難句突破：
(1) Activision's boss, Bobby Kotick, will remain at the helm of the new company, to be known as Activision Blizzard in recognition of Vivendi's main gaming asset: its subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment, the firm behind "World of Warcraft", an online swords-and-sorcery game with 9.3m subscribers.
[主體句式] Activision's boss will remain at the helm.
[結(jié)構(gòu)分析]這個(gè)一個(gè)簡單句，具有復(fù)雜的表語。表語是由一個(gè)固定介詞短語充當(dāng)，介詞的賓語比較復(fù)雜，帶有復(fù)雜的修飾成份。to be known as...是做the new company的定語，冒號后面的成份是用來說明main gaming asset的，可以看作是同位語；冒號后面的成份中，后面兩個(gè)短語都是前面一個(gè)的同位語，用來對Blizzard Entertainment作進(jìn)一步的解釋。
(2) Similarly, he argues, "Guitar Hero" and other games that use new kinds of controller, rather than the usual buttons and joysticks, are broadening the appeal of gaming by emphasising its social aspects, since they are easy to pick up and can be played with friends
[主體句式] He argues, "Guitar Hero" and other games are broadening the appeal... since...
[結(jié)構(gòu)分析]這是一個(gè)簡單句，argues后面是賓語從句，結(jié)構(gòu)比較復(fù)雜，帶有原因狀語從句。賓語從句的主語有that引導(dǎo)的定語從句，by emphasising its social aspects是方式狀語修飾are broadening ...。
[句子譯文]他說，同樣的，"吉他英雄"和其他游戲也沒有用普通的按鈕和操作桿，而是使用了新式控制器，通過重點(diǎn)強(qiáng)調(diào)其社會性的特點(diǎn)來增加游戲的吸引力，因?yàn)檫@些游戲很容易就可以開始，而且可以和朋友一起玩。
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