The world is gripped by a flu pandemic and it’s up to you to stop it -- that is, if you choose to play a new game developed by a Dutch medical center and available online for free.
流感大流行籠罩世界，只有你才能阻止其蔓延——也就是說，如果你選擇玩一款由荷蘭醫學中心研發、可在線上免費取得的新遊戲。
The Great Flu（www.thegreatflu.com）allows players to choose their viral adversary, pick the part of the world it spreads in and then control how to manage the outbreak given a limited amount of funds and medications.
這個名為「大流感」（www.thegreatflu.com）的遊戲讓玩家選擇其病毒敵人以及蔓延地，隨後利用有限的資金和藥物，控制如何應付疫情爆發。
The game was developed by the Erasmus University Medical Center, in Rotterdam, and launched in April, the same month the H1N1 swine flu virus emerged.
該遊戲於4月份發行，由荷蘭鹿特丹的伊萊姆斯大學醫院中心研發。H1N1流感（豬流感swine flu）病毒在同一個月出現。
The World Health Organization declared H1N1 a full pandemic in June and it has now spread to some 180 countries, causing at least 1,462 laboratory-confirmed deaths.
世界衛生組織6月份宣布H1N1新流感病毒已全面爆發，目前該病毒已蔓延至大約180個國家，實驗室確診的死亡人數至少有1,462人。
Earlier this year, another, humorous online game based on the virus, called Swinefighter（www.swinefighter.com）, also allowed players to beat the spread of H1N1.
今年稍早，另一款以病毒為基礎、名為「豬戰士」（www.swinefighter.com）的詼諧線上遊戲，也可讓玩家克服H1N1蔓延。
新聞辭典
grip：動詞，握；緊咬；夾住。例句：She gripped my hand in fear.
（她恐懼地握緊我的手。）
pandemic：形容詞，（疾病等）普遍流行的、蔓延各地的。 地方性的。當名詞時，指大流行病。反義字為endemic，指（疾病等）地方性的。
adversary：名詞，仇敵；敵人；（比賽的）對手。例句：He finally met a forceful adversary today. （今天他總算碰到了勁敵。 ）
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