Twitter: What Are You Doing 你今天Twitter了吗？
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- 创建于 2008年10月27日
- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2012年2月11日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Do you ever catch yourself daydreaming about what your friends are doing? Twitter is yet another social networking website that makes use of instant messaging. You can use it to stay in contact with your family, friends or co-workers, sending up to 140 characters in each text-based message.
你可曾在作白日梦时，纳闷朋友在做什么？Twitter是一个利用实时通的社交网站，能让你发送最多140个字符的文字简讯，与家人、朋友及同事保持联络。
Twitter’s popularity arises from the fact that it is extremely simple to use. The entire idea revolves around just one question: what are you doing? At any time, users can send one-line updates that convey their moods, feelings and locations. The sender is able to limit delivery of these updates to their own circle of contacts.
Twitter之所以受欢迎，是因为很容易使用，网站的构想全围绕着一个问题：你在做什么？用户能随时发送一行新讯息，传达自己的心境、感受及所在地。寄件人能设定哪些朋友能收到新消息。
The service has also proved useful for getting important information out during emergencies. The Los Angeles Fire Department used it in the fight against the California wildfires that broke out in October, 2007. Through Twitter, the firefighters were informed of the locations of many fires on a minute-by-minute basis.
紧急状况发生时，Twitter也是发布重要信息的一大利器。洛杉矶消防局利用该网站来对抗加州2007年10月所发生的野火，透过Twitter，消防人员每一分钟皆能获得最新的火场信息。
Yet despite the buzz surrounding Twitter, critics believe it creates additional stress and promotes an unhealthy lifestyle of hyper-connectivity. Users may end up feeling chained to their keypads and becoming less connected to real social networks of living human beings.
虽然Twitter已掀起一波热潮，不过仍有批评者认为该网站制造额外的负担，并助长有害健康的超级链接生活型态。用户可能会落得离不开键盘，离群索居。
−by Mark Mitchell
Vocabulary
单词发音
revolve around 旋转; 以...为中心 to center upon someone or something or to be primarily concerned with someone or something
update [ʌpˋdet] n. 最新的情况，最新的信息 information that updates something
emergency [ɪˋmɝdʒənsɪ] n. 紧急情况
buzz [bʌz] n.〔人们〕兴奋的谈笑声; （蜂音器发出的）信号声
additional [əˋdɪʃən!] adj. 额外的
chained [tʃend] adj. 受束缚的
More Information
单词发音
catch [kætʃ] v. 偶然发觉 to discover suddenly, unexpectedly, or accidentally
make use of 使用, 利用 to employ; use
character [ˋkærɪktɚ] n.（书写或印刷）符号；（汉）字；字体
arise [əˋraɪz] v. 产生，出现，形成[（+from/out of）]
convey [kənˋve] v. 传达
break out〔不愉快之事〕爆发﹐突然发生 to burst forth suddenly, as with a fire, a riot, giggling, shouting, etc
inform [ɪnˋfɔrm] v. 通知，告知，报告[O5][O6][（+of/about）]
end up 以...终结 to become eventually; turn out to be
keypad [ˋki͵pæd] n. 袖珍键盘
Reading Questions
1. What can Twitter be used for?
A. Reducing the number of unwanted messages.
B. Dealing with emergencies.
C. Preventing unnecessary fights with co-workers.
D. Meeting friends in person.
2. The word “convey” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
A. communicate
B. identify
C. demonstrate
D. organize
3. Which of the following can be inferred from the article?
A. Users of Twitter may get more in touch with their own feelings.
B. Users of Twitter may lose interest in online communication.
C. Users of Twitter may feel tied to their computers.
D. Users of Twitter may find it useless in putting out wildfires.
Answer
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1. ( B ) |
2. ( A ) |
3. ( C ) |