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 World﹕Mayor bans Pokmmon GO in town

【明報專訊】Pokmmon GO, the augmented reality (AR,擴增實境) game jointly developed by Niantic, Inc. and The Pokmmon Company and released last July, has taken the world by storm. However, a French mayor has mailed a decree to the companies ordering them to remove any Pokmmon set in his town.

Fabrice Beauvois is mayor of Bressolles (布朗索爾), a town in eastern France. The decree he issued on August 9 says the game causes safety and security problems. It says it puts pedestrians and drivers at risk because players are too attentive to their smartphones to monitor road conditions.

"When a cafe or a restaurant owner wants to open a business in any French town, he has an obligation to request its mayor's prior authorisation. The rule applies to all people wishing to set up an activity or occupy a space on a public property. It applies to Niantic as well, even though its settlement is virtual," Beauvois said.

(sources: Ming Pao, Associated Press)

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Pokmmon and PokmStops are set on the basis of the real map. One must frequently walk and travel to catch Pokmmon.

■English highway﹕To take somebody /something by storm

This idiomatic expression means to be extremely successful very quickly in a particular place or among particular people.

e.g. MoMo's dance performance has taken the crowd by storm.

Answer the following questions.

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1. What is Pokmmon GO ?

a. an event

b. a TV show

c. a game

d. a film

2. Is the following sentence true or false?

Fabrice Beauvois does not worry about motorists' or pedestrians' safety.

True / False

3. Fill in the blank with a word found in the passage.

When any road users play Pokmmon GO, they cannot attentively _______________ road conditions.

4. Why does Fabrice Beauvois think the Pokmmon GO developers ought to have sought his authorisation?

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mayor (n) 市長

decree (n) 命令

attentive (adj) 專心的

obligation (n) 義務╱責任

 
 
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