Valve Makes a New Gaming Computer
Valve 推出了新款遊戲電腦
Introduction
Valve has a new computer called the Steam Machine. It works with your TV. It comes out on June 29.
Valve 有一台名為 Steam Machine 的新電腦。它可以連接您的電視，將於 6 月 29 日上市。
Main Body
The Steam Machine is a powerful computer. It costs between $1,049 and $1,349. It is more expensive than PlayStation or Xbox because parts are hard to find.
Steam Machine 是一台強大的電腦。價格介於 1,049 美元至 1,349 美元之間。由於零件難以取得，因此比 PlayStation 或 Xbox 更昂貴。
It plays games well, but some software has problems. Valve will fix these problems with updates. You can also use it as a normal computer for work.
它的遊戲運行表現良好，但部分軟體存在問題。Valve 將透過更新來解決這些問題。您也可以將其作為一般電腦用於工作。
Valve does not have many machines to sell. They will use a lottery to pick who can buy one. Only old customers can enter this lottery.
Valve 沒有太多機器可以銷售。他們將採用抽籤方式決定購買資格。只有舊客戶才能參加此次抽籤。
Conclusion
The Steam Machine is a fast computer, but it is expensive and hard to buy.
Steam Machine 速度很快，但價格昂貴且難以購買。
Vocabulary Learning
Comparing Things
When we want to say one thing is 'more' than another, we use a special pattern. Look at the text:
More expensive than Steam Machine vs. Xbox
How it works:
- Use More + Long Word + Than.
Examples from the text:
- It is more expensive than PlayStation.
Try this pattern with other words:
- More powerful than
- More difficult than
- More interesting than
The 'Will' Future
We use will to talk about things that happen later. It is very simple: Will + Action.
- Valve will fix (Future action)
- They will use (Future action)