告;宣布
project
[ˋprɑdʒɛkt]
n. 計畫
Practical Phrases
pay tribute to sb/sth
 敬意

Thousands of people gathered at the funeral to pay tribute to the late Princess Diana.
數千名的群眾聚集在喪禮上向已故黛安娜王妃致敬。

with... in mind
 考慮到/有鑑於⋯⋯

With his weekend plans in mind, Davey decided not to work overtime on Friday.
考慮到週末的計畫,戴維決定星期五不加班。

an inside joke
 圈內笑話(只有團體中的成員才能領會到笑點的笑話)

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