“鞋砸布什“遊戲風靡網絡
Iraq shoe-thrower inspires Web games
A shoe-throwing incident at an Iraqi news conference with George W. Bush has inspired a spate of Internet games where the players hurl footwear at moving targets of the U.S. president.
The games, which have mushroomed online and spread by email, range from animations to cut-up footage of the now-infamous news briefing on Sunday when an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at the president who ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Pelting someone with shoes is considered a grave insult in the Arab world.
One game, which appears on the site gives players 30 seconds to try to hit Bush with a shoe as many times as possible, with the score appearing in a corner of the screen.
Players are greeted with the command: "OBJECTIVE: Hit President Bush in the face with your shoes! Do it!"
On-target shots are met with a "well done" message.
The television reporter who threw the shoes, Muntazer al-Zaidi, has become an instant sensation in the Arab world.
Zaidi, who admitted his action in court on Tuesday, remains in custody pending an investigation by the judge. He could be sent for trial under a clause in Iraq's penal code that punishes anyone who tries to murder Iraqi or foreign presidents.
Another game at , includes a leader board on which players can post their best scores.
An animated version -- "a shoe at Bush?" -- claims over 2.2 million direct hits since its December 15 start date.
Aother game called "Bush's Boot Camp" starts with an audio quote of Bush saying "those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere."
The White House, meanwhile, has said Bush has no hard feelings about the shoe-throwing incident.
"The president just thinks that, it was just a shoe, people express themselves in lots of different ways," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
美國總統布什幾天前在伊拉克的一個新聞發佈會上遭到“飛鞋”襲擊，受這一事件的啓發，數款向布什扔鞋彈的網絡遊戲應運而生。
目前，幾款通過電子郵件熱傳的“扔鞋砸布什”遊戲風靡網絡，其中包括動漫版的和根據發佈會現場視頻改編的。這場“狼狽”的新聞發佈會於上週日舉行，當時現場的一名伊拉克記者將自己的鞋砸向了五年前發動伊戰的布什。
在阿拉伯國家，向別人扔鞋是一種極具侮辱性的行爲。
在這幾款遊戲中，網站上的一款“扔鞋”遊戲限時30秒，玩家要在30秒鐘的時間內用鞋子儘可能多地砸中“布什”，最終命中的次數會出現在屏幕上。
玩家在開始遊戲時，會接到指令：“目標：往布什臉上扔鞋！開始吧！”
每次命中後系統都會跳出“幹得漂亮！”這句提示信息。
向布什扔鞋的電視臺記者穆塔達爾•扎伊迪一時間轟動阿拉伯世界。
本週二，扎伊迪在法庭上承認用鞋襲擊布什，他至今仍被關押，等待接受審訊。根據伊拉克刑法，任何企圖謀害本國或外國總統的人都要受到刑罰，因此扎伊迪可能將被判處監禁。
另一家網站的遊戲則設有一個“得分排行榜”，玩家可在此公佈自己的最好成績。
一款名爲“鞋彈砸布什”的動漫版遊戲自本月15日發佈以來的直接命中目標數已超過220萬。
還有一款遊戲名叫“布什的臭鞋訓練營（Bush's Boot Camp）”。遊戲一開始，只聽見布什說：“那些大規模殺傷性武器一定在什麼地方。（Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere.）”
而白宮方面則表示布什總統並未因遭“鞋襲”而感到不悅。
白宮發言人達娜•佩裏諾說：“總統先生覺得那隻不過是一隻鞋子，人們表達情感的方式有很多種。”
Vocabulary:
mushroom:To multiply, grow, or expand rapidly（快速擴張：非常快地增長、生長或者擴展）
leader board:排行榜
