说到室内游戏，大家想到的肯定是各种桌游(board games)，比如杀人游戏啦，谁是卧底啦，大富翁啦等等。不过大家不要忘了咱们中国的国粹啊!那就是麻将啊!这么流行的游戏，大家一定得会简单介绍啊，以后出了国，得跟国外的小朋友们拽一拽!

　　不过麻将中有若干个专业术语大家要先了解一下，比如麻将里的“一张牌”叫做tile，“抓牌”叫draw，“出牌”叫discard，“和了”就是have a legal winning hand/complete a legal hand。更多的术语，比如“碰”“吃”都怎么讲，大家可以在维基百科上找到答案哦!下面就给大家一个参考素材，里面并不需要详细的介绍该游戏的玩法，毕竟我们是去考试的嘛，挑自己会说的说就OK了!

　　I’d like to talk about Mahjong which is a widely played indoor game that originated in China, and it’s famous among basically every age group. It’s fascinating because it’s a game of skill, strategy, and calculation, and involves a degree of chance. And the rules might vary significantly in different areas, but I’m only familiar with the local rules in my hometown, so that’s what I’m gonna talk to you about.

　　When I was little, I played Mahjong pretty much and I did really well. Before I went to primary school, my sister and I lived with our grandparents. And my grandpa’s crazy about playing the game. He even taught me how to play it, and I just found it truly appealing. But now I’m kind of tied up with my studies, so I haven’t played the game for ages. Anyway, this is how we play it: four players sit around a square table, and we need a set of 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols. The four players get 13 tiles each at first, and then draw and discard tiles till anyone of them who forms 4 groups and a pair with 14 tiles. We call that a legal hand. The player who first completes the legal hand becomes the winner. It sounds simple, but can be very hard when you play. On top of that, it’s just a simple description of the game, and actually it involves quite a few terms that are so complicated to explain. Of course, just like what I mentioned earlier, the game sometimes seems to be a test of your luck, even if you are very skillful.

　　I was so into game when I was little. It was our favorite pastime. My sister, my grandparents and I always played together on weekends. Now I think of this, I really miss the good old times, you know, the carefree childhood and all.

　　希望我们的国粹能给大家的口语加点儿分数哦!当然，对于大多数的孩子来说，可能在童年时代玩儿的更多的室内游戏是video games或者是play house(过家家)，或者是各种棋盘游戏，如果大家对其中的一项情有独钟并且完全不缺乏语料，那么就请激情澎湃的跟考官大人们畅谈一下你的美好童年吧!

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