Can You Digg It? 迪格：新闻挖挖哇！！
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- 创建于 2007年6月14日
- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2011年12月21日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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If you’re looking for the latest breaking news, fascinating videos and off-the-wall tales, Digg might be the place for you. Digg is a community website that lets users select the news that is most important to them. ___1___ being one of the top 25 websites in the world, Digg has revolutionized the way users surf the Net.
如果你要找最新的新闻讯息、精彩的影片和奇闻异事，Digg可能就是你要搜寻之处。Digg 是一个社群网站，可让使用者选出对他们最重要的新闻。Digg 不但是全球25大网站之一，更革新了人们浏览网页的方式。
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Digg was ___2___ in 2004 by Internet entrepreneur Kevin Rose. Rose started the site because he wanted to give more power to web users. He noticed that traditional websites and magazines only ___3___ editors to select the stories. Digg has opened the selection process up to everyone. It allows thousands of users to vote on the stories and videos that they find ___4___. Best of all, Digg is free and easy to use. Any user can submit news or a video that they think is interesting. Other users can then take a look. If they like it, they can “dig” it. Each dig counts ___5___ one vote. The stories with the most “diggs” are then featured on the homepage, similar to the front page of your newspaper ___6___ it changes every hour! With its convenient friends list, you can even check out what stories your friends dug.
网络企业家凯文．罗斯于2004年成立了Digg网站，原因是他想赋予网络用户更多权力。他注意到传统的网站和杂志皆由少数几位编辑挑选新闻，而Digg则将此选择过程开放给每一个人，让数千名使用者皆能票选他们喜欢的新闻和影片。最棒的是，Digg不但免费，而且使用简便。任何使用者都可上传他们认为有趣的新闻或影片，其他使用者便可以点阅。如果喜欢，就可以「挖掘」它。每次「挖掘」都视为投一次票，最多人挖掘的新闻故事就会被放到首页。首页和报纸头版相似，只不过它每小时就更换一次！该网站还有方便的好友一览表，你甚至可看看你的朋友挖掘了哪些新闻。
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(A) funded |
(B) found |
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(A) a few |
(B) a lot |
(C) a little |
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(A) appalling |
(B) appealing |
(C) approving |
(D) appetizing |
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(A) down |
(B) out |
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(A) except |
(B) except for |
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Digg can be a major time ___7___ when you’re looking to get up-to-the-minute news without searching hundreds of sites. It’s the best of the web all rolled up into one easy-to-use site. You’ll always find something there you can “digg”, for sure!
当你想知道最新消息，却不想搜寻数以百计网站，Digg可以帮你省下许多时间。这是该网站最棒的地方，所有东西都集中在一个容易使用的网站里。你一定会在那里找到可以挖掘的东西！
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(C) saver |
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−by Maggie Ma
Vocabulary
单词发音
breaking news 突发新闻；新闻快报
off-the-wall [ˋɔfðəˋwɔl] adj.【俚】怪诞的，荒诞的; 【非正式】有点古怪的﹐异乎寻常的
surf the Net 网上浏览
submit [səbˋmɪt] v. 提交
feature [fitʃɚ] v. 特载
homepage 网站首页
check out【口】看看, 试试
up-to-the-minute 包含最新信息的
More Information
单词发音
revolutionize [͵rɛvəˋluʃən͵aɪz] v. 使彻底变革
entrepreneur [͵ɑntrəprəˋnɝ] n. 企业家；事业创办者
best of all 最好的是
count [kaʊnt] v. 计算，数
roll up 涌向; 涌到 to accumulate; amass
aside from 除…之外 in addition to
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