英语新闻听写 Instagram筹划使用时间功能 抵挡鼓励用户上瘾批评

Instagram is planning a new feature that will show people how much time they spend on the app.

Instagram正在筹划一个显示用户在该app上花了多长时间的新功能。

The new feature was first reported by TechCrunch and has since been confirmed by Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom.

该新功能首先是由“TechCrunch”报道的，随后得到了Instagram CEO凯文·斯特罗姆的证实。

More tech companies are trying introduce time management features to fend¹ off criticism that they encourage addiction².

许多科技公司正试图引进时间管理功能来抵挡他们鼓励上瘾的诟病。

The feature in beta has been called "Usage Insights."

该功能在测试版里被称为“Usage Insights。”

There's no details yet on what data the feature will actually show.

目前还不清楚该功能实际上会显示什么数据。

Systrom simply tweeted "It's true" when TechCrunch first reported the story.

当TechCrunch首先报道了这件事时，斯特罗姆仅发了个推文称“情况属实”。

There's also no news yet on when the feature will be made available to Instagram users.

目前还没有什么时候Instagram用户可以使用该功能的消息。

1 fend   

v.照料（自己），（自己）谋生，挡开，避开

参考例句：

• I've had to fend for myself since I was 14.我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己。
• He raised his arm up to fend branches from his eyes.他举手将树枝从他眼前挡开。

2 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。